PIGOT, Gervase (1616-69), of Thrumpton, Notts.

Family and Education

b. 5 Apr. 1616, o.s. of Gervase Pigot of Thrumpton, and 3rd w. Frances (d. 3 May 1673), da. of William Milward of Long Eaton, Derbys.MI Thrumpton; WARD5/32, unfol.; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. n.s. v), 22; Thoroton, Notts. i. 33-4. educ. Repton sch.;Repton Sch. Reg. 1557-1910 ed. M. Messiter (1910), 6. St Catharine’s, Camb. 6 July 1631, Christ’s, Camb. 18 Apr. 1632;Al. Cant. L. Inn 1 Nov. 1634.LI Admiss. i. 225. m. (1) 14 Aug. 1638, Mary (d. 2 Feb. 1644), da. and coh. of John St Andrew of Gotham, Notts. 1s. d.v.p. 2da. d.v.p.; (2) 6 Apr. 1647, Elizabeth (d. 28 Aug. 1649), da. of Simon Edmonds, ald. of London, 1s. 1da.MI Thrumpton; Lockington, Leics. par. reg.; St Mary, Mortlake, Surr. par. reg.; Vis. Notts. 22; Thoroton, Notts. i. 33-4. suc. fa. 25 Oct. 1617;C142/361/148. d. 9 Aug. 1669.Thoroton, Notts. i. 34.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Notts. 19 Mar. 1641-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 435. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 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;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. by 9 Aug. 1642–?LJ v. 275b. Member, Notts. co. cttee. 20 July 1643–?CJ iii. 176b; SP28/241, unfol. Commr. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; sequestrations, 4 Sept. 1643;CJ iii. 225a; LJ vi. 204a. Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; taking accts. in northern cos. 29 July 1645; sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 25 June 1646–14 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 38, 389; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–11. militia, Notts. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. charitable uses, 18 July 1649, 12 July 1653;C93/20/1; C93/22/12. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 15, 371. ejecting scandalous ministers, Derbys. and Notts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Notts. by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 146. surveying Sherwood Forest 19 June 1657;A. and O. for public faith, Notts. 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). poll tax, 1660.SR. Sheriff, 6 Nov. 1668–d.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 104.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 10 Apr. 1651.CJ vi. 558a.

: of Thrumpton, Notts.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PIGOT, Gervase (1616-69), of Thrumpton, Notts.

Will

17 Oct. 1668, pr. 16 Nov. 1669.Notts. RO, DD/2008/11/7/3; PR/NW, will of Gervase Pigot, 1669.

Estates

inherited manor and capital messuage of Thrumpton, chapel and tithes of Thrumpton and lands in Sutton Bonnington and Kingston on Soar, Notts.C142/361/148; WARD5/32; Notts. RO, DD/SY/1, 200. In 1650, he purchased, for £63, a fee farm rent in Notts. worth £6 p.a.SP28/288, f. 2. In his will, he referred to lands that he had purchased in Gotham, Notts.Notts. RO, PR/NW, will of Gervase Pigot, 1669. His house at Thrumpton was assessed at 29 hearths in 1674.Notts. Hearth Tax 1664, 1674 ed. Webster, 85.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

St Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, London (1647);Regs. of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxi), 138. lodgings in Whitehall (Aug. 1659).Bodl. Rawl. C.179, p. 402; CSP Dom. 1659-60, p. 95.

Religion

presented Marmaduke Goode to rectory of Ufton, Berks. 1651; Leonard Curtis to rectory of Wilford, Notts. 1652; George Fisher to rectory of Hickling, Notts. 1652;Add. 36792, ff. 34v, 40, 40v. John Moore to rectory of East Leake, Notts. 1662.S. P. Potter, Hist. of East Leake (Nottingham, 1903), 32.

Image