BACON, Sir Edmund, 2nd Bt. (1569-1649), of Redgrave, Suff. and Thornage, Norf.

Family and Education

bap. 17 Feb. 1569,Soc. Gen. Redgrave par. reg. 1st s. of Sir Nicholas Bacon†, 1st bt., of Culford, Suff. and Anne, da. and coh. of Edward Butts of Thornage. educ. Eton c.1580; Corpus, Camb. 1584; G. Inn 1586; travelled abroad 1595-6 (Venice). m. by 22 July 1593, Philippa (d. 1 Oct. 1626), da. of Edward Wotton, 1st Bar. Wotton of Marley, s.p. Kntd. ?11 May 1603; suc. fa. 13 Nov. 1624. d. 10 Apr. 1649. CB, i. 1-2; Eton Coll. Reg. comp. W. Sterry; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; SO3/1, unfol. (28 May 1595); T. Birch, Memoirs of Reign of Queen Elizabeth (1754), i. 453; Letters of Philip Gawdy ed. I.H. Jeayes, 74; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 105.

Offices Held

Commr. sewers, Suff. 1624–6, C181/3, ff. 122v, 201v. subsidy, 1625 – 26, 1641–2; Harl. 305, f. 296v; Letters from Redgrave Hall ed. D. MacCulloch (Suff. Rec. Soc. l), 113; SR, v. 66, 156. col. militia ft., Suff. 1625 – at least28, capt. at d.; HMC 13th Rep. IV, 443; Add. 39245, f. 140v; Wills and Inventories from Reg. of Commissary of Bury St. Edmunds and Adn. of Sudbury ed. S. Tymms (Cam. Soc. xlix), 216. j.p. Norf. and Suff. 1626-at least 1641, C231/4, ff. 197v, 206v; C66/2859. commr. Forced Loan, Norf. and Suff. 1626 – 27, Bury St. Edmunds, Suff. 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 40v, 55, 76v. piracy, Suff. 1627, inquiry, lands of Robert Rookwood, Suff. 1628, C181/3, ff. 232, 238v. knighthood compositions, Norf. 1631–2, HMC 3rd Rep. 272; E178/5520, f. 22. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1631 – 42, Suff. 1644, C181/4, f. 69; 181/5, ff. 218, 232. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Suff. 1633; GL, ms 25475/1, f. 15. sheriff, Suff. 1633–4; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 132. commr. swans, Essex and Suff. 1635, sea-breaches, Norf. and Suff. 1638, C181/5, ff. 28, 103. array, Suff. 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. propositions 1642; dep. lt. Suff. 1642; LJ, v. 245, 342. commr. to raise money for the Scottish army 1643, Suff. and Gt. Rebellion ed. A. Everitt (Suff. Recs. Soc. iii), 60–1. assessment 1643 – d., execution of ordinances 1643, defence of Eastern Assoc. 1643, Ibid. 658; A. and O. i. 168, 242, 293, 537, 639, 975, 1093; ii. 43. scandalous ministers 1644, Suff. Cttees. for Scandalous Ministers ed. C. Holmes (Suff. Recs. Soc. xiii), 25. gaol delivery 1644, Bury St. Edmunds liberty 1664, Bury St. Edmunds bor. 1644, oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, Suff. 1645; C181/5, ff. 232v-3v, 256v. elder, Eye classis, Suff. 1645; W.A. Shaw, Hist. of Eng. Church during Civil Wars and under Commonwealth, ii. 427. commr. New Model Ordinance 1645, militia, Suff. 1648. A. and O. i. 624, 1243.

Parlimentarian

BACON, Sir Edmund, 2nd Bt. (1569-1649), of Redgrave, Suff. and Thornage, Norf.

Main residences: Redgrave, Suff.; Thornage, Norf.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BACON, Sir Edmund, 2nd Bt. (1569-1649)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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