Lord Georges Bacon - Thorp

Georges was born about 1145 in Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, UK. Georges' father was Ranulf de Baconsthorpe. His paternal grandfather was Grimbaldus. He had two brothers and a sister, named Roger, Gilbert and Agnes. He died after 1216.

General Notes
- Roger, son of George sued by his sister-in-law Agnes, widow of his brother Thomas, for distaining her tenants in Baconsthorpe and Lodue and breaking her park. He raised arms with the barons against the King and had his estates confiscated. His lands were returned by favor of Henry III in 1216. Roger's direct line extends to Robert, Reginald, Richard, Sir Robert, Sir Thomas to John, alias Roger (Friar Bacon) where it ends in 1546. Roger was the progenitor of Bacons of Drinkston and Hessett, Suffolk England.

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