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Sir Robert Bacon 1479–1548 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1479

Birth Location: Drinkstone, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 15 Dec 1548

Death Location: Hessett, Suffolk, England

Father: Sir VI

Mother: Lady Cockfield

Spouse(s): Lady Cage

Children(s): Lady Bacon, James Bacon, Richard Bacon, Sir Bacon, Robert Bacon, James Bacon, Sir Bacon, Edmund Hegeset, Rose Bacon, John Bacon, Anne Bacon, Joan Bacon, Barbara Bacon, Thomas Bacon, Katherine Bacon, Sir Bacon

In 1479, Sir Robert Bacon entered the world in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England, born to Sir John Bacon Vi And Lady Agnes Cockfield. Sir Robert Bacon married Lady Isabella Eleanor Cage, and had children including Anne Bacon, Barbara Bacon, Edmund Fitzthomas Bacon Of Hegeset, James Bacon, Joan Bacon, John Bacon, Katherine Bacon, Lady Margaret Mary Bacon, Richard Bacon, Robert Bacon, Rose Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Nicholas Bacon, Thomas Bacon. Sir Robert Bacon passed away in 1548 in Hessett, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • In 1479, Sir Robert Bacon entered the world in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England, born to Sir John Bacon Vi And Lady Agnes Cockfield.
  • Sir Robert Bacon married Lady Isabella Eleanor Cage, and had children including Anne Bacon, Barbara Bacon, Edmund Fitzthomas Bacon Of Hegeset, James Bacon, Joan Bacon, John Bacon, Katherine Bacon, Lady Margaret Mary Bacon, Richard Bacon, Robert Bacon, Rose Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Nicholas Bacon, Thomas Bacon.
  • Sir Robert Bacon passed away in 1548 in Hessett, Suffolk, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Bacon's Ancestors

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Sir Bacon
1479–1548
Birth Place: Drinkstone, Suffolk, England
Parents
Sir John Bacon VI
1454–1500
Drinkstone, Suffolk, England
Lady (Agnes) Cockfield
1457–1480
Drinkstone, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (Edmund BACON of) Drinkstone
1422–1453
Drinkstone, Suffolk
Lady (Elisabeth Sutton) Crofts
1432–1470
Drinkstone, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Stephen Bacon
1399–1444
Elizabeth DeThorpe
1410–1436
Sir 16xgtgf
1402–1455
Lady (Polley)
1400–1472
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir III
1372–1419
Princess Glyndwr
1384–1404
Michael Suffolk
1367–1415
Catharine Stafford
1376–1419

Sir Bacon's Descendants

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Sir (Robert) Bacon (1479–15 Dec 1548) m. Lady (Isabella Eleanor) Cage (ABT 1478–20 Feb 1535)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret "Mary") Bacon 1488–1559 m. Sir (William Butts Archer (Royal Physician to King Henry) VIII 1476–1545
    1. 1. Edmund Butts 1516–1559 m. Anne (De) Bures 1528–1609
      1. 1. Ann Butts 1548–1616 m. Sir (Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet of) Redgrave 1540–1624
        1. 1. William Bacon 1574–1639 m. Joanne Hockley 1575–1675
        2. 2. Elizabeth Bacon 1575–1618
        3. 3. Anne Bacon 1601–1624
        4. 4. Dorothy Bacon 1576–1621
        5. 5. Anne Bacon 1601–1624
        6. 6. Susan Bacon 1555–
        7. 7. Son Bacon 1589–1621
        8. 8. James Bacon 1575–
        9. 9. John Bacon 1567–
        10. 10. Francis Bacon 1573–1638
        11. 11. Robert (Bacon) (Sir) 1574–1655
        12. 12. Nathaniel Bacon 1585–1627
        13. 13. Nicholas Bacon 1583–1641
        14. 14. Jemima Bacon 1581–
        15. 15. Butts Bacon 1580–1661
        16. 16. Elizabeth Bacon 1575–1621
        17. 17. Henry Bacon 1570–1623
        18. 18. Edmund (Bacon) (Sir) 1568–1649
        19. 19. Anne Bacon 1572–1624
        20. 20. Bacquerville Bacon 1590–1655
        21. 21. Son Bacon 1587–
      2. 2. Giles Buttes 1554–1604
    2. 2. William Butts 1545–1563
    3. 3. Elyzabeth Butts 1520–1570
    4. 4. William Archer –1564
    5. 5. Sir (William) Butts 1506–1583 m. Jane (Bures) Butts 1522–1593
      1. 1. John Butts 1583–
    6. 6. Thomas Butts 1514–1592
  2. 2. James Bacon 1500–1601
  3. 3. Richard Bacon 1499–1541
  4. 4. Sir (Francis) Bacon 1499–1580
  5. 5. Robert Bacon 1500–1579
  6. 6. James Bacon 1500–1516
  7. 7. Sir (Nicholas) Bacon 1490–1579
  8. 8. Edmund (Fitzthomas Bacon of) Hegeset 1501–1553
  9. 9. Rose Bacon 1507–
  10. 10. John Bacon 1515–1558
  11. 11. Anne Bacon 1513–1573
  12. 12. Joan Bacon 1510–1579
  13. 13. Barbara Bacon 1507–1573 m. Robertt Sharpe 1505–1550
    1. 1. John Sharpe 1534–1605
    2. 2. John (Rollin) Sharpe 1534–1567
    3. 3. Katherine Sharpe 1538–1632
    4. 4. Thomas Sharpe 1530–1578
    5. 5. Barbara Sharpe 1528–1611
    6. 6. William (Henry) Sharpe 1535–1585
  14. 14. Thomas Bacon 1505–1535
  15. 15. Katherine Bacon 1501–
  16. 16. Sir (Nicholas) Bacon 1510–1579

Sir Bacon's Timeline

2 Records

1479
1479
Birth of Sir Robert Bacon in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England
Drinkstone, Suffolk, England
1548
15 Dec 1548
Age 69
Death of Sir Robert Bacon in Hessett, Suffolk, England
Hessett, Suffolk, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1479
    Event Place: Drinkstone, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Dec 1548
    Event Place: Hessett, Suffolk, England

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