Nicholas Bacon

1509 - 1579  (70 years)

• Name	Nicholas Bacon
  Birth	1509	Chislehurst, Bromley, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1579
  Siblings	2 brothers and 1 sister
  1. James Bacon,   b. cir 1508   d. 1573  (Age 65 years) ▻ Mary Gardner   2. Nicholas Bacon,   b. 1509, Chislehurst, Bromley, Kent, England d. 1579  (Age 70 years) ▻ Jane Fernley;   Anne Cooke   3. Thomasine Bacon,   b. cir 1510 ▻ Valentine Browne   4. Thomas Bacon,   b. cir 1510
  Notes	Nicolas Bacon, Elizabeth I's Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, attended CambridgeUniversity; he also studied for a time in Paris in the 1520s. He became a lawyer at Gray's Inn in London and rose through the ranks of the legal profession, acquiring some estates along the way as Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries. He fell out of favor during Mary's reign, but Elizabeth made him Lord Keeper of the Great Seal (probably through the influence of his brother-in-law, William Cecil, Elizabeth's chief advisor and ancestor of the Earls of Salisbury). Bacon was highly influential in Elizabethan politics and finance for the rest of his life, and was buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
  Person ID	I20609	Private
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2006

  
  

  Father	Robert Bacon,   b. cir 1479   d. 1548 (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Isabella Cage,   b. cir 1485
  Family ID	F7906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jane Fernley,   b. cir 1510
  Children	1. Nicholas Bacon,   b. cir 1540
  Family ID	F7909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Anne Cooke,   b. cir 1510
  Children	1. Francis Bacon,   b. cir 1540
  Family ID	F7911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

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  Birth - 1509 - Chislehurst, Bromley, Kent, England  = Link to Google Earth