Bacon became a freeman of Norwich, by patrimony, 20 October 1798 and in September 1799 registered four printing presses. He was the manager of the printing department of his father's business until September 1804, when he became proprietor. However his name began to appear on the imprints of locally published books from 1802, and continued to do so until 1810. Thereafter, the printing firm becomes Bacon, Kinnebrook & Co. (1811-1836) and Bacon, Kinnebrook & Bacon, until 1844.
