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What positions did Sir Nicholas Bacon hold?

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Called to the bar in 1533, he was made attorney of the court of wards and liveries in 1546. On the accession (1558) of Elizabeth I, he was appointed lord keeper of the privy seal. In 1559 he was authorized to exercise the jurisdiction of the lord chancellor.

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