Sir John Bacon, V

John Bacon here is quoted in the "Barontage of England" by Kimber & Johnson, as being an heir of Sir Roger Bacon and Sir Henry Bacon before hom. There is mention of direct linrage from Grimbaldus, a leader of William the Conquerer's army, who changed his last name to Bacon shortly after helping the invasion force.

The coat of arms of the Bacon's and Quoplods were apparrently mixed: Bars of Six or and Azure a Bend Gules

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From "The Bacon Genealogy" by Thomas W. Baldwin (1915) as quoted from "The Baronetage of England" by Kimber and Johnson:

"JOHN, son of the said JOHN BACON (by HELENA, his first wife) married MARGERY, daughter and heir of JOHN THORP, son of WILLIAM THORP (by the daughter and heir of (???)QUAPLOD), son of SIR WILLIAM THORP (by the daughter and heir of SIR ROGER BACON, a commander in the wars, temp. Edw. II and Edw. III son of SIR HENRY BACON, son of another SIR HENRY, a judge ltinerant temp. Hen. III lineally descended from GRIMBALDUS), since which marriage this branch of the family quarter the arms of QUAPLOD with their own, viz., Barrs of six or and Azure a Bend Gules.

The said JOHN BACON was father of EDMUND BACON of Drinkston, who married ELIZABETH, daughter of (???) CROFTS, by whom he had issue JOHN BACON who married AGNES, daughter of THOMAS COCKFIELD." [Bacon and Allied Families, p. 83].

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John Bacon, V, who m. Margarey THORPE, dau. and heir of John THORPE, son of William, son of Sir William THORPE, by the dau. [of] Sir Roger BACON, commissioned in the time of the Wars of Edward II, Edward III. Sir Roger BACON was a son of Sir Henry BACON, son of Sir Henry BACON, a judge itinerant temp. Henry III, lineally descended from Grumbaldus.-(Visitation of Suffolk, Metcalf and Kimber).

•Note:2 John Bacon b. ABT 1385, Bradford, Suffolk, England, m. in Suffolk Cty, England, Margery Thorpe, b. ABT 1392, (of) Drinkstone, Suffolk, England, (daughter of John Thorpe). John died 1453, Suffolk Cty, England. A line to Margery from Grimbaldus: 1 Grimbaldus, 2 Ralph, 3 George, 4 Roger, 5 Robert, 6 Reginald, 7 Richard, 8 Reginald, 9 Richard, 10 Sir Henry m. Margaret Ludham, 11 Sir Henry, 12 Sir Roger, 13 Beatrix Bacon wife of Sir William Thorpe, 14 William Thorpe by wife Margaret Quapladde, 15 John Thorpe, 16 Margery Thorpe. This is extracted from a genealogy of the Cleveland family compiled by Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland and taken from a notice of the Bacon ancestry.