CREATIONS
[e.]
BY JAMES
h. of Edmund Butts, of Thornage, Norfolk, by Anne, da. and coheir of Henry Bures or Buers, of Barrow, co. Suffolk. She d. 19 Sep. 1616, aged 68. He d. 12 or 22 Nov. 1624, at Cutford, Suffolk. Both bur. at Redgrave. M.I. His will pr. 1624.
II. 1624. Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart. [1611], of Redgrave aforesaid, s. and h., about 1570; M.P. for Eye, 1588-89 and for Norfolk,1593 and 1625; suc. to the Baronetcy. He m. Philippa, da. of Edward (Wotton), 1st Baron Wotton of Marley, by his 1st wife, Hester, da. and coheir of Sir William Puckering. She, who was bap. 7 June 1576, at Boughton Malherbe, Kent, d. 1 and was bur. 6 Oct. 1626, at Redgrave. He d. s.p. 10 April 1649 and was also bur. there. M.I. Will pr. 1649.
III. 1649. Sir Robert Bacon, Bart. [1611], of Redgrave aforesaid, and of Ryburgh, Norfolk, br. and h.; M.P. for St. Ives, 1621-22; suc. to the Baronetcy, 10 April 1649. He m. firstly, Ann, da. of Sir John Peyton, 1st Bart. [1611], of Iselham, by Alice, da. of Sir Edward Osborne, sometime Lord Mayor of London. She was bur. 27 Sep. 1640, at Ryburgh. M.I. He m. secondly Katherine. She is mentioned in a deed of settlement 20 May 1650. He was bur. 16 Dec. 1655, at Ryburgh. M.I. Will pr.
IV. 1655. Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart. [1611], of Redgrave aforesaid, grandson and h., being s. and h. of Robert Bacon, by Catharine, da. of Grave Violet, of Pynkney House, Taterford, Norfolk, which Robert was s. and h. ap. of the last Bart., by his 1st wife, but d. v.p. 25 Aug. 1652, He was admitted, 1616, to Gray's Inn; was B.A., Oxford, from Clare Hall, Cambridge, and incorp. 10 July 1627, as M.A.; suc. to the Baronetcy, Dec. 1655; Sheriff of Suffolk, 1665-66. He m., before May 1650, Elizabeth, 4th da. and coheir of Sir Robert Crane, Bart. [1626], of Chilton by Susan, 3d da. of Sir Giles Alington. He d. s.p.m. (though he had had five sons and ten daughters) 12 and was bur. 14 Sep. 1685, at Redgrave, aged 52. M.I. Will pr. Feb. 1686. His widow, who was b. 18 Aug. and bap. 2 Sep. 1634, at Chilton, Suffolk, m. (Lic. Fac. 10 Jan. 1686/7), John Tate, Serjeant at Law. She d. 6 and was bur. 10 Dec. 1690, at Redgrave, aged 57. M.I. Will dat. 25 Dec. 1689, pr. 21 Jan. 1702/3.
V. 1685. Sir Robert Bacon, Bart. [1611], of Egmore, co. Norfolk, Redgrave aforesaid, and, subsequently, of Garboldisham, in the said county, cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Butts Bacon, by Catharine,da. and coheir of Sir John Tracy, of Stanhow, Norfolk, which Butts, who d. Jan. 1662, was 2d s. of the 3d Bart., by his 1st wife. He suc. to the Baronetcy, 12 Sep. 1685, but sold the family estate of Redgrave to Chief Justice Holt, and removed to Garboldisham, in Norfolk. He m. Elizabeth, da. of Daniel Chandler, of London. She d. 21 Dec. 1686, and was bur. at Wyghton, Norfolk. M.I. He d. 31 Jan. and was bur. 3 Feb. 1704, aged 52, at All Saints', Garboldisham. M.I. Admon. 16 April 1705.
VI. 1704. Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart. [1611], of Garboldisham aforesaid, s. and. h., suc. to the Baronetcy, 31 Jan. 1704; M.P. for Thetford, 1710-13; for Norfolk 1728-41. He m. 27 Nov. 1712, at Ubbeston, Suffolk, Mary, da. of Sir Robert Kemp, 3d Bart. [1642], of Gissing, and sole heir of her mother (his first wife), Lætitia, da. of Robert King, of Great Thurlow, Suffolk. She d. 14 and was bur. 17 Sep. 1727, at Garboldisham. He d. s.p.m. 30 April 1755. Will pr. 1755.
VII and VIII. 1755. Sir Richard Bacon, Bart. [1611 and 1627], of Colchester, cousin and h. male, being 8th Bart. of the creation of 29 July 1627. He was br. of the 5th and 7th Bart, of that creation (which see) all three being sons of Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Bart. [1627], s. and h. of Sir Henry Bacon, 3d Bart. [1627], s. and h. of Sir Henry Bacon, 2d Bart. [1627], s. and h. of Sir Butts Bacon, 1st Bart, so cr. 29 July 1627, who was yr. s. of Sir Nicholas Bacon, of Redgrave, cr. a Bart. 11 May 1611 as aforesaid. He was b. 22 Feb. and bap. 5 March 1695, at Gillingham, Norfolk. He suc., on the death of his brother, 10 April 1753, to the Baronetcy, cr. in 1627, and on the death of his cousin (as aforesaid), 30 April 1755, to the Baronetcy, cr. in 1611. He m. firstly, 29 Dec. 1720, at St. Mary's, Colchester, Bridget, da. of (—) Mayhew, of
