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Paternal Family Tree: Pierrepoint
Around 1662 William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston was born to [his father] Robert Pierrepont and [his mother] Elizabeth Evelyn at West Dean, Wiltshire [Map].
In 1666 [his father] Robert Pierrepont died.
On 8th December 1680 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester (age 74) died. He was buried at Holme Pierrepoint, Nottinghamshire [Map]. Marquess Dorchester extinct. His great nephew [his brother] Robert (age 20) succeeded 3rd Earl Kingston upon Hull, 3rd Viscount Newark, 3rd Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.
In 1681 William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston (age 19) was educated at Trinity College, Oxford University.
In June 1682 [his brother] Robert Pierrepont 3rd Earl Kingston (age 22) died at Dieppe, Seine Maritime, Haute Normandie. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. His brother William (age 20) succeeded 4th Earl Kingston upon Hull, 4th Viscount Newark, 4th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.
In 1685 William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston (age 23) and Anne (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.
In 1687 [his brother] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 32) and [his sister-in-law] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull (age 19) were married. She the daughter of William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh and Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh.
On 17th September 1690 William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston (age 28) died at Holme Pierrepoint, Nottinghamshire [Map]. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. His brother [his brother] Evelyn (age 35) succeeded 5th Earl Kingston upon Hull, 5th Viscount Newark, 5th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint. [his sister-in-law] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull (age 22) by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.
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In or after 1852 the contents of the Crypt of the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map] were listed with a diagram by the Reverend James Cleaver, Rector of Holme Pierrepont, as follows:
1. Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston
2. Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint
3. William Pierrepoint died 1719
4. Evelyn Pierrepont 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull
5. Unknown
7. [his brother] Robert Pierrepont 3rd Earl Kingston.
9. [his nephew] William Pierrepont
10. William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston
11. [his brother] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull
13. Unknown
15. Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull
16. Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull
17. Francis Pierrepont, died Aug 13 1679.
18. Charles Medows aka Pierrepont 1st Earl Manvers.
19. Anne Mills Countess Manvers
20. Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester
21. Samuel Pierrepont aged 6, 1711.
22. Blank
23. Blank
24. Charles Herbert Pierrepont 2nd Earl Manvers (age 73)
25. Mary Laetitia Eyre Countess Manvers (age 67)
26. Annora Mary Pierrepont, daughter of Charles, Viscount Newark, 3 months, 1815.
27 - 31. Blank
33. Sophia Cecil.
35. Emily Littleton
36 - 41. Blank.
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In or before 1660 [his father] Robert Pierrepont and [his mother] Elizabeth Evelyn were married.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 19 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pierrepont 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Empson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Thwaites
Great x 3 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Smith
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hardwick 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leeke 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Dacre 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Talbot 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rayner
Father: Robert Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Prowde of Sutton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Prowde
GrandMother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Gifford
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford
William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Kingston
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Evelyn of Long Ditton
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Godstone
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Williams
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rose Williams
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Evelyn of West Dean
GrandFather: John Evelyn of Wiltshire
Mother: Elizabeth Evelyn
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Coxe
GrandMother: Elizabeth Coxe