John Sackville

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John Sackville (March 17, 1484 , † September 27, 1557 in Withyham , East Sussex ) was a Member of Parliament for East Grinstead and a local administrator in Essex , Sussex and Surrey . His first wife was Margaret Boleyn, an aunt of Queen Anne Boleyn , second wife of Henry VIII , and a great-aunt of Queen Elizabeth I.

family

John Sackville was the first son of the public servant Esquire Richard Sackville († 1524) and his second wife Isabel, daughter of John Digges from Barham in Kent . John had three brothers and seven sisters. His father Richard was a large landowner in the counties of Sussex and Essex. This wealth likely came from an inheritance from Isabel's line.

He himself had three sons and three daughters with his first wife Margaret, his second marriage to Anne Torrell remained childless.

life and career

Sackville was a Justice of the Peace in Essex from 1513 to 1524 . With the death of his father, his activities expanded to Sussex and Surrey until his own death. John apparently did not use his relationship to his influential brother-in-law from his first marriage, Thomas Boleyn , to gain advantage. In the last decade of Boleyn's life, when his star was sinking, too close public contact would have been harmful to John anyway. John's son, Richard II (1507–1566), on the other hand, was more receptive to these seductions.

Sackville resided for the last part of his life in Chiddingly , Sussex, where he made his last will on July 1, 1556 . His wife and son-in-law Nicholas Pelham were the executors. Sackville was buried in Withyham Parish Church on October 5th. For reasons that are unclear, Sackville omits any mention in his will in favor of his eldest son and his heirs. After a court order in October 1559, he was right and received his compulsory portion.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to other sources also October 26th
  2. ^ Arthur Collins: The English Baronage I. London, Robert Gosling, 1727, pp. 393-395.
  3. ↑ Egerton Brydges. Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical. FC and J. Rivington, Otridge and son, London 1812 , pp. 90-180. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  4. ↑ Christy, Miller, WW Porteous and E. Bertram Smith: Some Interesting Essex Brasses . Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society. Vol. 9. Colchester 1906. Essex Archaeological Society. Description of tombstones in Essex, p. 47.
  5. ^ History of Parliament
personal data
SURNAME Sackville, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of Parliament, local administrator
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1484
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1557
Place of death Withyham , East Sussex