Counsel at the Essex treason trial
· Westminster Hall, London, England
Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · file Bacon acted for the Crown at the trial of the Earls of Essex and Southampton, a consequential rupture with his former patron, Essex. The source uses the Old Style legal-year date 1600; 19 February 1600 Old Style corresponds to 19 February 1601 in modern dating.
