Thomas Sackville KB (abt. 1590 - bef. 1639)

Born about 1590 in Sedlescombe, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Boys) Sackville — married 27 Jun 1630 in Nonington, Kent, England

Died before 14 May 1639 before about age 49 in Sedlescombe, Sussex, England

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Biography

Thomas Sackville KB was born in Sussex, England.

Thomas was the son of John Sackville of Sedlescombe and Joan Downton.
Pedigree of Sackvile inThe Visitation of Sussex shows Sir Thomas Sackvile of Selscombe son of John Sackvile and Joan ^[1]

Thomas married Ann Warnett on 27 June 1630 in Nonington, Kent, England.^[2]

Thomas was engaged in the iron industry in the Weald of Sussex as can be seen from his will:^[3]

[inter alia] 'I desire my executors and the survivors of them shall and may untill my heire shall attayne and come to the full age of One and Twenty yeares take and preserve the proffitts of all my landes tenements and hereditaments which I have either in possession or reservacon, and allso fell and digge carrie and dispose of all the underwoods and mynes from tyme to tyme growing uppon or in any my said landes during the said tyme, and may allsoe have the moiety of my Iron Worke stilled Breade ffurnace, and allso the moiety of the proffitts of Conster and Crowham fforges during the terme yett to come according to a Copartnershipp betweene Peter ffarden and my selfe, and may allso sell and sell or buy the said landes and premisses and take and receive the said rents yssues and proffitts thereof, and convert the said underwoods into coales and take and have all thinges necessarie for the coaling thereof untill my said heire shall come to and attaine the said age of One and Twenty yeares. And whereas there is a Copartnership between me and Peter ffarnden gent for divers yeares yet to come touching the using of the foremenconed Iron Workes betwixt us My will and meaning is that the said workes shallbe kept forwards between the said Peter ffarnden and my said Executors during the Copartnershipp, according to the Copartnership which is nowe between us, and that the benefitt monyes or other proffitt arising out of, or by reason of the said use of the said Iron Workes, might be imployed and converted to the raysing of the said severall portions by me formerlie devised to my said younger sonnes daughter and daughters.'^[4]

Thomas was buried 14 May 1639 at Sedlescombe, Sussex^[5][6]

Research Notes

I have been unable to find a baptism record but Thomas is mentioned in a post nuptial agreement as being the first son: John Downton of Sedlescombe, gent and his wife Mary with John Sackville of Sedlescombe, esq and wife Joan (JD's only daughter and heir)

1 Capital messuage called Hancokes with land (70s) in Sedlescombe and Whatlington, purchased by JD from Edward Horden, esq 2 Two pieces of land (14a) called Woodmans in Sedlescombe, purchased by JD from John Ashburnham, esq 3 Tenement called Bakes (200a) in Sedlescombe, purchased by JD from George Chute, esq 4 Three enclosed closes (7a) in Sedlescombe, once purchased from Marten 5 Capital messuage with two tenements (12a) called Castlemans and Jefferies usually let with it in Sedlescombe, once purchased from William Bishopp 6 Land (100a) in Sedlescombe and Whatlington, purchased by JD from John Bishopp 7 Rectory, advowson and tithes of Mountfield

1-5 to JD for life, remainder to Joan Sackville in tail mail, remainder to JD's right heirs 6 to JD for life, remainder to Thomas Sackville, first son of John and Joan Sackville 7 to JD for life, remainder to John Sackville, second son of John and Joan Sackville^[7]

This possibly relates to his grant of arms^[8]

Sir died in about 1639 and was buried on 14 May 1639 in Sedlescombe, Sussex, England.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Sir Thomas Sackvile in: The visitations of the county of Sussex made and taken in the years 1530, Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux king of arms; and 1633-4 by John Philipot, Somerset herald, and George Owen, York herald, for Sir John Burroughs, Garter, and Sir Richard St. George, Clarenceux by Benolt, Thomas, d. 1534; Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Owen, George, d. 1665; Bannerman, W. Bruce (William Bruce), 1862-1933; College of Arms (Great Britain)pub. 1905 London Internet Archive page 188 (accessed 17 May 2021
2. ↑ Marriage: "England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973"
   Original data: England, Marriages, 1538-1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1736928
   Ancestry uk Record 9852 #21056064 (accessed 5 January 2024)
   Thomas Sackbeill marriage to Ann Warnett on 27 Jun 1630 in Nonington, Kent, England.
3. ↑ The National Archives, PROB 11/180/496, 28 Mar 1632, proved 26 Jun 1639 Will of Sir Thomas Sackville of Sedlescombe, Sussex
4. ↑ [1]Wealden Iron Research Database] (accessed 17 May 2021) note you need to use this search page to access details
5. ↑ Thomas Sackvill in: England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q3-5XZG : 7 December 2017), Thomas Sackvill, 14 May 1639; citing Burial, Sedlescombe, Sussex, England, 00671, The Keep, East Sussex Record Office; West Sussex County Record Office, Chichester, image 671
6. ↑ https://sussexparishchurches.org/church/sedlescombe-st-john-the-baptist/
7. ↑ Post-nuptial settlement between Downton and Sackville, lands in Sedlescombe, Whatlington and Mountfield Repository:East Sussex Record Office ESRO reference: LIB/501911/11 (accessed 17 May 2021)
8. ↑ Thomas Sackville in:[https://archive.org/details/granteesofarmsna661915/page/220/mode/2up?q=sackville| Grantees of arms named in docquets and patents to the end of the seventeenth century : in the manuscripts preserved in the British museum, the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Queen's College, Oxford, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and elsewhere : alphabetically arranged by the late Joseph Foster and contained in the Additional ms. no. 37,147, in the British museum by Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905; Rylands, W. Harry (William Harry), 1847-1922 ]
9. ↑ Burial: "East Sussex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office; Brighton, England, UK; Sussex Parish Registers
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 62049 #3179086 (accessed 5 January 2024)
   Sir Thomas Sackvill burial (died in about 1639) on 14 May 1639 in Sedlescombe, Sussex, England.