Biography of Alice Barnham Viscountess St Alban 1592-1650

Maternal Family Tree: Jane Coe

Around 1564 [her future brother-in-law] Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet (age 24) and Anne Butts (age 16) were married.

On 29 Jun 1569 [her future brother-in-law] Nathaniel Bacon (age 23) and Anne Gresham (age 19) were married at St Sepulchre without Newgate Church.

Around May 1578 Henry Neville (age 58) and [her future sister-in-law] Elizabeth Bacon (age 37) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 28 Apr 1583 [her father] Benedict Barnham (age 24) and [her mother] Dorothy Smith were married at St Clements Church. They had seven girls and one boy. Three girls and a boy died in infancy.

In 1592 Alice Barnham Viscountess St Alban was born to Benedict Barnham (age 33) and Dorothy Smith.

Before Sep 1595 William Peryam of Little Fulford (age 61) and [her future sister-in-law] Elizabeth Bacon (age 54) were married.

On 21 Jul 1597 [her future brother-in-law] Nathaniel Bacon (age 51) and Dorothy Hopton (age 27) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years.

In 1598 [her father] Benedict Barnham (age 39) died. He left an estate of £20,000 of whom the chief beneficiaries were his wife [her mother] Dorothy Smith and her daughters [her sister] Elizabeth Barnham Countess Castlehaven (age 6), Alice Barnham Viscountess St Alban (age 6).

In Nov 1598 [her step-father] John "Lusty" Pakington (age 49) and [her mother] Dorothy Smith were married. They had two daughters and a son.

On 10 May 1606 Francis Bacon 1st Viscount St Alban (age 45) and Alice Barnham Viscountess St Alban (age 14) were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

May 1611 Creation of Baronets

On 22 May 1611 the first Baronets were created by James I (age 44)

Walter Aston 1st Baronet (age 27) was created 1st Baronet Aston of Tixall.

[her brother-in-law] Nicolas Bacon (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The Premier Baronet being the first creation.

Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.

George Booth (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey. Katherine Anderson Lady Dunham Massey (age 43) by marriage Lady Booth of Dunham Massey.

Edward Carr (age 68) was created 1st Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire. Anne Dyer Lady Carr by marriage Lady Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.

Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 23) was created 1st Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.

Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 54) by marriage Lady Finch of Eastwell in Kent.

Thomas Gerard 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.

Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart by marriage Lady Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.

Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet (age 40) was created 1st Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.

Phillip Knyvet (age 41) was created 1st Baronet Knyvet of Buckenham in Norfolk.

Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Mansel of Margam.

Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton (age 47) by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.

John Peyton 1st Baronet (age 50) was created 1st Baronet Peyton of Isleham.

George Savile 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Savile of Thornhill.

John Shelley of Mitchelgrove 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Shelley of Mitchelgrove in Sussex.

George Shirley 1st Baronet (age 52) was created 1st Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley (age 41) by marriage Lady Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.

John St John (age 25) was created 1st Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.

John Stradling 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Stradling of St Donats in Glamorganshire.

Thomas Temple 1st Baronet (age 44) was created 1st Baronet Temple of Stowe.

Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.

In 1618 [her husband] Francis Bacon 1st Viscount St Alban (age 56) was created 1st Baron Verulam. Alice Barnham Viscountess St Alban (age 26) by marriage Baroness Verulam.

On 08 Sep 1618 [her brother-in-law] Edward Bacon of Shrubland Hall (age 69) died.

On 03 May 1621 [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Bacon (age 80) died.

On 07 Nov 1622 [her brother-in-law] Nathaniel Bacon (age 76) died. He was buried in the Church of St John and St Mary Stiffkey [Map]. Top left armorial his arms impaled his first wife Anne Gresham. Top right his arms impaling his second wife Dorothy Hopton (age 52).

Anne Gresham: Around 1550 she was born illegitimately to Thomas Gresham. On 29 Jun 1569 Nathaniel Bacon and she were married at St Sepulchre without Newgate Church. Around Jun 1594 Anne Gresham died.

On 22 Nov 1624 [her brother-in-law] Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet (age 84) died in Culford, Suffolk [Map]. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Redgrave. At the east end of the north aisle is a chest tomb in black and white marble with the effigies of Sir Nicholas Bacon his wife Anne Butts made in 1616 by Nicholas Stone (age 37). His son Edmund Bacon 2nd Baronet (age 54) succeeded 2nd Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk.

On 27 Jan 1626 [her husband] Francis Bacon 1st Viscount St Alban (age 65) was created 1st Viscount St Alban. Alice Barnham Viscountess St Alban (age 34) by marriage Viscountess St Alban.

Around 1639 [her mother] Dorothy Smith died.

On 29 Jun 1650 Alice Barnham Viscountess St Alban (age 58) died.

Thomas D'Oyly and Elizabeth Bacon were married.

Ancestors of Alice Barnham Viscountess St Alban 1592-1650

GrandFather: Francis Barnham

Father: Benedict Barnham

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bradbridge

GrandMother: Alice Bradbridge

Alice Barnham Viscountess St Alban

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Smith of Withcote in Leicestershire

GrandFather: Ambrose Smith of Withcote in Leicestershire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Cave

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mervin

Mother: Dorothy Smith

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Coe of Coggleshall in Essex

GrandMother: Jane Coe