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'''Sir Nathaniel Bacon''' (died 7 November 1622), of [[Stiffkey]] in [[Norfolk]], was an English lawyer and [[Member of Parliament]] (MP).
'''Sir Nathaniel Bacon''' (died 7 November 1622), of [[Stiffkey]] in [[Norfolk]], was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament (MP).


==Life==
==Life==
Nathaniel Bacon was the second son of [[Nicholas Bacon (courtier)|Sir Nicholas Bacon]] and half-brother of [[Francis Bacon|Sir Francis Bacon]]. Educated at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]],<ref>{{Venn|id=BCN561N|name=Bacon, Nathaniel}}</ref> he was admitted to [[Gray's Inn]] in 1562, and became an "ancient" of the Inn in 1576. He was MP for [[Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency)|Tavistock]] (1571–83), [[Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|Norfolk]] (1584-5, 1593 and 1604–11, and defeated there in 1601) and [[King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)|King's Lynn]] (1597-8); a [[Puritan]], he was an occasionally vocal member of their parliamentary faction during [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth's]] reign. He also served as [[High Sheriff of Norfolk]] in 1586 and 1599, and was knighted in 1604.
Nathaniel Bacon was the second son of [[Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper)|Sir Nicholas Bacon]], full brother of [[Elizabeth Bacon (died 1621)|Elizabeth Bacon]], and half-brother of [[Francis Bacon|Sir Francis Bacon]] and [[Anthony Bacon (1558–1601)|Anthony Bacon]]. Educated at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]],<ref>{{acad|id=BCN561N|name=Bacon, Nathaniel}}</ref> he was admitted to [[Gray's Inn]] in 1562, and became an "ancient" of the Inn in 1576. He was MP for [[Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency)|Tavistock]] (1571–1583), [[Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|Norfolk]] (1584–1585, 1593 and 1604–1611, and defeated there in 1601) and [[King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)|King's Lynn]] (1597–1598); a [[Puritan]], he was an occasionally vocal member of their parliamentary faction during [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth's]] reign. He also served as [[High Sheriff of Norfolk]] in 1586 and 1599, and was knighted in 1604.


Bacon's will, written in 1614, mentions the construction of his tomb at Stiffkey, and a jewel with a [[unicorn horn]], which his three daughters were to use as a medicinal charm.<ref>[[Mary Anne Everett Green]], [https://archive.org/details/calendarofstatep05grea/page/543 ''Calendar State Papers Domestic, Addenda 1580-1625'' (London, 1872), p. 543 citing TNA SP15/40].</ref>
Bacon was married twice. He left no male heir; his eldest daughter, Anne, married [[John Townshend (1564-1603)|Sir John Townshend]].


Bacon was married twice. He had three daughters by his first wife, Anne Gresham, daughter of [[Thomas Gresham]]; his eldest daughter and a co heir, [[Anne Townshend|Anne Bacon]], married [[John Townshend (1564-1603)|Sir John Townshend]].<ref>Gaby Mahlberg, ‘Townshend, Anne, Lady Townshend (1573–1622)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oct 2005; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/66940, accessed 11 Oct 2017]</ref>
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His second wife was Dorothy Hopton, the daughter of [[Arthur Hopton (died 1607)|Sir Arthur Hopton]] and Rachel Hall, who inherited the manor of [[Eccles on Sea|Eccles]] from her husband.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hundred of Shropham: Eccles Pages 405-411 An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 1. Originally published by W Miller, London, 1805. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol1/pp405-411 |website=British History Online |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BACON, Nathaniel (1546-1622), of Stiffkey, Irmingland, Norf. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/bacon-nathaniel-1546-1622 |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref>
Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1561; Gray’s Inn, 1562. Married first Anne, illegitimate daughter of Sir Thomas Gresham, of whom he had one son, d.v.p., and three daughters. Married second Dorothy, daughter of Arthur Hopton of Witham, Somerset, widow of William Smyth, s.p. Knighted 1604. After leaving Cambridge without graduating, Bacon proceeded to Gray's Inn where he shared the Lord Keeper's chamber with his brothers Nicholas and Edward, and his half-brother Anthony.

Bacon's two periods as Member for Tavistock were no doubt the result of religious affinity and family friendship with Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford; his own local standing explains his membership for Norfolk and King's Lynn. JP Norfolk from 1574, q. by 1577, sheriff 1586-7, 1599-1600, deputy lieutenant by 1601; ancient, G. Inn 1576; commr grain 1576, piracy 1578; dep. steward of duchy of Lancaster lands in Norf., Suff. and Cambs. 1583, steward 1599; commr sewers c.1586; collector for the loan 1589-1604; commr Recusancy 1592; musters 1596; freeman, King's Lynn 1597; commr imprest of mariners 1598; feodary, coroner, escheator and clerk of the market of Methwold 1604
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==Notes==
He owned several estates in Norfolk, acquiring the manor of Eccles in 1572 and, in right of his wife, possessing property in Langham and Marston, and the manor of Hemsby, which formerly belonged to Norwich Priory. In 1571 his father, Sir Nicholas Bacon bought Stiffkey for him. He resided there from 1574 and succeeded to legal ownership of it on the lord keeper's death in 1579. His father also left him £200 to rebuild the hall, a work which Nathaniel accomplished, in magnificent fashion, by 1604.
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In 1614, expecting death, Bacon made a detailed will, asking to be buried in Stiffkey church, under or near a family monument of black marble ‘which the workmen have now in hand’ His three daughters, who had married John Townshend, Robert Gawdy (Gaudie?) and Thomas Knyvett, were named as executrices, the estates being shared between them and his wife, with provision for his grandchildren. Bacon apologised for giving ‘no greater legacies’, since he was heavily in debt to his elder step-son, Owen Smyth, the profits of whose lands he had used during Smyth's minority. He had, moreover, given his second wife ‘£400 a year more than I assured her before marriage’ Bacon died in Nov 1622


==References==
==References==
*{{cite DNB|wstitle=Bacon, Nicholas}} Mentioned at the end of article on the father.
*{{cite DNB|wstitle=Bacon, Nicholas}} Mentioned at the end of article on the father.


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Latest revision as of 10:09, 27 October 2023

For other people named Nathaniel Bacon, see Nathaniel Bacon.

Sir Nathaniel Bacon (died 7 November 1622), of Stiffkey in Norfolk, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament (MP).

Life

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Nathaniel Bacon was the second son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, full brother of Elizabeth Bacon, and half-brother of Sir Francis Bacon and Anthony Bacon. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge,[1] he was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1562, and became an "ancient" of the Inn in 1576. He was MP for Tavistock (1571–1583), Norfolk (1584–1585, 1593 and 1604–1611, and defeated there in 1601) and King's Lynn (1597–1598); a Puritan, he was an occasionally vocal member of their parliamentary faction during Elizabeth's reign. He also served as High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1586 and 1599, and was knighted in 1604.

Bacon's will, written in 1614, mentions the construction of his tomb at Stiffkey, and a jewel with a unicorn horn, which his three daughters were to use as a medicinal charm.[2]

Bacon was married twice. He had three daughters by his first wife, Anne Gresham, daughter of Thomas Gresham; his eldest daughter and a co heir, Anne Bacon, married Sir John Townshend.[3]

His second wife was Dorothy Hopton, the daughter of Sir Arthur Hopton and Rachel Hall, who inherited the manor of Eccles from her husband.[4][5]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Bacon, Nathaniel (BCN561N)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ Mary Anne Everett Green, Calendar State Papers Domestic, Addenda 1580-1625 (London, 1872), p. 543 citing TNA SP15/40.
  3. ^ Gaby Mahlberg, ‘Townshend, Anne, Lady Townshend (1573–1622)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oct 2005; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 11 Oct 2017
  4. ^ "Hundred of Shropham: Eccles Pages 405-411 An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 1. Originally published by W Miller, London, 1805". British History Online. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. ^ "BACON, Nathaniel (1546-1622), of Stiffkey, Irmingland, Norf. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

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