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Nicholas Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Bacon 1509–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13/10/1509

Birth Location: Chislehurst, Kent, England

Death Date: 20/02/1579

Death Location: Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Robert Bacon

Mother: Isabella Cage

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The story of Nicholas Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Bacon began in 1509 in Chislehurst, Kent, England. Nicholas Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Bacon passed away in 1579 in Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Nicholas Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Bacon began in 1509 in Chislehurst, Kent, England.
  • Nicholas Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Bacon passed away in 1579 in Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, England.

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Nicholas Bacon's Ancestors

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Nicholas Bacon
1509–1579
Birth Place: Chislehurst, Kent, England
Parents
Robert Bacon
1479–1548
Drinkstone, Suffolk, England
Isabella (Eleanor) Cage
1478–1535
Drinkstone, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Lord (Nicholus) Bacon
1454–1500
Drinkstone, Suffolk
Anne Cook
1457–1475
John Cage
1450–1500
Pakenham, Suffolk, England
Margaret Tawyer
1462–1486
Raundes, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Bacon
1422–1483
Lady Crofts
1425–1470
Sir Harcourt
1416–1486
Edith SaintClaire
1425–1472
Sir deTawyer
1430–1476
Joanne Lawrence
1433–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bacon
1375–1435
Margery Thorpe
1392–1447
Thomas SaintClare
1394–1434
Margaret Hoo
1398–1427
Sir Taylor
1403–1466
Margaret Hamley
1408–1440

Nicholas Bacon's Timeline

2 Records

1509
13/10/1509
Birth of Nicholas Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Bacon in Chislehurst, Kent, England
Chislehurst, Kent, England
1579
20/02/1579
Age 70
Death of Nicholas Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Bacon in Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, England
Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13101509
    Event Place: Chislehurst, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20021579
    Event Place: Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, England

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