BACON, Nathaniel (1546-1622), of Stiffkey, Irmingland, Norf.

Family and Education

b. c. 1546,Bacon Pprs. ed. A. Hassell Smith et al. (Norf. Rec. Soc. xlvi), p. xv. 2nd s. of Sir Nicholas Bacon†, lord kpr., of Redgrave, Suff. and Gorhambury, Herts. and his 1st w. Jane, da. of William Fernley of West Creting, Suff.; bro. of Nicholas†, Edward†, and half-bro. of Anthony† and Francis*. W. Rye, False Ped. of Bacon of Suff. 33-8. educ. Trin. Camb. 1561; G. Inn 1562, ‘ancient’ 1576. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. (1) lic. 29 June 1569, Mar. Lics. (Harl. Soc.xxiv), 15. Anne (d.1594) illegit. da. of Sir Thomas Gresham of Gresham House, Bishopsgate Street, London, 2s. d.v.p., 3da.; Rye, 33-8. (2) 21 July 1597, Norf. RO, Great Cressingham par. reg., MF PR/78C, unfol. Dorothy (d. 21 Aug. 1629), da. of Sir Arthur Hopton† of Blythburgh, Suff., wid. of William Smith of Burgh Castle, Suff. s.p. Letters and Will of Lady Dorothy Bacon ed. J. Key (Norf. Rec. Soc. lvi), 78-9. Kntd. 21 July 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 134. bur. 7 Nov. 1622 7 Nov. 1622. Norf. RO, Stiffkey par. reg., MF/RO 487/1, unfol. sig. Na[thaniel] Bacon.

Offices Held

J.p. Norf. 1575–d.; SP12/104, f. 111; SP12/121, f. 23; C193/13/1, f. 72. commr. eccles. causes, Norwich, Norf. 1575–7, C66/1138, 1162. piracy, Norf. 1577, Lansd. 146, f. 18v; R. Tittler, Nicholas Bacon: The Making of a Tudor Statesman, 165–6. grain 1586; Lansd. 48, f. 138; APC, 1587–8, p. 396; CSP Dom. 1581–90, p. 301. dep. steward of duchy of Lancaster, Norf., Suff. and Cambs. 1583 – 99, steward 1599–1603; R. Somerville, Hist. Duchy of Lancaster, 596. sheriff, Norf. 1586 – 87, 1599–1600; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 88; Norf. Official Lists ed. H. L’Estrange, 20. collector, Privy Seal loans, Norf. 1589 – 90, 1597–8; Stowe 150, ff. 69, 102; APC 1590–1, p. 187, 1596–7, p. 460, 1597–8, p. 559; E401/2583, ff. 10v, 13. commr. recusancy, Norf. 1591, Official Pprs. of Nathaniel Bacon as a JP, 1580–1620 ed. H.W. Saunders (Cam. Soc. ser. 3. xxvi), pp. xxxviii, 170–3. inquiry, hemp and flax patent abuses, Norf. and Suff. 1592, APC, 1591–2, p. 87; A. Hassell Smith, County and Ct.: Govt. and Pol. in Norf., 1558–1603, pp. 250–1. inquiry, militia, Norf. 1594,Smith, County and Ct. 284. musters, Norf. 1596, 1598, 1614; APC, 1596–7, p. 388, 1597–8, p. 483, 1598–9, p. 344; Suppl. Stiffkey Pprs. ed. F.R. Brooks (Cam. Soc. Misc. xvi, ser. 3. lii), 25–34. dep. lt. Norf. 1596–d.; APC, 1596–7, p. 53. freeman, King’s Lynn, Norf. 1597; Cal. Lynn Freemen, 128. high steward of Torrington manor, Norf. by 1598; Add. Ch. 76258; E315/310 f. 6v. commr. impressment of mariners, Norf. 1598, 1620, Official Pprs. 67–9; APC, 1619–21, p. 248. sewers, 1600–1607, Official Pprs. 104–23; C181/1, ff. 78v, 88v; 181/2, f. 46. Fenland 1605–8, C181/1, ff. 112v, 119v; 181/2, f. 62v. River Gleane 1609–18, C181/2, ff. 83v, 326v. inquiry into boundaries and limits, Cambs. and Ely 1602; C181/1, f. 32. feodary, coroner, escheator and clerk of the market of Methwold, Norf. 1604; Suppl. Stiffkey Pprs. 35–9; HMC Townshend, 19. commr. subsidy, Norf. 1608; SP14/31/1. steward of East Dereham manor, Norf. by 1608; SP14/37/21. collector aid, Norf. 1609, for Princess Eliz. 1612–13; SP14/43/107; E179/283; E403/2732, f. 89. commr. sea breaches, Norf. 1610, 1616, C181/2, ff. 128, 263v. oyer and terminer, Norf. and Suff. 1617, Eastern circ. 1618–d., Ibid. ff. 293v, 332; 181/3, ff. 53v, 61v. subsidy, Norf. 1621–2. C212/22/20–1.

Parlimentarian

BACON, Nathaniel (1546-1622), of Stiffkey, Irmingland, Norf.

Main residence: Stiffkey, Irmingland, Norf.

Author

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BACON, Nathaniel (1546-1622)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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