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Robert Bacon Bt (abt. 1652 - 1704)

Sir Robert "5th Baronet Bacon of Redgrave" Bacon Bt
Born about in Redgrave, Suffolk, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 18 Feb 1674 (to 1686) in Wighton, Norfolk, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 52 in Garboldisham, Norfolk, Englandmap
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Preceded By
Sir Edmund Bacon
5th Baronet Bacon of Redgrave
1685 - 1704
Succeeded By
Sir Edmund Bacon

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Biography

Sir Robert Bacon was the son of Butts Bacon Esq. and his wife Dorothy Tracy.[1] [2] [3]

According to the Bacon pedigree, [4] Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Baronet, had two sons with surviving issue, of whom his grandson Sir Edmund, son of his elder son Robert Bacon succeeded him first as 4th Baronet, with no issue. Whereupon the next successor was the son of Sir Robert's younger son, Butts Bacon Esq., Sir Robert Bacon, 5th Baronet Bacon of Redgrave, succeeding 12 September 1685.[1]

Sir Robert Bacon, 5th Baronet, was originally of Egmere in Norfolk [5], where his father had inherited it along with the estate of Great Ryburgh. He was born about 1651, and on 18 February 1673/4 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Chandler of London. [6]

The marriage had issue: eight children, all born before Robert Bacon succeeded to the baronetcy, soon after which his wife Elizabeth died 21 December 1686.[7] Most of the children died young. [3]

Jane - bp. 16 July 1676; [8] d. unmarried 14 October 1705.
Jemima - bp. 22 August 1677; [9] bur. 16 September 1677 [10]
Dorothy - bp. 17 September 1678; [11] bur. 30 June 1679 [12]
Abigail - bp 13 September 1679; [13] m. 21 December 1710 Robert Casburn; bur. 19 October 1734.
(Sir) Edmund - heir - bp 18 November 1680; [14] m. November1712 Mary, daughter of Robert Kemp; d. 1755.
Robert - bp, 15 November 1681
Nathaniel - bp. 14 December 1682; [15] died young.
Butts - bp. 12 February 1683/4; [16] d. unmarried 1725/6.

Succession

Upon succeeding to the baronetcy, Sir Robert Bacon found the Bacon estate of Redgrave to be so greatly encumbered by debts, that in 1702 he sold it to Sir John Holt, Lord Chief Justice of England, and returned to Norfolk, where he built a new house at Garboldisham. He eldest son Sir Edmund Bacon styled himself "of Garboldisham" when he succeeded as 6th Baronet on 31 January 1704. [1] [3]

Death and Burial

At his death on 31 January 1604, Sir Robert Bacon was interred in the chancel of All Saints near Garboldisham [17] under a black marble slab reading: Under this Marble is buried the Body of Sir Robert Bacon, Bart. who departed this Life on the 31st of June, in the Year of our Lord 1704. (Note: This inscription is doubtless in error, as Sir Robert was buried in February; 31 January must be correct.) Under a matching marble was laid the body of his eldest, unmarried daughter Jane, who died 14 October 1704.

All Saints church increasingly suffered from disuse, and in 1734 license was given by the bishop to dilapidate it. The Bacon bodies were removed from the chancel and taken to Redgrave, while the marbles were transferred to the nearby church of St John the Baptist, as stated in the inscription: Here lyeth interred the Body of Mrs. Jane Bacon, the Eldest Daughter of Sir Robert Bacon, and Dame Elizabeth his Wife, (that was buried at Wighton in this County) who died on the 14 Day of October, in the Year of our Lord 1705. [18]

Lady Elizabeth Bacon was interred in an altar tomb at the church of All Saints, Wighton, Norfolk, where many of her children were baptised. The memorial inscription: Elizabetha. D'nj Robt. Bacon de Egmere Baronettj, pia conjux una cum gemino fœtu nuper edito, quem alterutra amplectens ulná secum huc tulit December 21, Ao. 1686, superstite adhuc prole natorum 4 filiarum 2. [19]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cokayne, G E. Complete Baronetage, vol 1. 1611-1625, pp. 2 - 3. Bacon of Redgrave
  2. Betham, William. The Baronetage of England, vol I, p. 31-32. Ipswich, Burrell and Bransby, 1801-1805. Bacon of Redgrave
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Landed Families of Britain and Ireland Bacon of Redgrave
  4. Betham, William. The Baronetage of England, vol I, p. 27. Ipswich, Burrell and Bransby, 1801-1805. Bacon of Redgrave
  5. Blomefield, Francis. "North Greehow Hundred: Egmere." An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 9. London: W Miller, 1808. 223-226. British History Online. Web. 19 May 2021. Egmere
  6. Norfolk : Wighton : All Saints : Register of unspecified type : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG : viewed 19 May 2021 marriage Robert Bacon to Elizabeth Chandler 18 Feb 1673/74 Marriage
  7. Norfolk : Wighton : All Saints : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG : viewed 19 May 2021 burial Elizabeth Bacon 21 Dec 1686 Burial
  8. Norfolk : Wighton : All Saints : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG : viewed 19 May 2021 baptism Jane Bacon 16 Jul 1676 Baptism
  9. Norfolk : Wighton : All Saints : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG : viewed 19 May 202 baptism Jemima Bacon 22 Aug 1677 Baptism
  10. Norfolk : Wighton : All Saints : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG : viewed 19 May 2021 burial Jemima Bacon 16 Sep 1677 Burial
  11. Norfolk : Wighton : All Saints : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG : viewed 19 May 2021 baptism Dorothy Bacon 17 Sep 1678 Baptism
  12. Norfolk : Wighton : All Saints : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG : viewed 19 May 2021 burial Dorothy Bacon 30 Jun 1679 Burial
  13. Norfolk : Wighton : All Saints : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG : viewed 19 May 2021) baptism Abigail Bacon 13 Sep 1679 Baptism
  14. Norfolk : Little Walsingham : St Mary : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG : viewed 19 May 2021) baptism Edmund Bacon 18 Nov 1680 Baptism
  15. Norfolk : Little Walsingham : St Mary : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG : viewed 19 May 2021 baptism Nathaneel Bacon 14 Dec 1682 Baptism
  16. Norfolk : Little Walsingham : St Mary : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG : viewed 19 May 2021) baptism Butts? Bacon 12 Feb 1683/4 Baptism
  17. Norfolk : Garboldisham : St John the Baptist : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG : viewed 19 May 2021 burial Robert Bacon 03 Feb 1704/5 Burial
  18. Blomefield, Francis. "Hundred of Giltcross: Garboldesham." An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 1. London: W Miller, 1805. 255-274. British History Online. Web. 19 May 2021. BHO
  19. Francis Blomefield, 'North Greehow Hundred: Wighton', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 9 (London, 1808), pp. 204-209. British History Online [BOH.




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