Anne Bacon

She made a lasting contribution to English religious literature with her translation from Latin of John Jewel's Apologie of the Anglican Church (1564).

[6] The work was a clarification of the differences between Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism, and was critical to the support of Elizabeth I's religious policies.

Anne Cooke married Sir Nicholas Bacon, Queen Elizabeth's Keeper of the Great Seal, in February 1553.

When Edward VI died, Anne Bacon rode to Kenninghall in Norfolk as a show of support for Mary I.

[8] She attended the Royal Entry at Mary's coronation, listed as "Mrs Bacon" riding among the gentlewomen, maids, and chamberers.

Her letters to her sons are said to express "the jealousy with which she regarded her authority over them long after they had reached manhood", and being concerned with their spiritual welfare.

[10] In a letter from Anne to Francis Bacon, she addresses her views of the church and government, speaking knowledgeably and elegantly.

On 27 August 1610, Francis Bacon wrote to his mother's friend Sir Michael Hicks, inviting him to her funeral.