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NameSir Nicholas Bacon Bart 
[67, Bacon article, vol I, p. 1], [56, Suffolk of 1561, pub Harleian 1881, Bacon, p. 159]
[67, Bacon article, vol I, p. 1], [56, Suffolk of 1561, pub Harleian 1881, Bacon, p. 159]Birthca 1540
Death22 Nov 1624
General1st s. Kt 1578, Sherriff Suffolk 1581, Premier Bart 1611. Of Redgrave.
Education1562: Student at Gray's Inn
FatherSir Nicholas Bacon (1509-1579)
MotherJane Fernley (-<1557)
DNB Main notes for Sir Nicholas Bacon Bart
Co-subject: [Bacon], Nicholas
Dates: d. 1624
Active Date: 1604
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Law
Occupation: High sheriff of Suffolk
Of the lord keeper's first family, Nicholas, of Redgrave, Suffolk, a student of Gray's Inn, was admitted 15 Dec. 1562 (in which year he was elected M.P. for Beverley), becoming an `ancient' 21 Nov. 1576; was knighted by Elizabeth at Norwich on 22 Aug. 1578; was high sheriff of Suffolk in 1581; was M.P. for the same county from 1572 to 1583; was created the premier baronet of England by James I on 22 May 1611, died 22 Nov. 1624, and was buried at Redgrave. Seven sons survived him, and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by Edmund, the eldest of them, a friend and correspondent of Sir Henry Wotton, whose niece, Philippa, he married. His will is printed in `Bury Wills' (Camden Soc. p. 211). On Sir Edmund's death without issue, in 1649, his brother Robert became third baronet. A third brother, Butts, of Mildenhall, Suffolk, was himself created a baronet in 1627. Nicholas of Gillingham, fourth son of the lord keeper's son Nicholas, was also created a baronet in 1616, but this baronetcy became extinct in 1685. In 1755 Richard, eighth baronet of Mildenhall, became seventh baronet of Redgrave, and thus united the honours of both branches of the family (Bury Wills, p. 266). The title is still held by lineal descendants of the lord keeper.
Dates: d. 1624
Active Date: 1604
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Law
Occupation: High sheriff of Suffolk
Of the lord keeper's first family, Nicholas, of Redgrave, Suffolk, a student of Gray's Inn, was admitted 15 Dec. 1562 (in which year he was elected M.P. for Beverley), becoming an `ancient' 21 Nov. 1576; was knighted by Elizabeth at Norwich on 22 Aug. 1578; was high sheriff of Suffolk in 1581; was M.P. for the same county from 1572 to 1583; was created the premier baronet of England by James I on 22 May 1611, died 22 Nov. 1624, and was buried at Redgrave. Seven sons survived him, and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by Edmund, the eldest of them, a friend and correspondent of Sir Henry Wotton, whose niece, Philippa, he married. His will is printed in `Bury Wills' (Camden Soc. p. 211). On Sir Edmund's death without issue, in 1649, his brother Robert became third baronet. A third brother, Butts, of Mildenhall, Suffolk, was himself created a baronet in 1627. Nicholas of Gillingham, fourth son of the lord keeper's son Nicholas, was also created a baronet in 1616, but this baronetcy became extinct in 1685. In 1755 Richard, eighth baronet of Mildenhall, became seventh baronet of Redgrave, and thus united the honours of both branches of the family (Bury Wills, p. 266). The title is still held by lineal descendants of the lord keeper.