William Pierrepoint, M.P.

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William Pierrepont (c. 1607-1678) was an English politician.

He was the second son of Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull. Returned to the Long Parliament in 1640 as member for Great Wenlock, he threw his influence on the side of peace and took part for the parliament in the negotiations with Charles I at Oxford in 1643. Pierrepont was a member of the committee of both kingdoms, and represented the parliamentary party during the deliberations at Uxbridge in 1645; but from that time, according to Clarendon, he forsook his moderate attitude, and contracted more bitterness and sourness than formerly. This statement, however, is perhaps somewhat exaggerated, as Pierrepont favored the resumption of negotiations with the king in 1647, and in the following year his efforts on behalf of peace at Newport, where again he represented the parliamentarians, brought upon him some slight censure from Cromwell.

For his services at Newport he was thanked by Parliament; but he retired from active political life soon afterwards, as he disliked the purging of the House of Commons by Colonel Pride and the proceedings against the king. In spite of his moderate views Pierrepont enjoyed the personal friendship of Cromwell; but, although elected, he would not sit in the parliament of 1656, nor would he take the place offered to him in the Protector's House of Lords. When Richard Cromwell succeeded his father, Pierrepont was an unobtrusive but powerful influence in directing the policy of the government, and after a short period of retirement on Richards fall he was chosen, early in 1660, a member of the council of state. He represented Nottinghamshire in the Convention Parliament of 1660, and probably was instrumental in saving the lives of some of the parliamentary leaders. At the general election of 1661 he was defeated, and, spending the remainder of his life in retirement, he died in 1678.

[edit] Family

Pierrepont married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Harries, Bart., of Tong Castle, Shropshire, by whom he had five sons and five daughters. His eldest son, Robert (d. 1666), was the father of Robert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, and Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull; and his third son, Gervase (1649-1715), was created in 1714 baron Pierrepont of Hanslope, a title which became extinct on his death.

[edit] References

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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Hon. William Pierrepont was born circa 1608.3 He was the son of Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull and Gertrude Talbot.3,4 He died in 1679.3

Hon. William Pierrepont lived at Thoresby, Nottinghamshire, England.1
Child of Hon. William Pierrepont and Elizabeth Harris

1.Grace Pierrepont+1 d. Jul 1702

Children of Hon. William Pierrepont

1.Frances Pierrepont+5 d. 23 Sep 1695

2.Robert Pierrepont+3 b. c 1635, d. 26 Apr 1669

3.Gertrude Pierrepont+6 b. c 1641, d. 1 Oct 1727

Citations

1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 425. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

2.[S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family."

3.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, page 305.

4.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, page 304.

5.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/1, page 488.

6.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 182.

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