Biography of Henry Pierrepont 1546-1616
Paternal Family Tree: Pierrepoint
After 564 [his step-father] Gervase "The Gentle" Clifton and [his mother] Winifred Thwaites were married.
On 25 Nov 1532 [his father] George Pierrepont (age 22) and Elizabeth Babington (age 22) were married.
On 20 Nov 1544 [his father] George Pierrepont (age 34) and [his mother] Winifred Thwaites (age 19) were married.
In 1546 Henry Pierrepont was born to George Pierrepont (age 35) and Winifred Thwaites (age 21).
On 21 May 1564 [his father] George Pierrepont (age 53) died at Holme Pierrepoint [Map].
In 1568 [his daughter] Elizabeth Pierrepont Countess Kellie was born to Henry Pierrepont (age 22) and [his future wife] Frances Cavendish (age 19).
On 09 Feb 1568 [his future brother-in-law] Henry Cavendish (age 17) and Grace Talbot (age 18) were married. The marriage, unhappy, produced no issue. She being the daughter of his step-father George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 40). She the daughter of George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 40) and Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. He the son of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 41).
In 1572 Henry Pierrepont (age 26) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
Around 1573 Henry Pierrepont (age 27) was appointed Justice of the Peace Nottinghamshire.
In 1575 Henry Pierrepont (age 29) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.
In 1575 [his daughter] Grace Pierrepont was born to Henry Pierrepont (age 29) and [his future wife] Frances Cavendish (age 26).
Before 1584 Henry Pierrepont (age 38) and Frances Cavendish (age 35) were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 56).
On 06 Aug 1584 [his son] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston was born to Henry Pierrepont (age 38) and [his wife] Frances Cavendish (age 36).
Before 10 Dec 1591 [his mother] Winifred Thwaites (age 66) died.
Before 06 Dec 1592 [his brother-in-law] Charles Cavendish (age 39) and Catherine Ogle 8th Baroness Ogle (age 22) were married. He the son of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 65). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward IV of England.
In or before 1595 [his son-in-law] Richard Stapleton and [his daughter] Elizabeth Pierrepont Countess Kellie (age 26) were married.
On 08 Jan 1601 [his son] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 16) and [his daughter-in-law] Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 20) were married at Overton Longueville.
In 1603 Henry Pierrepont (age 57) was appointed Recorder of Nottingham.
In Apr 1603 Henry Pierrepont (age 57) was knighted.
In 1604 [his son-in-law] Thomas Erskine 1st Earl Kellie (age 38) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Pierrepont Countess Kellie (age 36) were married. There is some uncertainty about whether this is the right Elizabeth Pierrepoint.
Before 10 Jun 1604 [his son-in-law] George Manners (age 32) and [his daughter] Grace Pierrepont (age 29) were married.
On 19 Mar 1616 Henry Pierrepont (age 70) died. Church of St Edmund Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. Designed by John Smythson. Probably carved by Hugh Hall who also carved the monument to Thomas Smith originally at Wybynbury but since moved to Nantwich. Elizabethan Period. Armorials:
Top left Cavendish Arms - he was married to [his wife] Frances Cavendish (age 67) daughter of William Cavendish and [his mother-in-law] Bess of Hardwick.
Top right Pierrepoint Arms.
Centre Bottom: Quartered 1&4 Pierrepoint Arms 2&3 Unknown Arms impaled Quartered 1&4 Cavendish Arms 2&3 Unknown Arms.
Frances Cavendish: On 18 Jun 1548 she was born to William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick. Before 1584 Henry Pierrepont and she were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. In Jan 1632 Frances Cavendish died.
In Jan 1632 [his former wife] Frances Cavendish (age 83) died.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Pierrepont was born to Henry Pierrepont and Frances Cavendish.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis "Fat" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Pierrepont
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas III Longford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ellen Longford 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Cockayne
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Pierrepont 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ricardus Melton
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Melton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Thomasine Melton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Clifford 5th Baron Clifford
4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Clifford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Beauchamp Baroness Clifford
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
GrandFather: William Pierrepont 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Father: George Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Empson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Empson
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Empson
GrandMother: Joan Empson
Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
GrandFather: William Thwaites
Mother: Winifred Thwaites
