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NameSir Nathaniel Bacon 
[54, His co-article], [60, Berners art, Vol II, p. 153 seq], [56, Suffolk of 1561, pub Harleian 1881, Bacon, p. 159], [56, Norfolk of 1664, pub Harleian 1933, Knevett, p. 116]
[54, His co-article], [60, Berners art, Vol II, p. 153 seq], [56, Suffolk of 1561, pub Harleian 1881, Bacon, p. 159], [56, Norfolk of 1664, pub Harleian 1933, Knevett, p. 116]Birthca 1547
Death7 Nov 1622
Generaldspm. Sherriff of Norfolk 1584. Kt 1604. Of Stiffkey, Norfolk.
EducationStudent at Gray's Inn 1562
FatherSir Nicholas Bacon (1509-1579)
MotherJane Fernley (-<1557)
Spouses
Notes for Sir Nathaniel Bacon
His wife was probably Anne, illeg dau of Sir Thos Gresham, founder of the Royal Exchange in London and who d. 1579. (Burke's Extinct Baronetcies, p. 226)
DNB Main notes for Sir Nathaniel Bacon
Co-subject: [Bacon], Nathaniel
Dates: d. 1622
Active Date: 1602
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Law
Occupation: Sheriff of Norfolk
Nathaniel, the lord keeper's second son, usually described as of Stiffkey, Norfolk, was admitted to Gray's Inn on 15 Dec. 1562; became an `ancient' of the society on 21 Nov. 1576; was M.P. for Tavistock in 1571 and 1572, for Norfolk in 1584 and 1593, and for Lynn in 1597; was sheriff of Norfolk in 1599; was knighted at Whitehall on 21 July 1604; was M.P. for Norfolk the same year; and died 7 Nov. 1622, at the age of seventy-five. He erected a monument to his two wives in 1615, in Stiffkey Church, where he is also buried. A will drawn up by him in 1614, when he believed himself to be dying, is printed in the `State Papers Calendars.' He left no male issue, and his eldest daughter, Anne, married Sir John Townshend, the ancestor of the marquises of Townshend. A number of manuscripts in his handwriting, chiefly dealing with his estates, are among the Townshend papers.
Dates: d. 1622
Active Date: 1602
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Law
Occupation: Sheriff of Norfolk
Nathaniel, the lord keeper's second son, usually described as of Stiffkey, Norfolk, was admitted to Gray's Inn on 15 Dec. 1562; became an `ancient' of the society on 21 Nov. 1576; was M.P. for Tavistock in 1571 and 1572, for Norfolk in 1584 and 1593, and for Lynn in 1597; was sheriff of Norfolk in 1599; was knighted at Whitehall on 21 July 1604; was M.P. for Norfolk the same year; and died 7 Nov. 1622, at the age of seventy-five. He erected a monument to his two wives in 1615, in Stiffkey Church, where he is also buried. A will drawn up by him in 1614, when he believed himself to be dying, is printed in the `State Papers Calendars.' He left no male issue, and his eldest daughter, Anne, married Sir John Townshend, the ancestor of the marquises of Townshend. A number of manuscripts in his handwriting, chiefly dealing with his estates, are among the Townshend papers.