Alan Metters
Nathaniel Bacon (c.1546-1622) was a son of Lord Keeper Nicholas Bacon (d.1579) but unlike his father, and his younger and more (in)famous half-brother Francis, he eschewed Court life or serious involvement in national politics, other than as an assiduous member of Parliament, preferring to concentrate on his work as a justice of the peace in Norfolk and on the management of his own estates. His extensive papers, which provide vivid details of his activities in these areas, have been published by the Norfolk Record Society in a series that began in 1979 and is now nearing completion. The next instalment, covering the period 1614-1622, is scheduled to appear in 2023. This talk will serve as a brief introduction to the forthcoming volume.