Joan (Empson) Pierrepont (abt. 1466 - 1541)

Born about 1466 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Pierrepont — married after 22 Jan 1508 in England

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1541 at about age 75 in Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, England

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Biography

Henry Sotehill was her first husband, who had given her twin daughters. She had at least three sons with William Pierrepont.

Birth

1466 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England^[1]

1489 in Easton Neston, Northamptonshire

Death

26 Aug 1541 Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, England

Sources

• Testamenta Eboracensia, Part 1, "The Publications of the Surtees Society", Vol. 4 (1836)

• Page 169: "Joan, wife of Henry Sothill, was a daughter of the notorious Sir Richard Empson. After her husband's death, she re-married Sir William Pierrepoint of Holme, co. Notts, knt. Joan Sothill, her eldest daughter, married John, a younger son of Sir Marmaduke Constable of Flamborough, afterwards Sir John Constable of Kinalton, co. Notts. Elizabeth Sothill, the younger sister, married Sir William Drury of Hawstead, co. Suffolk. (Plumpton Corr. 208. Camden Society Series, Vol. 4, Page 208) From Robert Sothill, a younger brother of Henry, the Sothills of North Deighton descend."

• Harleian Society:Visitation Series. The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614., The Publications of The Harleian Society (The Society, London, 1871) Vol. 4, Page 56
• Moffat, R. Burnham. Pierrepont Genealogies from Norman times to 1913 (L. Middleditch Company, 1913) Page 22
• Marks, Edward J. A genealogical abstract of descent of the family of Pierrepont (Hoggson & Robinson, Printers, 1881) Page 7, Section 1 The Family in France and England: "Joan, daughter of Sir Richard Empson, Knight, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancastery"
• Priestland, Pamela. From Domesday to Dukedom and Beyond (Ashbracken, Radclife-on-Trent, Nottingham, England, 2010) Pages 50, 52, 59, 64
• Robert Kraft Numerical Genealogy
• Moffat, R. Burnham. Pierrepont Genealogies from Norman times to 1913 (L. Middleditch Company, 1913), Page 20-22
• Ancestry Family Trees - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26804244&pid=1924941708
• Marlyn Lewis.
• Wikipedia page for father.
• The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (London: J. Hinton, Nov. 1767) Page 250
• Ancestral File(R) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File Number: 9HGC-40
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry (2013) Vol. IV. p. 393
• Thoroton, Robert. The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire (1677) Page 87.
• Ninth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Part II. Appendix & Index, Vol. 9, Historical Manuscripts Commission (Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1884) Page 375: "Death of Jane(sic) George, 26 Aug. 1541."

Footnotes

1. ↑ Priestland: Page 50