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b. 12 Dec. 1593, 3rd s. of Sir Edward Bacon† (d. 1618) of Shrubland, Barham, Suff. and Helen, da. and h. of Thomas Little† of Bray, Berks.;Vis. Suff. 1561, 1577 and 1612 ed. W.C. Metcalfe (Exeter, 1882), 109-10; W.C. Pearson, ‘The Bacons of Shrubland Hall’, E. Anglian, n.s. iv. 34; Gent. Mag. xcv. 20-4; W.E. Layton, ‘Bacon and Bures’, Misc. Gen. et Her. 3rd ser. iv. 164; Copinger, Manors of Suff. ii. 23, 244; Bacon, Annalls, memoir, pp. i-vi. bro. of Francis*. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1606, BA 1611;Al. Cant. G. Inn 16 Aug. 1611.GI Admiss. 128. m. (1) after 1623, Elizabeth (d. 1628), da. of Robert Maidston of Boxted, Essex, wid. of Edward Glascock of Great Horkesley, Essex, s.p.;Bacon, Annalls, memoir, p. v; RCHME Essex, iii. 10. (2) c.1630, Susanna, da. of William Holloway, clothier, of East Bergholt, Suff., wid. of Matthew Alefounder, clothier, of Dedham, Essex, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da.Bacon, Annalls, memoir, p. v; Muskett, Suff. Manorial Fams. i. 226. d. 28 Aug. 1660.Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 42.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 1617; ancient, 1632; Lent reader, 1641; bencher, 1641. Reader, Barnard’s Inn 1631.PBG Inn, 226, 310, 340, 345; W. Dugdale, Origines Juridiciales (1666), 297; Baker, Readers and Readings, 58, 195, 540. Judge, ct. of admlty. Nov. 1649–53.CJ vii. 221b, 223a.

Central: clerk in chancery for licences and pardons of alienations, 1631-aft. 1650. 5 June 1646Coventry Docquets, 182. Commr. exclusion from sacrament,, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b; Add. 15669, f. 1v. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649. Judge, causes of poor prisoners, 9 June 1654.A. and O. Master of requests by Aug. 1655-aft. Jan. 1659.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 291; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/4, f. 81; C219/48: Ipswich election indenture, 18 Jan. 1659. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 578a, 593a.

Local: commr. sewers, River Stour, Essex and Suff. 1634;C181/4, f. 173v. Suff. 1635, 1637, 20 Dec. 1658;C181/5, ff. 24v, 82; C181/6, p. 341. Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656–8 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 175, 319. Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658–d.;C181/6, pp. 292, 361. oyer and terminer, Essex 25 July 1640-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 183v, 254v. Suff. 11 Apr. 1644-aft. July 1645;C181/5, ff. 232v, 257. Norf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 379. subsidy, Essex 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; Ipswich, 1660;SR. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 27 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 208v. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Essex 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. Suff. 21 Mar. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Ipswich 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660;LJ v. 658a; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). loans on Propositions, Tendring hundred, Essex 11 July 1642; Suff. 28 July 1642.LJ v. 203b, 245b. J.p. Essex ?-15 July 1642, by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653; Suff. by Apr. 1648–d.Rymer, Feodera, viii. pt. 3, p. 253; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/1, f. 110; C231/5, p. 530; C231/6, p. 405; C193/13/3, ff. 24v, 60v; C193/13/4, f. 35v; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxiii; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. sequestration, Essex, Suff. 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. care of Landguard Fort, Suff. 12 Apr. 1643.CJ iii. 41b. Dep. lt. Suff. May 1643–?CJ iii. 80a; LJ vi. 42a. Commr. additional ord. for levying of money, Essex, Suff., Ipswich 1 June 1643;A. and O. levying of money, Essex, Suff. 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. Suff. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643; Essex 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. gaol delivery, Ipswich 7 Feb. 1644 – July 1660, 13 Aug. 1660–d.;C181/5, ff. 231v, 244v; C181/6, pp. 72, 330; C181/7, p. 54. Bury St Edmunds liberty and borough 11 Apr. 1644;C181/5, ff. 233v, 234. Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 238v, 254v. Suff. 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 257. liberty of St Etheldreda, I. of Ely 23 Dec. 1645;C181/5, f. 267v. ejecting scandalous ministers, Suff. 12 Mar. 1644, 28 Aug. 1654; Cambs. by Jan. 1645;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 120; A. and O.; The Cambs. Cttee. for Scandalous Minsters, ed. G. Hart (Cambs. Rec. Soc. xxiv), 96. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; commr. I. of Ely, 12 Aug. 1645;A. and O. militia, Suff. 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660; Ipswich 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 15v. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Suff. 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655.Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15).

Civic: freeman, Ipswich 1642 – d.; recorder, 1642 – d.; bailiff, 1644 – 45; town clerk, 1651 – d.; clerk of the peace, 1651 – d.; claviger, 1651–d.Bacon, Annalls, 531; E. Anglian, n.s. ii. 37. Recorder, Bury St Edmunds by late 1650s-?d.Soc. Antiq. MS 667, p. 8; Add. 15520, f. 6; Bacon, Annalls, memoir, p. ii.

Religious: elder, second Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 424.

Parlimentarian
BACON, Nathaniel (1593-1660), of Gray’s Inn and Ipswich, Suff.
: of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Suff., Ipswich.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown, 1659.Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BACON, Nathaniel (1593-1660), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Ipswich, Suff.

Will
26 Aug. 1660, codicil 26 Aug. 1660, pr. 8 July 1661.PROB11/305/77; Bacon, Annalls, memoir, pp. v-vi n.
Estates
inherited lands at Crowfield, Suff. from his fa. 1618;PROB11/132/569. owned a house in St Margaret’s par. Ipswich c.1655.Soc. Antiq. MS 667, p. 8.
Oxford 1644
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