John Sackville MP (1484 - 1557)

Born 17 Mar 1484 in Sussex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Boleyn) Sackville — married about 1506 in Sussex, England [uncertain]

Husband of Ann (Torrell) Sackville — married about 1534 (to 26 Sep 1557) in England

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1557 at age 73 in Chiddingly, Sussex, England [uncertain]

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Biography

John Sackville (by 1484-1557) of Mount Bures, Essex, Withyham and Chiddngly, Sussex was the 1st s. of Richard Sackville of Withyham by Isabel, da. of John Digges of Barham Kent and bro. of Richard Sackville. He m. (1) by 1507, Margaret, da. of Sir William Boleyn of Blickling, Norf., 3s. (Christopher, John and Richard Sackville) 3da and (2) by 1534, Anne, da. of Humphrey Torrell of Willingale Doe; Essex, s.p.

John married twice. His first wife was Margaret Boleyn daughter of Thomas Boleyn of Blickling, Norfolk. ^[1] Margaret would become aunt to Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII.
They were married sometime between October 1505 when Thomas Boleyn wrote his will and Margaret was still unmarried, and 1507 when their first son Richard was born. ^[2]

They had the following known children: ^[1]

• Richard - eldest son and heir, born in or before 1507
• Christopher - the second son
• John - the third son
• Anne - married Edward Pelham
• Mary - married John Lunsford
• Isabel - married John Ashburnham

John died on 26 September 1557, probably at his manor house in Chiddingly. He had made his will the previously year describing himself as "of Chiddingly". ^[2] In his will he requested to be buried "within the church of Witheham if I chance to change this uncertayne liffe at Chiddingleigh". ^[3] and the diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen of London confirms that he was buried there. ^[4] The church at Withyham had a chantry chapel for the Sackville family which was destroyed by a lightening strike in 1663. All the pre-1663 monuments were lost and the church register was burned.

Inquisition Post Mortem

An Inquisition Post Mortem was held after John's death. ^[2] It noted that he had died on 26 September in the "4 and 5 of Philip and Mary" which was 1557. ^[5]
His son Richard "aged 50 and more" was his heir.
The ancestral manors were named as "Buckherst, Chalvington, Chidinglie, and Bowlie".
The premises were inherited from his father Richard Sackville, who in his turn had inherited them from his father Humphrey Sackville.
Other lands and manors mentioned included Sedlescombe which passed to John's son Christopher and his son John.
It was noted that John had made a will dated 1 July 1556 as "John Sackville of Chiddingly Esq"

Will

The will was contested by the eldest son Richard who was not named in the said will. The defendants were John's widow Anne and Sir Nicholas Pelham. Probate was granted two years after John's death on 16 October 1559. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Political career of John Sackville in: SACKVILLE, John I (by 1484-1557), of Mount Bures, Essex, Withyham and Chiddingly, Suss. biography by R. J.W. Swales. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982 HoP online Accessed 17 May 2021
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} IPM of John Sackville in: Notes of Post Mortem Inquisitions taken in Sussex: 1 Henry VII to 1649 abstracted by F.T.W. Attree. Pub. Sussex Record Society, Vol, XIV 1912 page 196 Internet Archive Accessed 17 May 2021
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Will of John Sackville The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 42B: Chaynay (1559)
4. ↑ Burial of John Sackville in: 'Notes to the diary: 1557', in The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of London, 1550-1563, ed. J G Nichols (London, 1848), pp. 355-362. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/camden-record-soc/vol42/pp355-362 [accessed 18 May 2021].
   Funeral of John Sackville esquire. Of Chiddingleigh, Sussex, M.P. for Greenwich; he married Margaret Boleyne, a great-aunt of queen Elizabeth, and was grandfather of the first earl of Dorset. He was buried at Withyham in the same county.
5. ↑ The Regnal Year for Philip and Mary started on 25 July, the first year being 1554.

• Wikipedia: John Sackville (died 1557)
• Sutton: Historical Notes, page 177.

See also:

• Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p 30, Lunsford.