John Bacon (clerk)
| John Bacon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1738 |
| Died |
1816 London |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Church | Church of England |
John Bacon F.S.A.[1] (1738–1816), was a British clerk and editor, who edited a revised edition of John Ecton's Thesaurus. He spent much of his working life in the first-fruits department of the office Queen Anne's Bounty in the Temple, London.[2]
Career
His first appointment at the Temple was as junior clerk to the deputy remembrancer. Bacon rose to become the senior clerk in 1778 and the receiver in 1782, a position which he held until 1816.[3] With these offices he combined the duties of treasurer to the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy. He obtained the leasehold interest, under the Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral and chapter of St. Paul's, of the manor of Whetstone, or Friern Barnet, and when the Land Tax Redemption Act authorised them to effect a sale of their landed property, he purchased the reversion of the manor-house and the whole of their estate in the parish of Friern Barnet.
He is remembered by church antiquaries for his improved edition of Ecton's 'Thesaurus,' a detailed account of the valuations of all ecclesiastical benefices which were charged with first fruits and tenths. He was appointed a fellow of the Society of Arts (later the Royal Society of Arts in 1774.[1]
A description of the house and the curiosities which it contained may be found in Lysons's 'Environs of London,' ii. 22.
Death
He died in the manor-house 26 February 1816, and was buried in a small vault on the outside of the church. His tombstone in the churchyard records his second son and his son's wife; his only daughter, Maria, was married to Sir William Johnston, of that ilk, Aberdeenshire. His edition of the Liber regis, vel thesaurus rerum ecclesiasticarum was published in 1786,[4] and some severe comments were made at that time in the 'Gentleman's Magazine' on the omission of any mention in the title-page or the preface of the previous compilation of John Ecton.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Nichols, John (1815). Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century. p. 5.
- ↑ Hutchinson, William (1794). The History of the County of Cumberland: And Some Places Adjacent, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time: Comprehending the Local History of the County; Its Antiquities, the Origin, Genealogy, and Present State of the Principal Families, with Biographical Notes; Its Mines, Minerals, and Plants, with Other Curiosities, Either of Nature Or of Art ... F. Jollie. p. 565.
- ↑ Temporal Pillars Queen Anne's Bounty, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and the Church of England. CUP Archive. 1964. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-00-150823-8.
- ↑ Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1839). The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: Intestines - Limoges. 12. Knight. p. 459.
External links
"Bacon, John (1738-1816)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.