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Sir James BACON, Sir (b. Abt. 1535, d. Jan 17, 1618/19)
Notes for James BACON, Sir:
Will: from Virginia Gleanings In England by Lothrop Withington
Sir James Bacon, of Finsburie neere London, in co. Middx. Knight. Dated 6 Feb. 1618-19. Proved 23 Feb. 1618-19.
To JAMES BACON, my younger sonne, my manor house and manor of Verlies, with all their appurtenances, and my lands, tenements and hereditaments whatsoever lying in Starnefield Benhall Saxmondham and Kershall.
To my sonne NATHANIEL, the lease of the "manor of howse Earle in Alderton", also one other lease of the manor of Reymes in Alderton. Whereas my sonne JAMES hath an estate for terme of yeares yet to come in the manors of Snape Tastardes and Scotts with the late dissolved Monasterie of Snape and the demeasne lands thereunto belonging by vertue of a lease or grant made by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Arundell and JOHN HOLLAND Esqr., deceased, bearing date 26 Nov. 1611.Now my will is that my son NATHANIEL suffer my sonne JAMES to enjoy the same peaceably.
All my controversies concerning my manors, lands etc. shall be compromitted and decided to and by Sir THOMAS BELLOYE, of Fleete streete nere London, Knt. and WILLIAM WALL, of Hoxton, in co. Middx. and EDWARD COTTON of Finsburye Esqrs.
Sole Executor: my sonne James Bacon
EDMOND COTTON
WILL:
Sir James Bacon, of Finsburie neere London, in co. Middx. Knight. Dated 6 Feb. 1618-19. Proved 23 Feb. 1618-19.
To James Bacon, my younger sonne, my manor house and manor of Verlies, with all their appurtenances, and my lands, tenements and hereditaments whatsoever lying in Starnefeild Benhall Saxmondham and Kershall.
To my sonne Nathaniel, the lease of the "manor of howse Earle in Alderton", also one other lease of the manor of Reymes in Alderton. Whereas my sonne James hath an estate for terme of yeares yet to come in the manors of Snape Tastardes and Scotts with the late dissolved Monasterie of Snape and the demeasne lands thereunto belonging by vertu of a lase or grant made by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Arundell and John Holland Esqr., deceased, bearing date 26 Nov. 1611. Now my will is that my son Nathaniel suffer my sonne James to enjoy the same peaceably.
All my controversies concerning my manors, lands etc. shall b compromitted and decided to and by Sir Thomas Belloye, of Fleete streete nere London, Knt. and William Wall, of Hoxton, in co. Middx. and Edward Cotton of Finsburye Esqrs.
Sole Executor: my sonne James Bacon.
EDMOND COTTON
STEPHEN ALCOCKE- Witnesses.
BENJAMIN BEARD/
Proved 23 Feb. 1618/19 by the Sole Executors named.
15 Parker
Note immediately after will:
(James Bacon, Alderman of London, who died June 15 1573, was a brother of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper and Uncle of Francis Bacon Lord Verulam, and had a son, Sir James Bacon, described in a pedigree as "Friston Hall, Suffolk", the testator above. This James Bacon was knighted at White Hall, in 1604 and died at Finsbury, Jan 17, 1618. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Bacon of Hesset and had two sons: (1) Nathaniel, (1593-1644) of Friston Hall, grandfather of Nathaniel Bacon, the "Rebel", of Virginia;(2) James Bacon, rector of Burgate, Suffolk, who died 1670. He was the father of President Nathaniel Bacon of Virginia, and of Martha, who married Anthony Smith, of Colchester, tanner, and had a daughter Abigail Smith, brought to Virginia by her uncle President Bacon, who married Lewis Burwell, of "Carter's Creek", Gloucester County and has very many descendants. See this Magazine II, 125-129, and references there given.)
SOURCE:
Virginia Gleanings in England, by Lothrop Withington, pub. by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1980.
More About James BACON, Sir:
Bur/Will/Pro: Feb 23, 1618/19, Will proved, buried St. Giles, London.72
Burial: Feb 11, 1617/18, St. Giles, Finsbury, Middlesex, England.
Military: 1604, knighted at White Hall.
More About James BACON, Sir and Elizabeth Drury BACON:
Marriage: Abt. 1590, London, Middlesex, England.
Children of James BACON, Sir and Elizabeth Drury BACON are:
- +William BACON, b. Abt. 1596, England, d. 1660, Northumberland Co, VA.