PIERREPONT, Henry (1607-80) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. Mar. 1607, 1st s. of Robert Pierrepont^† (later earl of Kingston-upon-Hull) of Holme Pierrepont, Notts., and Gertrude (d.1649), da. and coh. of Hon. Henry Talbot^‡ of Burton Abbey, Yorks.; bro. of Hon. Francis^‡ and Hon. William Pierrepont^‡. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1624; MA, Oxf. 1642; G. Inn 1651, called 1652, bencher 1658. m. (1) by 1630 Cecilia (d. 19 Sept. 1639), da. of Paul Bayning^†, Visct. Bayning, 2s. d.v.p., 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) Sept. 1652 Katherine (d. c.14 Jan. 1679), da. of James Stanley^†, 7th earl of Derby, 1s. d.v.p., 1da. d.v.p. d. 8 Dec. 1680; will 22 Mar. 1680, pr. 1 Feb. 1681. TNA, PROB 11/365.

Offices Held

Mbr. council of war (roy.) 1642 – 46; commr. (roy.) treaty of Uxbridge 1645, defence of Oxford 1645 – 46; PC 1 Mar. 1645-by 5 May 1646, 27 Aug. 1660 – 21 Apr. 1679; commr. coronation claims 1661, earl marshal 1662, 1673. CSP Dom. 1673, pp. 413–14.

Commr. array, Notts. and Nottingham 1642; recorder, Nottingham 1666–d. Nottingham Bor. Recs. v. 435, 438.

Bencher, G. Inn 1658.

Fell. R. Coll. Physicians 1658; FRS 1663.

Parlimentarian

PIERREPONT, Henry (1607-1680), of Holme Pierrepont, Notts. and Dean’s Yard, Westminster; later of Worksop Manor, Notts. and Charterhouse Yard, London

Likenesses

oil on canvas by unknown artist, 1691, R. Coll. Physicians.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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