BACON, Waller (c.1669-1734), of Earlham, nr. Norwich

b. c. 1669, o. surv. s. of Francis Bacon of Gray’s Inn by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Waller† (d. 1682) of St. Andrew, Holborn, Mdx. and Earlham. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 23 Feb. 1686, aged 16; G. Inn 1679, called 1693, bencher 1709. m. (1) 4 Apr. 1695 (with £2,000), Mary (d. 1701), da. and coh. of Richard Porter of Framlingham, Suff., s.p.s.; (2) settlement 28 Aug. 1703, Frances, prob. da. of Edward Nosworthy, rector of Diptford, Devon, 3s. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1679; mother 1704. Blomefield, Norf. iv. 195, 510, 515; PCC 93 Cottle, 258 Ockham; Sheffield Archs. Bacon Frank mss BFM 1041, 1247; Norf. Arch. xxxiii. 8, 92–93; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 782.