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Lady Anne Bacon 1546–1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1546

Birth Location: Redgrave Hall, Redgrave, Hartismere, Diss, Suffolk, East Anglia

Death Date: 15 January, 1580

Death Location: Waxham, Norfolk, England

Father: Sir Seal

Mother: Jane Ferneley

Spouse(s): Sir Knight

Children(s): Mary (Woodhouse), Elizabeth Woodhouse, William Woodhouse, Francis Wodehouse, Alice Woodhouse, Thomas Woodhouse, Henry Woodhouse, Anne (Woodhouse-II), Elizabeth (Woodhouse), Henry Woodhouse, Thomas Woodhouse, GOV Woodhouse

In 1546, Lady Anne Bacon entered the world in Redgrave Hall, Redgrave, Hartismere, Diss, Suffolk, East Anglia, born to Sir Nicholas Bacon Lord Keeper Of The Great Seal And Jane Ferneley. Lady Anne Bacon married Sir Henry Woodhouse Knight, and had children including Alice Woodhouse, Anne Woodhouse Ii, Boy Woodhouse, Elizabeth Woodhouse, Elizabeth Woodhouse, Francis Woodhouse Wodehouse, Gov Henry C Woodhouse, Henry B Woodhouse, Henry Woodhouse, Mary Woodhouse, Thomas B Woodhouse, Thomas Woodhouse, William Woodhouse. Lady Anne Bacon passed away in 1580 in Waxham, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • In 1546, Lady Anne Bacon entered the world in Redgrave Hall, Redgrave, Hartismere, Diss, Suffolk, East Anglia, born to Sir Nicholas Bacon Lord Keeper Of The Great Seal And Jane Ferneley.
  • Lady Anne Bacon married Sir Henry Woodhouse Knight, and had children including Alice Woodhouse, Anne Woodhouse Ii, Boy Woodhouse, Elizabeth Woodhouse, Elizabeth Woodhouse, Francis Woodhouse Wodehouse, Gov Henry C Woodhouse, Henry B Woodhouse, Henry Woodhouse, Mary Woodhouse, Thomas B Woodhouse, Thomas Woodhouse, William Woodhouse.
  • Lady Anne Bacon passed away in 1580 in Waxham, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Seal
1509–1579
Birth Location: Bromley, London Borough of Bromley, Greater London, England
SS
Jane Ferneley
1518–1552
Birth Location: West Creting, Suffolk, England
JF

Spouses(s)

Sir Knight
1540–1623
Birth Location: Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire CO., England
SK

Children(s)

Mary (Woodhouse)
1579–1656
Birth Location: Glasswell, Derbyshire, England
M(
Elizabeth Woodhouse
1575–1598
Birth Location: Stepney, London, England
EW
William Woodhouse
1567–1639
Birth Location: Waxham, Norfolk, England
WW
Francis Wodehouse
1576–1606
Birth Location: Waxham Hall, Waxham, Tunstead & Happing, Norwich, East Norfolk, East Anglia
FW
Alice Woodhouse
–1647
Birth Location: –
AW
Thomas Woodhouse
1580–1583
Birth Location: Hickling, Norfolk, ENG
TW
Henry Woodhouse
1573–1637
Birth Location: Winterton, Norfolk, England
HW
Anne (Woodhouse-II)
1569–1630
Birth Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
A(
Elizabeth (Woodhouse)
1571–
Birth Location: Norfolk, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
E(
Henry Woodhouse
1575–1655
Birth Location: Bermuda, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
HW
Thomas Woodhouse
1575–1655
Birth Location: Hickling, Norfolk, England
TW
GOV Woodhouse
–1637
Birth Location: Winterton, Norfolk, England
GW

Lady Bacon's Ancestors

Self
Lady Bacon
1546–1580
Birth Place: Redgrave Hall, Redgrave, Hartismere, Diss, Suffolk, East Anglia
Parents
Sir Nicholas Bacon,* Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
1509–1579
Bromley, London Borough of Bromley, Greater London, England
Jane Ferneley
1518–1552
West Creting, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Bacon's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Anne) Bacon (1546–15 January, 1580) m. Sir (Henry Woodhouse,) Knight (1540–18 September 1623)
  1. 1. Mary (Woodhouse) 1579–1656 m. Sir (Francis of Kingsthorpe) Bernard 1556–1630
    1. 1. Colonel (William Woolhouse) Bernard 1603–1665 m. Lucy (Tokesay) Higginson 1626–1675
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Tokesay) Bernard 1663–1710 m. Major (Thomas) Todd 1655–1724
        1. 1. Lucy (Todd) O'Brien 1681–1730 m. John Baylor 1650–1721
        2. 2. Colonel (William) Todd 1684–1734
        3. 3. Frances Todd 1710–1745
        4. 4. Captain (Christopher) Todd 1690–1743
        5. 5. Anne Todd 1682–1720
        6. 6. Elizabeth Todd 1686–1797
        7. 7. Thomas Todd 1682–1715
        8. 8. Jane Todd 1699–1731
        9. 9. Philip Todd 1684–1740
        10. 10. Frances Todd 1692–1703
        11. 11. Philip Todd 1684–1761
        12. 12. Richard Todd 1681–1715
        13. 13. Phillip Todd 1698–1738
        14. 14. William (Gorsuch) Todd 1690–1734
        15. 15. Thomas (Todd,) Jr. 1706–1739
        16. 16. * (John) Todd 1672–1733
        17. 17. Ann Cooke 1682–1720
        18. 18. Lucy Todd 1681–1730
        19. 19. Mary Todd 1695–1718
      2. 2. George Bernard 1658–
      3. 3. Thomas Barnard 1660–1694
      4. 4. Thomas Bernard 1612–1651
      5. 5. Margaret Bernard 1636–1690
      6. 6. William Bernard 1630–1704
      7. 7. Elizabeth (Frances) Burwell 1645–1715
    2. 2. Margaret Bernard 1625–1686
    3. 3. Thomas Bernard 1607–1649
    4. 4. Sir (Robert) Bernard 1600–1666
    5. 5. William Killegrew 1605–1695
    6. 6. Elizabeth Bernard 1613–
    7. 7. John Barnard 1604–1646
  2. 2. Elizabeth Woodhouse 1575–1598
  3. 3. William Woodhouse 1567–1639
  4. 4. Francis (Woodhouse) Wodehouse 1576–1606
  5. 5. Alice Woodhouse –1647
  6. 6. Thomas ('B') Woodhouse 1580–1583
  7. 7. Henry Woodhouse 1573–1637
  8. 8. Anne (Woodhouse-II) 1569–1630
  9. 9. Elizabeth (Woodhouse) 1571–
  10. 10. Henry ('B') Woodhouse 1575–1655
  11. 11. Thomas Woodhouse 1575–1655
  12. 12. GOV (Henry 'C') Woodhouse –1637

Lady Bacon's Timeline

2 Records

1546
1546
Birth of Lady Anne Bacon in Redgrave Hall, Redgrave, Hartismere, Diss, Suffolk, East Anglia
Redgrave Hall, Redgrave, Hartismere, Diss, Suffolk, East Anglia
1580
15 January, 1580
Age 34
Death of Lady Anne Bacon in Waxham, Norfolk, England
Waxham, Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1546
    Event Place: Redgrave Hall, Redgrave, Hartismere, Diss, Suffolk, East Anglia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 January, 1580
    Event Place: Waxham, Norfolk, England
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