 | Thomas Birch - 1760 - 464 pages
...Lorkin, a Clergyman, who was going to travel with Mr. Thomas Puckering, only fon of Sir John Puckering, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, one of whofe daughters was married to Mr. Newton, to write to him the occurrences of France. Mr. Lorkin,... | |
 | William Enfield, Johann Jakob Brucker - Philosophy - 1791 - 650 pages
...Verulam, and Vifcount of St. Alban's, was born in London in the year one thoufand five hundred and fixty. His father was Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, in in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It was the good fortune of Lord Bacon, that he appeared at a time... | |
 | Stephen Jones - Biography - 1799 - 456 pages
...perhaps-, for mechanical knowledge, that ever appeared in the world since Archimedes. BACON (SIR NICHOLAS) lord keeper of the great seal in the reign of queen Elizabeth, was desccndedof an ancient family in Suffolk, born i» the year 1510, and died, lamented by her and... | |
 | 1788 - 772 pages
...Hyberilin, -M ,1,T vnn Life of Lord Bacon. at York-houfe, in the Strand, on the »»d of January, 1561. His father was Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and his mother a daughter of Sir Anthony Cook, who had been preceptor to Edward the Sixth, a lady not... | |
 | B. Lambert - London (England) - 1806 - 624 pages
...of the lowliness of his origin, or was ungrateful to any who had assisted to raise him from it. • Sir NICHOLAS BACON, lord keeper of the great seal, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, was born at Chiselhurst, in 1510, and educated at the university of Cambridge ; after which he travelled... | |
 | John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...HIS illustrious man, who has been beautifully called the "Chancellor of Human Nature," was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, lord keeper of the great seal in the reign of queen Elizabeth. Sir Nicholas was a man of great talents, profoundly skilled in the law, and of spotless integrity.... | |
 | James Savage - Archives - 1808 - 932 pages
...Folkes, Esq. Francis Hacon, Lord Viscount St. A Iban's, and Lord High Chancellor of England, was son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, * Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in the reign of Queen Elisabeth, by Anne, one of the daughters of Sir Anthony Cooke, and eminent for her skill in the Latin... | |
 | Edward Pugh - 1808 - 572 pages
...residents at Kew, were Charles Somerset, earl of Worcester; Edward, earl of Devon; Sir John Puckering, lord keeper of the great seal, in the reign of queen Elizabeth. The royal Palace of Kew, formerly belonged to the family of Capel, whence it came by marriage to Samuel... | |
 | David Hughson - London (England) - 1808 - 566 pages
...residents at Kew, were diaries Somerset, earl of Worcester; Edward, earl of Devon; Sir John Puckering, lord keeper of the great seal, in the reign of queen Elizabeth. The royal Palace of Kcw, formerly belonged to the family of Capel, whence it came by marriage to Samuel... | |
 | David Hughson - London (England) - 1808 - 576 pages
...residents at Kew, were Charles Somerset, earl of Worcester; Edward, earl of Devon ; Sir John Puckering, lord keeper of the great seal, in the reign of queen Elizabeth. • The royal Palace of Kew, formerly belonged to the family of Capel, whence it came by marriage to... | |
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He was born in 1560, being son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by Ann, daughter of sir Anthony Cook, eminent for her skill in the Latin and Greek languages. 
