Background
He was the son of Sir George Pierrepont and succeeded him in 1564. His mother, Winnifred née Twaits, remarried Sir Gervase Clifton.
He was the son of Sir George Pierrepont and succeeded him in 1564. His mother, Winnifred née Twaits, remarried Sir Gervase Clifton.
Sir William Cavendish and Elizabeth Hardwick. The children were:
Grace Pierrepont
Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull
Elizabeth Pierrepont married Thomas Erskine, 1st Earl of Kellie
He was knighted in April 1603. His memorial is in Saint Edmund"s Church, Holme Pierrepont.
He was elected as Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire in 1572, and then took up a series of local appointments, becoming a Justice of the Peace around 1573, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1575-1576 and 1601-1602, and Recorder of Nottingham in 1603.