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BADGER (BAGEHOTT, BAGEWORTH, BAGGOTT), William (by 1532-77/78), of Prestbury, Glos.

Family and Education
b. by 1532, 1st s. of William Badger alias Bagehott of Hallplace in Prestbury by Alice, da. of John Martin of Chaceley, Glos.Presumed to be of age at election. Gloucester consist. ct. wills 1578; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 59, 223.
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?Bailiff, manor of Prestbury in 1543; ?servant of Thomas, Baron Seymour of Sudeley by 1549.HMC Bath, iv. 109, 129.

Main residence: Prestbury, Glos.
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BADGER (BAGEHOTT, BAGEWORTH, BAGGOTT), William (by 1532-77/78)

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BADDELL, William (by 1523-72/73), of Hythe, Kent.

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b. by 1523. m. Margaret.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Canterbury prob. reg. C32, f. 33.
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Bailiff, Hythe 1546 – 47, jurat from 1547; bailiff to Yarmouth 1548.Hythe chamberlains’ accts. 1483–1509, f. 117; Cinque Ports White and Black Bks. (Kent Arch. Soc. recs. br. xix), 237, 239.

Main residence: Hythe, Kent.
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BADDELL, William (by 1523-72/73)

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BACON, Thomas (c.1505-73 or later), of London.

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b. c. 1505, 1st s. of Robert Bacon of Drinkstone and Hesset, Suff., and bro. of Nicholas. m. (1) disp. 26 Feb. 1536, Jane (d.1563), da. of one Mery, at least 1s. 1da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Mery of Hatfield, Herts. suc. fa. Aug./Dec. 1548.Aged about 35 in 1540, City of London RO, Guildhall, jnl. 14, f. 320v; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 2, 109; Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 152; Fac. Off. Reg. 1534-49, ed. Chambers, 45; Reg. St. Dunstan in the East, 126; PCC 19 Populwell, 28 Peter.
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Auditor, London 1548 – 50; member of Queen Elizabeth’s household in 1558; j.p. Herts. 1561–?d.; commr. benevolence 1564.City of London RO, jnl. 15, f. 375; 16, f. 25; Lansd. 3(89), f. 193; CPR, 1563–6, p. 123.

Main residence: London.
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BACON, Thomas (c.1505-at least 73)

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BACON, Nicholas (1510-79), of Gray’s Inn and York House, London; Redgrave, Suff. Gorhambury, Herts.

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b. 28 Dec. 1510, 2nd s. of Robert Bacon of Drinkstone and Hesset, Suff. by Eleanor or Isabel, da. of John Cage of Pakenham, Suff.; bro. of Thomas. educ. Bury St. Edmunds sch.; Corpus, Camb. adm. 1523, BA 1527; G. Inn, adm. 1532, called 1536. m. disp. 5 Apr. 1540, Jane (d.Oct. 1552 or later), da. of William Ferneley of London, 4s. inc. Edward, Nathaniel and Nicholas 3da. (2) by Feb. 1553, Anne, da. of Sir Anthony Cooke of Gidea Hall, Essex, 2s. Anthony and Francis 2da. Kntd. (?15) Dec. 1558.Bacon refers to ‘Children’s Day’ (28 Dec.) as his birthday in a letter of 1564. According to an inscription on a portrait dated 1579 he was then aged 68: according to a less reliable inscription on another portrait he was 55 in 1562, R. C. Strong, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 16. This biography rests on G. Scott Thomson, ‘Three Suff. figures: Thomas Wolsey, Stephen Gardiner and Nicholas Bacon’, Procs. Suff. Inst. Arch. xxv. 194, and R. Tittler, Nicholas Bacon.
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Bencher, G. Inn 1550, treasurer 1552 – 56, jt. (with Gilbert Gerard) treasurer 1556.

Solicitor, ct. augmentations 18 Mar. 1540 – Jan. 1547; commr. chantries, Mdx. and London 1546, Norf. 1548, relief, Suff. 1550, heresies 1552, to administer oath of supremacy, dioceses of Ely and Norwich 1559; attorney, ct. wards and liveries 2 Jan. 1547 – 8 Feb. 1561; j.p. Cambs., Suff. 1547 – d., numerous other counties 1558/59; ld. keeper of the great seal 22 Dec. 1558 – d.; PC 22 Dec. 1558 – Nov. 1563, Apr. 1565 – d.; bailiff of liberty, duchy of Lancaster, Clare honor 20 June 1559 – 24 June 1562, jt. (with s. Nicholas) steward, Clare honor 29 July 1562 – d.; high steward, St. Albans, Herts. by 1562.

Main residences: Gray's Inn; York House, London and Redgrave, Suff. and Gorhambury, Herts.
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BACON, Nicholas (1510-79)

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BABTHORPE, Sir William (1489/90-1555), of Osgodby and Flotmanby, Yorks.

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b. 1489 /90, 1st s. of William Babthorpe of Osgodby by Christina, da. of John Sothill of Stockfaston, Leics. educ. ?M. Temple. m. by 1529, Agnes, da. of Brian Palmes of Naburn, Yorks., 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 10 Feb. 1501. KB 20 Feb. 1547.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., CIPM Hen. VII, ii. 939. Glover’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 102-3; T. Burton, Hemingbrough, ed. Raine, ped. bet. pp. 310-11.
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Member, council of Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond, July 1525–36, council of Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland, 1533 – 37, council in the north 1536 – d., council of Thomas Lord Darcy by 1537; j.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) 1525 – d., (W. Riding) 1528 – 47, (N. Riding) 1538 – 47, liberty of Ripon 1538, liberty of dean and chapter of St. Peter’s, York 1538; steward, Beverley, Yorks. in Feb. 1532; constable, Wressle castle, Yorks. 1535; commr. tenths of spiritualities, Yorks. 1535, monasteries 1536, musters 1539, benevolence, Yorks. (E. and W. Riding) 1544/45, chantries, Yorks. 1546, 1548, relief, 1550, goods of churches and fraternities Yorks. (E. Riding) 1553; steward, Howden and Howdenshire Nov. 1547; custos rot. Yorks. (E. Riding) c.1547.LP Hen. VIII, iv, v, vii, viii, x-xxi; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 91, 92; 1548–9, p. 136; 1550–3, p. 394; 1553, pp. 353, 354, 361, 416; 1553–4, pp. 26, 35; R. R. Reid, King’s Council in North, 491; M. E. James, Change and Continuity in Tudor N. (Borthwick pprs. xxvii), 22n; C66/801; 193/12/1.

Main residences: Osgodby; Flotmanby, Yorks.
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BABTHORPE, Sir William (1489/90-1555)

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