Bradford Cathedral
St George the Martyr Church, Southwark
St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury
Rochester Cathedral
All Saints' Church, Nocton
Bath, Somerset
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On 2nd March 1767 [his father] John "The Elder" Bacon [aged 26] and [his mother] Elizabeth Wade [aged 27] were married at St Saviour's Church, Southwark. They had three sons, one of which died in infancy, and three daughters.
In 1777 John "The Younger" Bacon was born to John "The Elder" Bacon [aged 36] and Elizabeth Wade [aged 37] at 17 Newman Street, Marylebone.
On 6th April 1778 Matthew Ridley [aged 66] died. Monument at the Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map] sculpted by [his father] John "The Elder" Bacon [aged 37].
On 10th February 1780 Samuel Egerton [aged 68] died. On 19th February 1780 he was buried at St Mary's Church, Rostherne, Tatton [Map]. Monument sculpted by [his father] John "The Elder" Bacon [aged 39]. Figures representing Hope and Patience.
The monument inscription describes those also buried in the vault: John Egerton, his wife Elizabeth Barbour buried 10th February 1743, her mother Elizabeth Hill [aged 85] buried 17th April 1713 and John and Elizabeth's daughter-in-law Beatrix Copley [aged 22] buried 1st May 1755.
On 1st February 1782 [his mother] Elizabeth Wade [aged 42] died.
In October 1782 [his father] John "The Elder" Bacon [aged 41] and [his step-mother] Marthe Holland [aged 26] were married at Marylebone Church. They had five sons and one daughter.
After 1788. Bradford Cathedral [Map]. Monument to William Northrop died 1800 sculpted by John "The Younger" Bacon [aged 11].
On 7th December 1788 Anne Cust [aged 17] died. Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Sculpted by [his father] John "The Elder" Bacon [aged 48] in 1793.
Anne Cust: In 1771 she was born to Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow and Jocosa Drury Lady Cust.
On 22nd August 1793 John Thomas [aged 81] died. He has a memorial in the South Aisle of the Nave of Westminster Abbey. A grey and white marble with a bust and relief of the Holy Lamb, with a mitre and crozier behind. On either side are a chalice and paten and other emblems of the Eucharist made by [his father] John "The Elder" Bacon [aged 52]. The inscription reads .... Sacred to the memory of the Right Reverend John THOMAS, Doctor of Laws, Bishop of Rochester, Dean of this Collegiate Church, and of the most honourable Order of the Bath. Having passed a well spent boyhood at Carlisle School, he gathered the riper fruits of learning at Oxford, whence, by reason of his intellect, his character, his humane and profound scholarship, he emerged as an ornament to the legal profession. His fame thereafter growing and duly spreading abroad, he adorned his offices by his worthiness, increased his riches by his bounty, governed this church with his wisdom, protected it by his authority, and instructed it by his example. Unweared in his labours, indefatigable in his studies, his constant principle was edification: until, having virtuously fulfilled all life obligations, and for long sore pressed by a cruel disease, which was borne however with indomitable patience, he resigned his soul to God on 20th August 1793 in his 81st year. It fell to the lot of his relative, G.A.T., A.M. [Master of Arts] to offer this vain tribute, this token of sorrow, mean though it be.
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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On 7th August 1799 John "The Elder" Bacon [aged 58] died from inflammation of the bowels at his house in 17 Newman Street, Marylebone. His son John "The Younger" Bacon [aged 22] inherited his workshop and business, and completed his father's unfinished commissions: the statue of William Jones in St Paul's Cathedral, William Mason in Westminster Abbey, and a relief for East India House.
On 8th September 1801 John "The Younger" Bacon [aged 24] and Susanna Sophia Taylor [aged 19] were married at St George the Martyr Church, Southwark [Map]. He the son of John "The Elder" Bacon and Elizabeth Wade.
1805. St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury [Map]. Monument to Thomas Starky sculpted by John "The Younger" Bacon [aged 28].
1806. Rochester Cathedral [Map]. Monument to John Henniker 1st Baron Henniker sculpted by John "The Younger" Bacon [aged 29].
On 25th December 1806 [his daughter] Christiana Bacon was born to John "The Younger" Bacon [aged 29] and [his wife] Susanna Sophia Taylor [aged 24]. She married 10th July 1827 Reverend John Medley.
1809. St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury [Map]. Monument to John Jennings sculpted by John "The Younger" Bacon [aged 32].
1815. St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury [Map]. Monument to Elinor Starky sculpted by John "The Younger" Bacon [aged 38].
On 4th February 1816 Robert Hobart 4th Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 55] died from a fall from a horse. His nephew George [aged 26] succeeded 5th Earl Buckinghamshire, 5th Baron Hobart, 9th Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Monument at All Saints' Church, Nocton [Map] sculpted by John "The Younger" Bacon [aged 39].
George Hobart-Hampden 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire: On 1st May 1789 he was born to George Vere Hobart. On 1st February 1849 George Hobart-Hampden 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire died. His brother Augustus succeeded 6th Earl Buckinghamshire, 6th Baron Hobart, 10th Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.
On 10th July 1827 [his son-in-law] Reverend John Medley [aged 22] and Christiana Bacon [aged 20] were married at St Mary and St Peter's Church, Salcombe Regis. Her father John "The Younger" Bacon [aged 50] was a witness. She the daughter of John "The Younger" Bacon and Susanna Sophia Taylor [aged 45].
On 30th April 1841 [his daughter] Christiana Bacon [aged 34] died of consumption. She was buried at St Thomas' Church, Exeter.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Journals of Caroline Fox Chapter XIII 1847. 12th October 1847. Burnard tells amusing stories of his brother sculptors, and their devices to hide their ignorance on certain questions. Chantrey, after sustaining a learned conversation with Lord Melbourne [aged 68] to his extremest limits, saved his credit by, "Would your Lordship kindly turn your head on the other side and shut your mouth." Spoke of Bacon [aged 70], the sculptor, after having given up his craft for twenty-five years, resuming it, at the request of his dying [his daughter] daughter, to make her monument, and finding himself as much at home with his tools as ever.
On 14th July 1859 John "The Younger" Bacon [aged 82] died at Bath, Somerset [Map].
Grandfather: Thomas Bacon 
Father: John "The Elder" Bacon
Mother: Elizabeth Wade