Sheriff, Salop 1637 – 38; j.p. Salop and Notts. 1641 – d., Lincs. (Kesteven) 1650 – 53, July 1660 – d., Hunts. 1656 – Mar. 1660; commr. for assessment, Salop 1643 – 44, 1647 – 52, 1657, Jan. 1660–3, 1664 – d., sequestration 1643 – 50, defence 1643 – 44, levying of money 1643, northern assoc., Notts. 1645, assessment, Lincs. (Lindsey and Kesteven) 1647 – 48, Notts. 1647 – 52, 1657, Jan. 1660 – d., Lincs. 1649, 1661 – 63, 1664 – d., militia, Lincs., Notts. and Salop 1648, Mar. 1660, Hunts. Mar. 1660, drainage, great level of the fens 1649; custos rot. Salop Mar. – July 1660; commr. for oyer and terminer, Midland circuit July 1660, sewers, Hatfield chase and Lincs. Aug. 1660.
Commr. for Westminster Assembly 1643 – 48; member, committee of Both Kingdoms 1644 – 48; commr. for Treaty of Uxbridge 1645, New Model Army 1645, abuses in heraldry 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, bishops’ lands 1646, indemnity 1647 – 49, scandalous offences 1648, Treaty of Newport 1648, trade 1655 – 57, relief of Piedmontese Protestants 1656; councillor of state 23 Feb. – 31 May 1660; commr. for Admiralty Mar. – July 1660, public accounts 1667–70.
PIERREPONT, Hon. William (c.1607-78)