BACON, Thomas (1620-bef. 1700), of Friston, Suff.

Family and Education

bap. 29 June 1620, 1st s. of Nathaniel Bacon of Friston and Anne, da. of Sir Thomas le Gros of Sloley and Crostwight, Norf.Caister St Edmund with Markshall, par. reg. transcript; Vis. Suff. 1664-1668 (Harl. Soc. lxi.), 38; C. P[artridge], ‘Bacons of Friston’, E. Anglian Misc. (1932), 55. educ. Corpus Christi, Camb. Easter 1637; G. Inn 13 May 1640.Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. 226. m. (1) c.1641, (with £2,000) Elizabeth (d. 2 Jan. 1648), da. of Sir Robert Brooke† of Cockfield Hall, Yoxford, Suff. 1s. d.v.p. 1da.;Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA30/312/391; H.W.B. Wayman, ‘Friston, Suff.’, E. Anglian Misc. (1910), 93. (2) by 1653, Martha, da. of Sir John Reade of Wrangle, Lincs., wid. of Edward Empson of Boston, Lincs. 1da.Partridge, ‘Bacons of Friston’, 55. suc. fa. 1644.Partridge, ‘Bacons of Friston’, 55. d. betw. 30 Apr. 1695-6 Nov. 1699.PROB11/453/89.

Offices Held

Local: Commr. assessment, Suff. 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679. 30 June 1645 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Member, Suff. co. cttee. by 1645–7. 30 June 1645 – bef.Oct. 1653Suff. ed. Everitt, 130. J.p., Sept. 1656–1687.C231/6, pp. 12, 381; C193/13/3, f. 60v; Names of the Justices (1650), 53 (E.1238.4); Stowe 577, f. 49v; C193/13/4, f. 93v; C193/13/6, f. 83; C193/13/5, f. 99v; Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 187; A Perfect List (1660), 51; C220/9/4, f. 82; C193/12/3, f. 96v; C193/12/4, f. 113. Commr. oyer and terminer, Suff. 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 257. liberty of St Etheldreda, I. of Ely 23 Dec. 1645;C181/5, f. 267v. gaol delivery, Suff. 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 257. Aldeburgh 15 Dec. 1645;C181/5, f. 265v. New Model ordinance, Suff. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. sewers, Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658 – aft.June 1659, 1 Aug. 1664;C181/6, pp. 292, 342, 361; C181/7, p. 287. Suff. 20 Dec. 1658;C181/6, p. 341. Norf., Suff. and I. of Ely 20 Dec. 1669;C181/7, p. 523. poll tax, Suff. 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 791.

Religious: elder, fourth Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 425.

Legal: ?called, G. Inn 1651; ?ancient, 1658.PBG Inn, 422–3.

: of Friston, Suff.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BACON, Thomas (1620-bef. 1700), of Friston, Suff.

Will

13 Apr. 1695, pr. 6 Nov. 1699.PROB11/453/89.

Estates

worth £800 p.a.Soc. Antiq. MS 667, p. 406.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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