12-450: Nathaniel Bacon may refer to: Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey (died 1622), lawyer and MP for Norfolk, half-brother of Francis Bacon Nathaniel Bacon (painter) (1585–1627), landowner and painter, nephew of Francis Bacon Nathaniel Bacon (English politician) (1593–1660), Member of Parliament representing Cambridge University and Ipswich Nathaniel Bacon (Jesuit) (1598–1676), Secretary of
24-682: A later generation to the Blois family . The recognisances and Statutes Staple applicable to the manors were released to Robert Brooke by Sir Arthur's son Robert Hopton in 1613, six years after his father's death. During the Spanish Armada crisis of 1588, Arthur Hopton commanded one of the regiments of the Somerset Trained Bands that marched to join Queen Elizabeth I and her army at Tilbury . James VI and I appointed Hopton as surveyor of
36-518: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey Sir Nathaniel Bacon (died 7 November 1622), of Stiffkey in Norfolk , was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament (MP). Nathaniel Bacon was the second son of Sir Nicholas Bacon , full brother of Elizabeth Bacon , and half-brother of Sir Francis Bacon and Anthony Bacon . Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge , he
48-519: The Hopton family estates around Yoxford and Blythburgh in east Suffolk to Robert Brooke, Alderman of London, in 1597. Brooke apparently bought them in anticipation of the first marriage of his son, also Robert Brooke , which occurred shortly afterwards. In the course of this transaction, Hopton brought a charge of fraud against the Brookes whom he accused of falsely interlineating the conveyance to include
60-552: The Michigan Supreme Court, 1855–1857 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nathaniel_Bacon&oldid=1134634190 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
72-632: The Society of Jesus (in Rome), 1674–1676 Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia politician) (c. 1620–1692), first cousin of Virginia rebel (see next), president of Virginia's upper house (Governor's Council), plantation owner of Cheatham Annex, and a colonel Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist) (1647–1676), first cousin of Virginia president (see previous), member of Virginia's lower house (House of Burgesses), plantation owner, and instigator of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 Nathaniel Bacon (Michigan jurist) (1802–1869), member of
84-435: The construction of his tomb at Stiffkey, and a jewel with a unicorn horn , which his three daughters were to use as a medicinal charm. Bacon was married twice. He had three daughters by his first wife, Anne Gresham, daughter of Thomas Gresham ; his eldest daughter and a co heir, Anne Bacon , married Sir John Townshend . His second wife was Dorothy Hopton, the daughter of Sir Arthur Hopton and Rachel Hall, who inherited
96-566: The manor of Eccles from her husband. Arthur Hopton (died 1607) Sir Arthur Hopton KB (died 20 November 1607), of Witham, Somerset , was an English politician. He was member of parliament for Dunwich in 1571, and for Suffolk in 1589. He was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of King James I . Arthur was the first son of Sir Owen Hopton and Anne, elder daughter of Sir Edward Echyngham and Ann Everard. He married Rachel, daughter of Edmund Hall of Greatford , Lincolnshire:
108-566: The manor of Blythburgh Priory and the Blythburgh rectory (not intended to be conveyed). There was a severe wrangle over the conveyances and payments, during which Sir Arthur was imprisoned by Brooke the elder; by 1601 Brooke the elder was dead and Hopton faced a costly adjustment of his affairs. The estates were settled upon Brooke the younger by 1598, who made his seat at the former Hopton manor of Westwood (Blythburgh) before rebuilding Cockfield Hall at Yoxford, all of which by marriage descended in
120-522: The marriage was arranged by May 1566. Rachel was the niece of William Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby of Parham , whose sister Dorothy Willoughby was the wife of Sir Ralph Hopton (died 1571) . Sir Ralph Hopton, who made himself responsible for Rachel's upbringing, arranged her marriage to Arthur and settled the reversion of most of his lands upon them in tail male , including his estate of Witham Friary in Somerset . Although it has been claimed that Ralph
132-499: Was a half-brother of Sir Owen Hopton's, a suit of 1601 indicates that the marriage of Rachel and Arthur was arranged to ensure that Sir Ralph's estates continued in a family named Hopton, and not through any alliance of consanguinity . Sir Arthur himself was co-executor to his uncle Robert Hopton (died 1590) and guardian of Robert's daughter Dorothy, who married Arthur's son Owen Hopton. His father Sir Owen Hopton having died in 1595, leaving plentiful debts, Sir Arthur Hopton sold away
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#1732851616788144-505: Was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1562, and became an "ancient" of the Inn in 1576. He was MP for Tavistock (1571–1583), Norfolk (1584–1585, 1593 and 1604–1611, and defeated there in 1601) and King's Lynn (1597–1598); a Puritan , he was an occasionally vocal member of their parliamentary faction during Elizabeth's reign. He also served as High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1586 and 1599, and was knighted in 1604. Bacon's will, written in 1614, mentions
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