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b. aft. 1607, 3rd s. of Robert Pierrepont†, 1st earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (d. 30 July 1643), and Gertrude (d. 1649), da. and coh. of Henry Talbot† of Orton Longueville, Hunts. and Burton Abbey, Yorks.;Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. n.s. v), 56; CP. bro. of William*. m. (1) 4 Feb. 1636, Elizabeth (d. by 1651), da. and coh. of Thomas Braye of Eyam, Derbys. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.);Sneinton, Notts. and St Mary, Nottingham par regs.; Vis. Notts. 32; CCC 769. (2) by Jan. 1651, Alissimon, da. of ?, 1da.St. Paul, Covent Garden, Westminster par. reg.; Notts. RO, DD/4P/44/3; J. Whitlock, The Benefit of Afflictions to the People of God (1661), frontispiece and epistle dedicatory. d. 30 Jan. 1658.Elegies on the Much Lamented Death of … Francis Pierepont (1659), frontispiece.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Ancholme Level 5 Dec. 1635;C181/5, f. 27. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 25 June 1646–d.;C181/6, pp. 37, 203; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–10. subsidy, Notts., Nottingham 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Sherwood Forest 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 210. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Notts., Nottingham 1642;SR. assessment, Notts. 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, Feb. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Nottingham 1642, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Lincs. (Kesteven) 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Lincs. 7 Apr. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Dep. lt. Notts. c.Mar. 1642–?;LJ v. 173b, 275b. Lincs. 11 Sept. 1645–?CJ iv. 270b; LJ vii. 576b. Commr. for associating midland cos. Notts. 15 Dec. 1642.A. and O. Member, Notts. co. cttee. 29 Dec. 1642–?CJ ii. 905a, 940b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. Lincs. 3 July 1644;CJ iii. 548b; LJ vi. 613b. levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. J.p. 21 Mar. 1644–d.;C231/6, p. 2. Kesteven, Lindsey by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C193/13/3. Custos rot. Notts. 21 Mar. 1644-bef. c.Sept. 1656.C231/6, p. 2. Commr. oyer and terminer, 20 Feb. 1645;C181/5, f. 248v. Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 14, 282. gaol delivery, Notts. 20 Feb. 1645.C181/5, f. 248v. Member, cttee. to command Northern Assoc. army, 12 May 1645.CJ iv. 138b; LJ vii. 367b. Commr. Northern Assoc. Notts. 20 June 1645. Member, sub-cttee. of accts. Yorks. by Jan. 1646–?SP28/256, unfol. Commr. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, Lincs., Notts., Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. charitable uses, Notts. 18 July 1649, 12 July 1653;C93/20/1; C93/22/12. ejecting scandalous ministers, Derbys. and Notts. c.June 1656.B. Carpenter, Some Acct. of the Original Introduction of Presbyterianism in Nottingham (1862), 29.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) July 1642-aft. July 1644.LJ v. 173b-174a; Hutchinson Mems. ed. Sutherland, 72–3; CJ iii. 563b.

Central: commr. to reside with Scottish army, 19 July 1644.CJ iii. 563b; LJ vi. 642a. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649; cttee. for excise, 29 May 1649;CJ vi. 219b. cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b.

Civic: freeman, Nottingham by c.Dec. 1645–d.Hutchinson Mems. ed. Sutherland, 160.

Religious: elder, St Mary, Nottingham 1652.St. Mary, Nottingham par. reg. Presented Benjamin Denham to vicarage of Sunbury, Mdx. 1652 Thomas Barker to vicarage of Wakefield, Yorks. 1653.Add. 36792, ff. 43, 70.

Parlimentarian
PIERREPONT, Francis (d. 1658), of Holbeck Woodhouse, Cuckney, and Bottle Lane, Nottingham, Notts.
: of Holbeck Woodhouse, Cuckney and Notts., Bottle Lane, Nottingham.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

PIERREPONT, Francis (d. 1658), of Holbeck Woodhouse, Cuckney, and Bottle Lane, Nottingham, Notts.

Will
2 Feb. 1652, cod. 17 Nov. 1652, pr. 5 July 1658.PROB11/279, f. 41v.
Estates
inherited manor of Great Corringham and lands in Aisby, Great Corringham, Little Corringham, Dunstall, Heapham, Springthorpe and Yawthorpe, Lincs.;Notts. RO, DD/P/4P/44/2. and an estate in Richmond, Yorks. worth £120 p.a.CCC 2518. In 1650, he claimed a lease of the manor and lordship of Masham, Yorks. made by Sir Thomas Danbie* to his late father as security for a debt of £5,000.C7/277/44; CCC 1014, 1473. By 1651, his estate inc. manors of Brant Broughton, Burgh-le-Marsh, Gonerby, Great Corringham, Hatcliffe, Hemingby and Stainsby and lands in North Willingham, Lincs.; lands in Granby, Hayton and Rolleston, Notts.; and lands in Hose, Leics.Notts. RO, DD/P/4P/44/3. He built a ‘fair house’ in Nottingham.Thoroton, Notts. ii. 42. At his death, his estate was reckoned to be worth £5,000 p.a.Clarke Pprs. iv. 43.
Oxford 1644
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