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PIGOT, Baldwin (b.1352), of Cardington, Beds.

Family and Education
b. 24 June 1352, yr. s. and h. of Sir John Pigot (c.1313-Apr. 1361) of Doddington, Lincs. and Cardington by his 2nd w. Isabel (d. Dec. 1373). m. by July 1397, Margery, at least 2da. Kntd. by June 1391.Beds. RO, DD W41; Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. xxix. 42-43, 77-79; VCH Beds. iii. 15, 234-5; 295; CIPM, xi. no. 171; xiv. no. 47; xvi. no. 3; Lincs. AO, Reg. Buckingham XII, f. 445v.
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Commr. to suppress the rebels, Beds. Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of array Apr. 1386, Mar. 1392, Aug. 1402, Sept., Nov. 1403, May 1418; inquiry July 1397 (repairs to the bridge at Harrold); oyer and terminer Aug. 1416 (attack on Roger Hunt’s manor of Chawston). J.p. Beds. 16 Apr. 1385-July 1388.

Tax collector, Beds. Apr. 1404.

Sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 15 Nov. 1408 – 4 Nov. 1409, 10 Dec. 1411–3 Nov. 1412.

Main residence: Cardington, Beds.
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PIGOT, Baldwin (b.1352)

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PIERS, Thomas, of Rye, Suss.

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m. 1s.
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Jurat, Rye Aug. 1412–14; mayor 1424 – 25, ?1428–9.Rye Corporation mss, 77/1, 2; Cat. Rye Recs. ed. Dell, 57/1, f. 60. He is recorded as mayor in June 6 Hen. IV (1428), but Stephen Bevers is given as mayor in Feb. and early Aug. 1428 (Cat. Rye Recs. 122/6, 136/184; Rye Corporation ms, 33/7, f. 38), so Piers’s second term may have been from Aug. 1428 to 1429 (for which year no other mayor is known) rather than from 1427 to 1428.

Main residence: Rye, Suss.
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PIERS, Thomas

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PIERREPONT, Sir Henry (d.1452), of Holme Pierrepont, Notts.

Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir Edmund Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont by Frances, da. and coh. of Sir William Frank of Grimsby, Lincs. m. Ellen, da. of Sir Nicholas Longford (d.1401) of Withington, Lancs., at least 1s. 1da. Kntd. by Oct. 1417.Vis. Notts. 43-56; CPR, 1416-22, p. 43.
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Commr. of array, Derbys. Oct. 1417, Apr. 1418; inquiry, Notts. Nov. 1421 (holdings of Richard, Lord Scrope of Bolton), Jan. 1424 (liability to repair bridges); to make arrests June 1428.

J.p. Derbys. 13 July 1418–19, Notts. 20 July 1424–9.

Master forester of Duffield chase, Derbys. in the duchy of Lancaster 14 Feb. 1424–20 Feb. 1428.Somerville, Duchy, i. 556.

Alderman of the guild of the Holy Cross at All Saints’ church, Chesterfield, Derbys. by 14 Feb. 1444-aft. 25 Apr. 1445.Hist. Chesterfield ed. Riden and Blair, 176.

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Main residence: Holme Pierrepont, Notts.
Parpoint, Perpont, Pirpont, Porpount, Purpoint, Pyrpount
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PIERREPONT, Sir Henry (-d.1452)

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PICKERING, Sir James (d.c.1398), of Killington, Westmld. and Selby, Yorks.

Family and Education
prob. s. of Thomas Pickering (fl. 1336), of Killington. m. at least 2s. Kntd. by Mar. 1361.For details of his second son see SC8/223/11149.
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Dep. sheriff, Westmld. 17 Sept. or 30 Oct. 1365–1 or 18 Oct. 1367, 25 Oct-1368–1 or 15 Oct. 1369, 10 or 17 Oct. 1371–7 Sept. or 9 Oct. 1376; sheriff, Yorks. 15 Nov. 1389 – 7 Nov. 1390, 7 Nov. 1393 – 11 Nov. 1394, 3 Nov. 1397–30 Sept. 1399.But Sir John Depden accounted for the last regnal year, 1398–9 (E159/175).

Commr. of oyer and terminer, Cumb. Feb. 1367 (disorder at Wythop), June 1367 (assault on the sheriff), Yorks. Aug., Sept. 1397 (attacks on property of St. Mary’s abbey, York); array, Westmld. Dec. 1368, Yorks. (W. Riding) July 1377, Westmld. Feb. 1379, Yorks. (W. Riding) Mar. 1380; to make arrests, Westmld. May 1375, June 1398; confiscate the estates of Ingram de Coucy, earl of Bedford, Westmld., Yorks. Aug. 1377; of inquiry, Yorks. Dec. 1380 (disputed mayoral elections, York), Northumb., Cumb., Westmld. Feb. 1383 (illegal fishing), Yorks. Apr. 1390 (claim to John Lokton’s estates), Feb. 1391 (goods of John Lokton), Feb. 1392 (an abduction); to suppress the insurgents of 1381, Westmld. Mar., Dec. 1382; hold a special assize at Heversham July 1398.C66/350 m. 28v.

C.j. Ire. by July 1369-c.1371.

Assessor of taxes, Westmld. Mar., June 1371, Aug. 1379, Dec. 1380.

J.p. Westmld. 28 Jan. 1373 – Dec. 1375, 20 Dec. 1382 – July 1387, 24 Dec. 1390 – Nov. 1392, Yorks. (W. Riding) 6 Nov. 1376 – May 1380, 12 Nov. 1397 – d.

Speaker Oct. 1378, Feb. 1383.

Farmer of portage over the river Lune, Westmld. 14 June 1379–82.

Escheator, Yorks. 5 Nov. 1379 – 6 Feb. 1381, 6 Nov. 1382 – 1 Nov. 1383, 12 Dec. 1390–28 Dec. 1391.

Main residences: Killington, Westmld; Selby, Yorks.
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Unless otherwise stated all references incorporated in this biography are to be found in J.S. Roskell, Parl. and Pol. in Late Med. Eng. iii. 1-25.

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PICKERING, Sir James (-d. c.1398)

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