DAVY, Robert (c.1657-1703), of Ditchingham, Norf.

b. c. 1657, o. s. of Robert Davy of Ditchingham by Margaret, da. of Philip Paine of Halesworth, Suff. educ. Exeter, Oxf. matric. 1659; St. John’s, Oxf. BA 1662; I. Temple 1663, called 1673. m. by 1682, Anne (d. 1701), da. and h. of Francis Bacon (d. 1692) of St. Gregory’s, Norwich, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1679. IGI, Norf.; E. Anglian Peds. (Harl. Soc. xci), 55; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. lxxxv), 9; Blomefield, Norf. iv. 276–7.