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BACON, Nicholas (c.1540-1624), of Redgrave and Culford, Suff.
Family and Education
b. c. 1540, 1st s. of (Sir) Nicholas Bacon by his 1st w.; bro. of Nathaniel and Edward and half-bro. of Anthony and Francis. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. fellow-comm. 1561; G. Inn Dec. 1562. m. 1562, Anne (d.1616), da. and h. of Edmund Butts of Thornage, Norf., 7s. inc. Edmund 3da. Kntd. 1578; suc. fa. 1579; cr. Bt. 1611.DNB; GEC Baronetage, i. 1-2; Lansd. 152, ff. 6, 16.
Offices Held
Bailiff, Bury St. Edmunds 1571; j.p. Isle of Ely by 1574, Suff. by 1574; commr. musters, Suff. by 1576, sheriff 1581 – 82, dep. lt. by 1595; j.p. Norf. from 1579, sheriff 1597 – 98; ancient, G. Inn 1576; constable, Wisbech castle by 1597.
Main residences: Redgrave; Culford, Suff.
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BACON, Nicholas (c.1540-1624)
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BACON, Nathaniel (1547-1622), of Stiffkey, Norf.
Family and Education
b. 1547, 2nd s. of Sir Nicholas Bacon by his 1st w.; bro. of Nicholas and Edward and half-bro. of Anthony and Francis. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1561; G. Inn 1562. m. (1) c.1569, Anne, illegit. da. of Sir Thomas Gresham, 1s. d.v.p. 3da; (2) c.1600, Dorothy, da. of Arthur Hopton of Witham, Som., wid. of William Smyth, s.p. Kntd. 1604.
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J.p. Norf. from 1574, q. by 1577, sheriff 1586 – 87, 1599 – 1600, dep. lt. by 1601; ancient, G. Inn 1576; commr. grain 1576, piracy 1578; dep. steward of duchy of Lancaster lands in Norf., Suff. and Camb. 1583, steward 1599; commr. sewers c. 1586; collector for the loan 1589 – 1604; commr. recusancy 1592, musters 1596; freeman, King’s Lynn 1597; commr. imprest of mariners 1598; feodary, coroner, escheator and clerk of the market of Methwold 1604.
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Main residence: Stiffkey, Norf.
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Commons 1558-1603
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BACON, Nathaniel (1547-1622)
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BACON, John (d.1576), of Norwich and Great Yarmouth, Norf.
Family and Education
Prob. s. of Henry Bacon, grocer and alderman of Norwich. m. (1) Beatrice Mingay of Norwich, ?s.p.; (2) Anne, wid. of one Lawghe of Norwich, ?s.p.
Offices Held
Freeman, Norwich 1550; paymaster of the haven, Great Yarmouth 14 Sept. 1571, bailiff 1573.
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Main residences: Norwich; Great Yarmouth, Norf.
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BACON, John (-d.1576)
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BACON, Francis (1561-1626), of Gray’s Inn and Gorhambury, Herts.
Family and Education
b. 22 Jan. 1561, 5th s. of Sir Nicholas Bacon, being 2nd by his 2nd w.; bro. of Anthony and half-bro. of Edward, Nathaniel, and Nicholas. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 5 Apr. 1573-6; G. Inn 1576, called 1582. m. 10 May 1606, Alice, da. and coh. of Benedict Barnham alderman of London, s.p. Kntd. 23 July 1603; cr. Baron Verulam 12 July 1618, Visct. St. Alban 27 Jan. 1621.
Offices Held
Bencher, G. Inn 1586; j.p. Essex and Mdx. from 1592/3; QC 1595, KC 1603; eccles. commr. 1603; solicitor-gen. 25 June 1607–13; clerk of the Star Chamber 1608; attorney-gen. 27 Oct. 1613–17; PC 9 June 1616–25; chancellor to Prince of Wales by 1617; ld. keeper 7 Mar. 1617 – Jan. 1618, ld. chancellor 7 Jan. 1618–30 Apr. 1621.
Main residences: Gray's Inn; Gorhambury, Herts.
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BACON, Francis (1561-1626)
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