Philip Phillip Packer, Esq.

Philip was born at Moat House at the Groombridge estate. He was christened at either the Collegiate Church or Abbey of St. Peter's in Winchester.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Society. His first wife was Isabel Berkeley, the daughter of Sir Robert Berkeley, by whom he had 3 children: Robert, John and Isabella. His son Philip was by his second wife, Sarah Isgar.

From John Evelyn's diary : "6/4/1652, dau. of James and Anna Sessions from Whitney, July 4, 1652. I heard a sermon at Mr. Packer's Chapel at Groombridge. A pretty, melancholy place, well wooded and watered. In this (Moat) House, was one of the French Kings kept prisoner (the Duke of Orleans, taken at the Battle of Agincourt) by Richard Waller, the owner. The Chapel was built by Mr. Packer's father in remembrance of the safe return of Charles, Prince of Wales, from Spain."

"August 6, 1674. I went to see my old friend at Groombridge, Mr. Packer; the house well built within a moat in a woody valley."

"October 3, 1683. came to visit me my old and worthy friend, Mr. Packer, bringing with him his nephew, Berkeley, grandson of the honest judge."

In December 1670 a warrant was issued to Philip Packer (paymaster) for £6,000 on account of impaling and fencing Windsor Great Park..On 5/5/1671, a warrant for payment by woodward and officers of the New Forest and the Forest of Alseholt and East and West Bears, was issued Philip Packer. The close connection between the Berkeleys and Philip Packers and the deputyship of Lord John Berkeley to Ireland, induced Philip to "intend to shortly cross the seas into Ireland," as he writes. He settled in Dublin, where he died 12/24/1686, age 68 years and where letters of administration were issued after Philip Packer, formerly of Groombridge, Kent, Esq., and in England on 4/26/1687. He was buried at Groombridge; there is a memorial to him in the estate's chapel.

In his will, dated 5/20/1684, he bequeathed Groombridge to his son John and left cash legacies to his daughters and his grandchildren [Elisha Packer His Ancestors and Descendants, Family 5].

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Biography

Philip Packer, Esq. was born on June 24, 1618 in Groombridge, Kent, England. His parents were John Packer, MP and Philippa Packer (Mills). He was a Courtier and Attorney - Court of Charles II.

Philip married Isabella Packer on July 20, 1652 in Groombridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Together they had the following children:

• Robert Packer;
• James Packer;
• John Philip Packer, Esq., of Groombridge;
• Catherine Packer;
• Isabella Packer;
• Elizabeth Geddes.

Philip married mistress Sara Packer on December 20, 1666 in UK. Together they had the following children, some before marriage:

• Philip James Packer, II;
• Temperance van den Bempde;
• Katherine Packer.

He died on December 24, 1686 in Groombridge, Kent, England and was buried there.

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Courtier and attorney in the court of Charles II. Paymaster of the King's Works, Architect (not formally trained. Original Fellow of the Royal Society. A friend of the diarist John Evelyn & Architect Christopher Wren. Married to Isabella Berkely, but had an affair with Sarah Isgar, a young woman in the court. They had three sons, the boys were born in London and raised on Packer family properties in Ireland and Donnington Castle in England. After Isabella died, Philip married Sarah and they spend the rest of their lives at Groombridge Place near the border of Sussex. (Turnbridge Wells, Kent, England).