Paternal Family Tree: Bacon
Maternal Family Tree: Jane Ferneley -1552
Before 1540 [his father] Nicholas Bacon [aged 29] and [his mother] Jane Ferneley were married.
Around 1540 Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet was born to Nicholas Bacon [aged 29] and Jane Ferneley.
In 1552 [his mother] Jane Ferneley died.
In 1553 [his father] Nicholas Bacon [aged 42] and [his step-mother] Anne Cooke [aged 26] were married.
In 1558 Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet [aged 18] was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 24] in Norwich, Norfolk [Map].
On 1st August 1559 Archbishop Matthew Parker [aged 54] was elected Archbishop of Canterbury. He was helped by his friend [his father] Nicholas Bacon [aged 48].
Around 1560 Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet [aged 20] educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
In 1562 Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet [aged 22] admitted at Gray's Inn.
In 1563 Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet [aged 23] was elected MP Beverley.
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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Around 1564 Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet [aged 24] and Anne Butts [aged 16] were married.
Around 1570 [his son] Edmund Bacon 2nd Baronet was born to Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet [aged 30] and [his wife] Anne Butts [aged 22].
After 1570 [his son] Robert Bacon 3rd Baronet was born to Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet [aged 30] and [his wife] Anne Butts [aged 22].
In 1572 [his daughter] Anne Bacon was born to Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet [aged 32] and [his wife] Anne Butts [aged 24]. She married 30th January 1592 her third cousin once removed Robert Drury and had issue.
On 4th September 1576 [his daughter] Dorothy Bacon was born to Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet [aged 36] and [his wife] Anne Butts [aged 28]. She married 30th April 1595 Bassingbourne Gawdy.
On 20th February 1579 [his father] Nicholas Bacon [aged 68] died at Old Gorhambury House, St Albans.
Around 1580 [his son] Butts Bacon 1st Baronet was born to Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet [aged 40] and [his wife] Anne Butts [aged 32]. His name being his mother's maiden name Butts.
In 1585 [his son] Nathaniel Bacon was born to Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet [aged 45] and [his wife] Anne Butts [aged 37]. He married 1st May 1614 Jane Meautys.
On 30th January 1592 [his son-in-law] Robert Drury [aged 17] and [his daughter] Anne Bacon [aged 20] were married. They were third cousin once removed.
On 30th April 1595 [his son-in-law] Bassingbourne Gawdy [aged 35] and [his daughter] Dorothy Bacon [aged 18] were married.
On 10th May 1606 [his half-brother] Francis Bacon 1st Viscount St Alban [aged 45] and [his sister-in-law] Alice Barnham Viscountess St Alban [aged 14] were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.
On 22nd May 1611 the first Baronets were created by James I [aged 44]
Walter Aston 1st Baronet [aged 27] was created 1st Baronet Aston of Tixall.
Nicolas Bacon [aged 71] was created 1st Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The Premier Baronet being the first creation.
Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet [aged 55] was created 1st Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.
George Booth [aged 54] was created 1st Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey. Katherine Anderson Lady Dunham Massey [aged 43] by marriage Lady Booth of Dunham Massey.
Edward Carr [aged 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 [aged 23] was created 1st Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
Moyle Finch 1st Baronet [aged 61] was created 1st Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea [aged 54] by marriage Lady Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
Thomas Gerard 1st Baronet [aged 51] was created 1st Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
Henry Hobart 1st Baronet [aged 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 [aged 40] was created 1st Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
Phillip Knyvet [aged 41] was created 1st Baronet Knyvet of Buckenham in Norfolk.
Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet [aged 55] was created 1st Baronet Mansel of Margam.
Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet [aged 71] was created 1st Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton [aged 47] by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.
John Peyton 1st Baronet [aged 50] was created 1st Baronet Peyton of Isleham.
George Savile 1st Baronet [aged 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 [aged 52] was created 1st Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley [aged 41] by marriage Lady Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.
John St John [aged 25] was created 1st Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
John Stradling 1st Baronet [aged 48] was created 1st Baronet Stradling of St Donats in Glamorganshire.
Thomas Temple 1st Baronet [aged 44] was created 1st Baronet Temple of Stowe.
Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet [aged 48] was created 1st Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.
On 29th June 1612 Robert Crichton 8th Lord Sanquhar was hanged in Westminster Palace Yard for having arranged the murder of his fencing Master John Painter Turner who had previously disfigured him during practice. At his trial [his half-brother] Francis Bacon 1st Viscount St Alban [aged 51] read the charges.
On 1st May 1614 [his son] Nathaniel Bacon [aged 29] and [his daughter-in-law] Jane Meautys [aged 33] were married.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 19th September 1616 [his wife] Anne Butts [aged 68] died.
In 1618 [his half-brother] Francis Bacon 1st Viscount St Alban [aged 56] was created 1st Baron Verulam. [his sister-in-law] Alice Barnham Viscountess St Alban [aged 26] by marriage Baroness Verulam.
On 20th December 1621 [his daughter] Dorothy Bacon [aged 45] died.
On 5th June 1624 [his daughter] Anne Bacon [aged 52] died.
On 22nd November 1624 Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet [aged 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 [aged 37]. His son Edmund [aged 54] succeeded 2nd Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk.
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bacon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bacon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Bacon
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Bacon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Crofts
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Crofts
Grandfather: Robert Bacon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Cockfield
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Cockfield
father: Nicholas Bacon
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Cage
Grandmother: Isabel or Eleanor Cage
Grandfather: William Ferneley of West Creeting in Suffolk 
mother: Jane Ferneley