Genealogy of the Bryan and Martin Families
Nicholas Bacon
1509 - 1579 (70 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Nicholas Bacon was born in 1509 in Chislehurst, Bromley, Kent, England; died in 1579. 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.
Family/Spouse: Jane Fernley. Jane (daughter of William Fernley and unknown) was born in cir 1510. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Nicholas Bacon
was born in cir 1540.
Family/Spouse: Anne Cooke. Anne (daughter of Anthony Cooke and unknown) was born in cir 1510. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Francis Bacon was born in cir 1540.
- 2. Nicholas Bacon
Generation: 2
2. Nicholas Bacon (1.Nicholas1) was born in cir 1540. Notes:
Nicholas Bacon was the first baronet created in England, in 1611.
3. Francis Bacon (1.Nicholas1) was born in cir 1540. Notes:
Sir Francis Bacon was the great philosopher, scientist, essayist, and Lord Chancellor.