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Nicholas BACON's other family: with Anne COOKE (1528-1610)
Nicholas BACON's father: Robert BACON ( - )
Jane FERNLEY's father: William FERNLEY ( - )

Family of Nicholas BACON and Jane FERNLEY

Husband: Nicholas BACON (1510?-1579)
Wife: Jane FERNLEY ( - )
Children: Nicholas BACON (1540?-1624?)
Edward BACON ( - )
Nathaniel BACON ( - )

Husband: Nicholas BACON

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Name: Nicholas BACON 1
Sex: Male
Father: Robert BACON ( - )
Mother: -
Birth 1510 (est) 2
Title Sir
Occupation (1) Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal to Queen Elizabeth I
Occupation (2) btw 1559 and Feb 1579 (age 48-69) Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
Residence (1) Redgrave, Suffolk, England 2
Residence (2) Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, England 2
Death 20 Feb 1579 (age 68-69) 2

Wife: Jane FERNLEY

Name: Jane FERNLEY 1
Sex: Female
Father: William FERNLEY ( - )
Mother: -

Child 1: Nicholas BACON

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Name: Nicholas BACON 3
Sex: Male
Spouse: Anne BUTTS ( -1609?)
Birth 1540 (est) 1
Education 1554 (age 13-14) -; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England 1
Occupation (1) btw 1563 and 1567 (age 22-27) Member of Parliament for Beverley 1
Occupation (2) btw 1572 and 1583 (age 31-43) Member of Parliament for Suffolk 1
Occupation (3) btw 1581 and 1582 (age 40-42) Sheriff of Suffolk 1
Occupation (4) btw 1597 and 1598 (age 56-58) Sheriff of Norfolk 1
Title (1) 22 May 1611 (age 70-71) Sir; Norwich, Norfolk, England 1
Title (2) 22 May 1611 (age 70-71) 1st Baronet Bacon of Redgrave, Suffolk
Death 12 Nov 1624 (est) (age 83-84) Cutford, Suffolk, England 1,4
Burial Redgrave, Suffolk, England 1

Additional Information

Education Gonville & Caius College

Child 2: Edward BACON

Name: Edward BACON 5
Sex: Male
Spouse: Helen LITTEL ( - )
Residence Ipswich, Suffolk, England 5

Additional Information

Residence Shrubland Hall

Child 3: Nathaniel BACON

Name: Nathaniel BACON 6
Sex: Male
Spouse 1: Dorothy HOPTON ( - )
Spouse 2: Anne GRESHAM ( - )
Title Sir

Sources

1"Internet URL link". http://www.thepeerage.com/p1 2827.htm#i128267. Cit. Date: 20 June 2010. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Bt. was born circa 1540. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon and Jane Fernley. He married Anne Butts, daughter of Edmund Butts and Anne Bures, in 1564. He died on 12 November 1624 at Cutford, Suffolk, England. He was also reported to have died on 22 November 1624 at Cutford, Suffolk, England. He was buried at Redgrave, Suffolk, England.
Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Bt. matriculated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1554. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Beverley between 1563 and 1567. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Suffolk between 1572 and 1583. He held the office of Sheriff of Suffolk in 1581. He held the office of Sheriff of Suffolk from 1581 to 1582. He held the office of Sheriff of Norfolk from 1597 to 1598. He was invested as a Knight on 22 May 1611 at Norwich, Norfolk, England, by Queen Elizabeth. He was created 1st Baronet Bacon, of Redgrave, co. Suffolk [England] on 22 May 1611, the "Premier Baronetcy."
Children of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Bt. and Anne Butts
Sir Butts Bacon, 1st Bt. d. 29 May 1661
Elizabeth Bacon
Nicholas Bacon d. Aug 1641
Sir Nathaniel Bacon
Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Bt. b. c 1570, d. 10 Apr 1649
Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Bt. b. a 1570, d. c Dec 1655
2Ibid. http://www.thepeerage.com/p1 2827.htm#i128268. Cit. Date: 20 June 2010. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: Sir Nicholas Bacon was born in 1510. He was the son of Robert Bacon. He married, firstly, Jane Fernley, daughter of William Fernley. He married, secondly, Anne Cooke, daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke. He died on 20 February 1578/79.
Sir Nicholas Bacon held the office of Lord Keeper of the Great Seal between 1559 and February 1578/79. He lived at Redgrave, Suffolk, England. He lived at Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, England. He had three other daughters by his first wife.
Children of Sir Nicholas Bacon and Jane Fernley
Sir Nathaniel Bacon
Edward Bacon
Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Bt. b. c 1540, d. 12 Nov 1624
Children of Sir Nicholas Bacon and Anne Cooke
Anthony Bacon
Jane Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st and last Viscount Saint Alban b. 22 Jan 1560/61, d. 9 Apr 1626
3"Armorial Bearings of Roger BACON and Francis BACON" (http://home.att.net/~numer icana/arms/bacon.htm). Cit. Date: 12 October 2009. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
4"Internet URL link". http://www.norfolkheraldry.o rg.uk/Bacon.html. Cit. Date: 20 June 2010. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: His son Edmund became the second baronet on his father's death in 1624
5Ibid. http://www.thepeerage.com/p1 2838.htm#i128372. Cit. Date: 20 June 2010. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: Edward Bacon is the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon and Jane Fernley. He married Helen Littel, daughter of Thomas Littel.
He was the ancestor of the Bacons of Shrubland Hall. He lived at Shrubland Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
Child of Edward Bacon and Helen Littel
Nicholas Bacon
6Ibid. http://www.thepeerage.com/p1 2836.htm#i128354. Cit. Date: 20 June 2010. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: Sir Nathaniel Bacon is the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon and Jane Fernley. He married, firstly, Anne Gresham, daughter of Sir Meautys Thomas Gresham. He married, secondly, Dorothy Hopton, daughter of Sir George Hopton.
He had two other daughters by his first wife. He lived at Stiffkey, Norfolk, England. He was invested as a Knight Bachelor.
Child of Sir Nathaniel Bacon and Anne Gresham
Elizabeth Bacon d. 1632