Robert Pigott (1665 - 1764)

Born 1665 in Chetwynd, Shropshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1 Jun 1764 at about age 99 in Chetwynd, Shropshire, England

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Biography

Robert Pigott, esq. of Chetwynd was sheriff of Shropshire in 1697.^[1] He married Frances, daughter of William Ward, esq. of Willingsworth, Staffordshire. Her brother was Edward, Lord Dudley and Ward.

Children

Robert and Frances are the parents of:

• 1. (heir) Robert of Chetwynd (b. 21 Nov 1699).
• 2. John.
• 3. Thomas.
• 4. William, rector of Edgmond and Chetwynd, Cheshire.^[2]
• 5 Benjamin
• 6. Francis.
• 1. Honor

m. John Harvey, esq.

• 2. Ann

m. Richard Lyster, esq. of Rowton, Cheshire.

Pigott was succeeded in his extensive estates by his eldest son.^[3]

Arms

Ermine three fusils in fesse sable.^[4]

Beville Monument

At the east end of the north aisle is a stone monument to Beville. It consists of two semicircular arches grouped under a frieze and cornice supported on two Composite columns and surmounted by a shield enclosed with Elizabethan strapwork, and two smaller shields. Under the arches, kneeling figures of two men with their wives, and below, two groups each of eight children. There is neither date nor inscription, but the heraldry clearly shows it to be to Robert Beville and his wife Joan, daughter of William Lawrence, of St. Ives (d. 1602 and 1574 respectively), and to their son Sir Robert Beville and his wife Maria Coles (d. 1634 and 1611).

At the east end of the south aisle is a white marble monument with a large inscription panel between Corinthian pilasters surmounted by a curved pediment, and with shield of arms, and inscribed for John Dryden, arm. (second son of John Dryden, of Canons Ashby, bart., and Honor dau. and coheir of Robert Beville, K.B.), who died unmarried 3 Non. of January 1707, aged 72. Erected by his nephew and heir Robert Pigott, arm. Above the chancel arch is a hatchment for Elmes.^[5]

Sources

• Burke, J. (1836). "Pigot of Edgmond," in A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, III, pp. 192-193. H. Colburn. Google Books, Archive.org.
• Fletcher, W.G.D. (1906). The sequestration papers of Thomas Pigott of Chetwynd. Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History, 29, pp. 67-92. Google Books.
• Hayton, D. Cruickshanks, E. & Handley, S. (2002). Pigott, Robert (1665-1746), of Chetwynd, Salop and Chesterton., Hunts. HOP. Web.
• Page, W. Proby, G. & Ladds, S.I. (1936). 'Parishes: Chesterton', in A History of the County of Huntingdon, 3, pp. 139-144. London. BHO. eBook.

Notes

1. ↑ "A list of sheriffs appointed by His Majesty," (1696, December 3 - 7). London Gazette. Web. image.[1]
   Fletcher, 1906, p. 81 (includes description of arms).[2]
   Wikipedia: High Sheriff of Shropshire#17th century
2. ↑ ancestor of Colonel Pigott of Doddershall Park.
3. ↑ Burke, 1836.[3]
4. ↑ Fletcher, 1906, p. 81.[4]
5. ↑ Page, Proby, & Ladds, 1936).[5]