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Hatchment, arms of Bacon with inescutcheon of Temple. With all black background, for funeral of Nicholas Bacon (1686-1767), Son of Nicholas Bacon, of Shrubland, by his wife Catherine Montagu. (See also in same church similar hatchment for his wife, but with only wife's half black) He married Dorothy Temple, daughter and heiress (her arms are shown on an inescutcheon) of John Temple (d.1689) by his wife Marie du Plessis-Rambouillet, daughter of Paul du Plessis-Rambouillet of France. John Temple was the son of Sir William Temple, 1st and last Baronet (1628–1699), statesman and author, by his wife w:Dorothy Osborne (1627–1695), the noted writer of letters. He held the office of Paymaster-General and Secretary of State for War in 1689. He died in 1689, by suicide. (http://www.thepeerage.com/p69792.htm#i697917). Nicholas Bacon (1686-1767) was the father of Rev. John Bacon and Rev. Nicholas Bacon and brother of Brother of Rev. Montagu Bacon and Philip Bacon, of Ipswich. Text from NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF SHRUBLAND, Suffolk Institute, Volume XVII Part 2 (1920),p.125[1]:

The 4th Nicholas Bacon of Shrubland married Dorothy Temple, grand-daughterof the famous Dorothy Osborne, who married Sir Richard Temple,and whose letters were found at Coddenham Rectory. This Nicholas it was, who, "not affecting to lie by his Puritan relations," made the Bacon vault in Coddenham Church, where both he and his wife are buried. The 4th Nicholas had 2 sons ; the elder one was Rev. John Bacon, Rector of Barham, and Vicar of Coddenham, who built the nucleus of the present Shrubland Mansion in 1772, at over / mile from the old site. This date can still be seen on lead pipings on the central part of the house. The younger brother, the 5th and last Nicholas, who succeeded him, was also a clergyman, and married Anna Maria Browne, and after his "deathin 1796the Shrubland estate was purchased by Sir William Middleton, Bart., of Crowfield Hall, Coddenharn ...... Helen Little, heiress of Thomas Little of Shrubland, married Edward Bacon, 3rd son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, of Redgrave, Lord Keeperof the Great Seal to Queen Elizabeth I, and their tomb may be seen in the vestry of Barham Church. The property remained in the Bacon family for 5 succeeding generations, each bearing the name of Nicholas.

Text from: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 56 Temple, William (1628-1699) by Thomas Seccombe[2]:

As a compliment to his father (TEMPLE, Sir WILLIAM (1628–1699), statesman and author), John Temple was made paymaster-general, and, on 12 April 1689, secretary-at-war in the room of Mr. Blaithwaite. A few days later, having filled his pockets with stones, he threw himself from a boat into the strong current beneath London Bridge, and was drowned (see Thompson, Chronicles of London Bridge, 1827, pp. 474–5). The suicide, which created the greatest sensation at the time, was probably due to official anxiety, aggravated by the treachery of a confidential agent whom he had recommended to the king (Lamberty, Mém. de la Révolution, ii. 290; Reresby, p. 458; Luttrell, i. 524; Boyer, Life of Temple, p. 415). By his wife Mary Duplessis, daughter of M. Duplessis Rambouillet, of a good Huguenot family, he left two daughters: Elizabeth of Moor Park, who married her cousin, John Temple (d. 1753), second son of Sir John [see under Temple, Sir John], the speaker of the Irish House of Commons, but left no issue; and Dorothy, who married Nicholas Bacon of Shrubland Hall, Coddenham.

Text from Nick Kingsley, landedfamilies.blogspot.com[3]:

Bacon, Nicholas (1686-1767). Son of Nicholas Bacon (1658-1697) by his wife Lady Catherine Montagu (1686-1758), a daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich. He inherited Shrubland Hall and a Chancery Lane property from his father in 1697. He died at Coddenham, 29 April 1767; his will was proved 11 May 1767. He married, 7 March 1710 at St Paul, Covent Garden, London, Dorothy (1688-1758) (died of smallpox), daughter and heiress of John Temple, and had issue:

• (1) George Bacon (b. c.1714); educated at Monk Soham and Trinity College, Cambridge (matriculated 1733; scholar, 1734; BA 1737; MA 1741); died before 1767;
• (2) Rev. John Bacon (1715-88) (q.v.);
• (3) Basil Bacon (1725-75) of Moor Park House, Farnham (Surrey); inherited Moor Park and Castle Cavan (Wicklow) from his aunt, 1770; had three illegitimate sons and one daughter by Mary Margaret (b. 1722), daughter of Sir Thomas de Veil and later wife of [forename unknown] Wright and [forename unknown] Williams of Westminster, widow; died 24 January and was buried at Farnham, 26 January 1775; will proved 3 February 1776;
• (4) Rev. Nicholas Bacon (c.1732-95) (q.v.);
• (5) Catherine Bacon (d. 1771); died unmarried and was buried at Coddenham, 25 February 1771; will proved 27 March 1771;
• (6) Sophia Bacon (d. 1776); died unmarried and was buried at Coddenham, 7 October 1776;
• (7) Mary Bacon (c.1726-1802); married, 24 February 1784 at St James, Piccadilly, Westminster (Middx), as his first wife, Sir William Johnston (1760-1844), 7th bt, but had no issue.