PIERREPONT, William (c.1607-78), of Thoresby Hall, Notts., Tong Castle, Salop, and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c.1607, 2nd s. of Robert Pierrepont†, 1st earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (d. 30 July 1643), and Gertrude (d. 1649), da. and coh. of Hon. Henry Talbot† of Orton Longueville, Hunts. and Burton Abbey, Yorks.;Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. n.s. v), 56. bro. of Francis*. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. Easter 1624;Al. Cant. L. Inn 14 Apr. 1627.LI Admiss. i. 202. m. 8 June 1628, Elizabeth (d. c.July 1657), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Harries, 1st bt. of Tong Castle, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.).St Martin, Ludgate, London par. reg.; Nottingham Univ. Lib. Pw 1/371; Vis. Notts. 56. d. 17 July 1678.Life, Diary and Corresp. of Sir William Dugdale ed. W. Hamper (1827), 140.

Offices Held

Local: sheriff, Salop 30 Sept. 1637–4 Nov. 1638.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 120. J.p. 7 June 1641-bef. Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656-Mar. 1660;C231/5, p. 452; C193/13/4, f. 81v; C193/13/6, f. 73. Notts. 2 June 1646–d.;C231/6, p. 48. Lincs. (Kesteven) by Feb. 1650 – 26 Sept. 1653, by Oct. 1660–d.;C193/13/3; C220/9/4; C231/6, p. 268. Lindsey by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–d.;C193/13/3; C193/13/6. Hunts. by c.Sept. 1656-Mar. 1660;C193/13/6. Westminster by Oct. 1660–d.C220/9/4. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 25 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/5, ff. 200v, 219; C181/6, pp. 10, 374. Midland circ. by Feb. 1654 – 22 June 1659, 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1674;C181/6, pp. 14, 311; C181/7, pp. 15, 642. further subsidy, Salop 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; Lindsey, Notts. 1660;SR. assessment, Salop 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677; Lindsey, Kesteven 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Notts. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677; Lincs. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). loans on Propositions, Salop 23 July 1642;LJ v. 233b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; commr. west midlands cos. 10 Apr. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644; Northern Assoc. Notts. 20 June 1645;A. and O. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 25 June 1646-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 37, 389; C181/7, pp. 75, 543; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–12. Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656–8 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 174, 319. Hatfield Chase Level 27 Jan. 1657-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, p. 197; C181/7, pp. 20, 558. Notts. 22 May 1669;C181/7, p. 488. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, Lincs., Notts., Salop 3 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Hunts. 12 Mar. 1660. aft. May 1652 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O. Custos. rot. Salop, 18 Mar.-Aug. 1660.C231/6, p. 428; C231/7, p. 27; C193/13/4, f. 81v. Commr. charitable uses, Notts. 12 July 1653;C93/22/12. subsidy, 1663.SR.

Central: member, cttee. of safety, 4 July 1642.CJ ii. 651b; LJ v. 178b. Commr. treaty with king at Oxf. 28 Feb. 1643;CJ ii. 985a. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643; cttee. of both kingdoms, 16 Feb., 23 May 1644. Commr. Uxbridge Propositions, 28 Jan. 1645. Member, cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647.A. and O. Commr. to reside with armies at Newark, 5 Dec. 1645;CJ iv. 366b. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646; cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O. Commr. treaty with king at Newport, 6 Sept. 1648;LJ x. 492b. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 4 Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O. Commr. public accts. Dec. 1667.CJ ix. 36b.

Religious: elder, third Salop classis, 1647.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 409. Presented William Woolryche to rectory of Quatt Malvern, Salop, 1659;LPL, COMM/2/555. Richard Tickell to rectory of Egremont, Cumb. 1673;IND1/17007, f. 381. Thomas Cary to rectory of Catton, Yorks. 1678.Clergy of the C of E database.

Parlimentarian

PIERREPONT, Hon. William (c.1607-78), of Thorsby, Notts.; Tong Castle, Salop and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.

: of Thoresby Hall, Notts., Tong Castle, Salop and Mdx., Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PIERREPONT, William (c.1607-78), of Thoresby Hall, Notts., Tong Castle, Salop, and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

Will

2 July 1677, pr. 17 Aug. 1678.PROB11/357, f. 281.

Estates

inherited a debt of £6,000 owed to his fa. in the latter’s will (1639; proved 1647).Notts. RO, DD/4P/44/2. In 1643, estate was valued at £7,000 p.a.Add. 18778, f. 84. In 1648, purchased from trustees for the sale of church lands the manor of Southwell, Notts. for £1,494.Col. Top et Gen. i. 5. By 1653, leased or owned no. 46 Lincoln’s Inn Fields.Survey of London, iii, pt. i. 66. His house at Thoresby was assessed at 43 hearths in 1664.Notts. Hearth Tax 1664, 1674 ed. W. F. Webster (Thoroton Soc. rec. ser. xxxvii), 52. At his d. estate inc. manors and property in Hunts. Lincs. Notts. Salop and Yorks. and a house in Lincoln’s Inn Fields.PROB11/357, ff. 281-2.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Chancery Lane, Holborn, Mdx. (June 1642);SP28/131, pt. 3, f. 3v. a house in Holborn ‘over against Warwick House’ (Dec. 1642).Bodl. Nalson II, f. 229v.

Religion

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