Sir Roger Bacon Knight
- Born: Abt 1315, Letheringsete, Norfolk, England
- Marriage: Felicia Kirton 1175
General Notes:
brother was John Bacon wife was Felicia Kirton, married 1339 in Baconstrhope, Norfolk, England
Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 1175,1180 Sir Thomas Astley, Knight, son and heir of Sir Ralph and his wife Agnes Gerbrug, living 7 Richard II, by Catherine, daughter of Sir Roger Bacon, of Baconsthorpe, in Norfolk, Knight, who survived him, and had issue of Thomas Astley, of Hill-Morton and Melton-Constabel, Ebsquire who married Isabel, daughter of Geoffrey Oke.
~Betham's Baronetage of England, Vol. II, p. 72, Collin's Baronetage of England Vol. III, Part I, p. 64
• Background Information. 1229 Catharine, wife of Sir Thomas de Astley who died in Spain, was daughter of Sir Roger Bacon of Baconsthorp, Knight.
~An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the Count of Norfolk: Volume IX, p. 419
• Background Information. 1175 Bacon Pedigree given in The Baronetage of England, Volume I by Rev. William Betham, p.14
Grimbald, the founder of the Letheringset church | Ranulphus | Roger | Robert | Reginald | Richard married to Alice Moulton | Sir Herny Kt. | Sir Henry married to Margaret Ludham | Roger married to Felicia Kirton | Three Daughters
• Background Information. 1055 Sir Roger Bacon, was a cammander in the wars during the time of Edward II & Edward III. He was the son of Sir Henry Bacon, son of another Sir Henry, a judge itinerant during the time of Henry III, and lineally descended from Grimbaldus, the first of this family in England.
~Collins's The English Baronetage, Volume I, p. 2
Roger married Felicia Kirton.1175
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