ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY NAME OF BACON.

The pedigree of the Norfolk Bacons is one of the most *perfect* in the Herald's College. Any of your readers fond of genealogy might find himself repaid in seeking further information regarding the *particular coat of arms* above referred to, and might throw still more light on the subject. In Vol. ii., p. 247., your correspondent, NOCAB, quotes (without reference) the remark *en passant* of a previous correspondent "that the word *bacon* had the obsolete signification of 'dried wood.'" I have searched in vain for this allusion in your preceding Numbers.[2] The information is too curious, howe…