Captain William Piers

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He came from a family whose seat was in Piers Hall in the county of York. (Photo copyright: http://www.yorkshireguides.com/spofforth_castle.html) He was the son of Richard Piers; his paternal grandfather was John Piers; his paternal great-grandfather was Gerald Piers.[3] Nothing is known about his education.[4]

References

 Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Piers, William (d.1603)". Dictionary of National Biography. 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Burke, John (1832). A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire. 2. H. Colburn and R. Bentley. p. 297.

Lodge, John; Archdall, Mervyn (1789). The peerage of Ireland: or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that kingdom. 2. J. Moore. p. 201.

"Piers, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (subscription required). Retrieved 5 September 2010.

Loades (2009) The Making of the Elizabethan Navy, 1540-1590, Boydell, p.86

Notes and queries. Oxford University Press. 1859. p. 130.

Personal life Piers married Ann Holt, of Holt Castle, County of Chester. He had one son, Henry, and daughters, Mary and Anne.[3] His nephew, William Piers, was a subsequent mayor of Carrickfergus.[1] One of his descendants, probably his great-grandson, Sir Henry Piers, 1st Baronet (c. 1628–1691), established the Piers Baronets of Tristernagh Abbey in 1661. This lineage is still existent today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_baronets The Piers Baronetcy, of Tristernagh Abbey in the County of Westmeath, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 18 February 1661 for Sir Henry Piers, 1st Baronet. He was a descendant of William Piers, originally of Piers Hall, Yorkshire, who received a grant of Tristernagh Abbey, County Westmeath, by Elizabeth I in the late 1560s, and served as Governor of Carrickfergus and Seneschal of County Antrim. The sixth baronet, Sir John Bennet Piers, was involved in a notorious lawsuit in 1807, when he was found to have seduced Lady Cloncurry, the wife of a close friend.