Family and Education
b. 1548, 3rd s. of Sir Nicholas Bacon by his 1st w. Jane, da. of William Ferneley of Creeting St. Peter, Suff.; bro. of Nathaniel and Nicholas and half-bro. of Anthony and Francis. educ. Westminster; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1561; Christ Church, Oxf. 1566, BA 1570; G. Inn 1566. m. c.1581, Helen, da. and h. of Thomas Little of Shrubland Hall by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Robert Lytton of Knebworth, Herts. Said to have had 13s. At least 6s. 2da. surv. infancy. Kntd. 11 May 1603.Vis. Suff. (Harl. Soc. lxi), p. 131; Le Neve, Mon. Angl. (1719), i. 67; A. Simpson, Wealth of the Gentry , 56-7, 98-100.
Offices Held
Clerk in Chancery for licences and pardons of alienations 1571; ancient, G. Inn 1576; j.p. Berks. from c. 1583 – 91, Suff. c. 1594; sheriff, Suff. 1600–1.
Main residences: Bray, Berks.; Shrubland Hall, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
BACON, Edward (1548-1618)
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Oxford 1644
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