Thomas Pigott Esq. (abt. 1510 - bef. 1564)

Born about 1510 in Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Langston) Pigott — married before 1535 in Buckinghamshire, England

Descendants

Died before 3 May 1564 before about age 54 in Buckinghamshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Thomas Pigott was the son of Thomas Pigott and his second wife Elizabeth Iwardby.^[1][2][3] He was probably born in Buckinghamshire where his parents had lands. His birth date is uncertain. He is named in his father's will, proved in 1520.^[4]

Thomas married Katherine Langston, daughter of Christopher Langston of Buckinghamshire and Margaret (Hyde).^[3][2] Given the approximate birth year of their oldest son Thomas, they will have married before 1535, probably in Buckinghamshire where both families resided. They had the following children:

• Thomas,^[3][2] named in his father's 1558 will^[5][6][7] and said to be 72 when he was buried in 1604, pointing to a birth year of about 1534: he married Marie Lane, daughter of Sir Ralph Lane of Northamptonshire^[1] and Maud Parr whose father Sir William Parr was uncle of Katherine Parr, one of Henry VIII's wives,^[8] and was Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in 1571-2^[9] and Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1593-4^[10]
• Francis,^[1] named in his father's 1558 will:^[5][6][7] he married Judith, daughter of Thomas Eston, Esq. of Holme, Bedfordshire^[8]
• Barnard,^[1] named as under age in his father's 1558 will:^[5][6][7] he became a merchant of London
• Robert,^[1][8] named in his father's 1558 will^[5][6][7]
• John,^[1] youngest son and gentleman of "martial profession",^[8] named as under age in his father's 1558 will^[5][6][7]
• Elizabeth,^[1][3][2][8] named in her father's 1558 will which indicates she was then of age:^[5][6][7] she married John Lloyd;^[3][2][8] the memorial inscription in brass for John Lloyd and his wife Elizabeth, states that she was the daughter of Thomas Piggott, of Doddershall^[5]
• Dorothy,^[1][8] named as under age in her father's 1558 will^[5][6][7]
• Mary,^[1] named as under age in her father's 1558 will^[5][6][7]

Lipscomb's History of Buckinghamshire lists two other daughters, for whom further confirmation has not been found, and the absence of a mention of them in Thomas's will casts doubt on his being their father:

• Ales/Alice, baptised at Stewkley, Buckinghamshire on 16 December 1648, married someone of Gloucestershire with the last name Hill^[8]
• Anne, married William Carpenter of Deanshanger, Northamptonshire, buried in 1611 at Passenham, Northamptonshire^[8]

In the period 1544-1551 Thomas and his brother Robert were sued by their nephew Edmund Elmer over property at Missenden, Amersham and Littlecote in Buckinghamshire.^[3][2][11] Edmund speed again over lands at Missenden and Littlecote in the period 1553-5.^[3][2][12] In 1553-5 Ralph Palmer gent. sued him over non-completion of a lease of pasture at Doddershall, Buckinghamshire.^[3][2][13]

Thomas was Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire from November 1552 to November 1553 and again from November 1557 to November 1558.^[9]

In 1548 Thomas inherited the manor of Doddershall, Buckinghamshire on the death of his mother.^[14] He made a settlement of the manor in 1551.^[3][2][14]

Thomas's will, dated 6 January 1558, was proved on 3 May 1564, so he probably died in 1564, quite likely in Buckinghamshire where he lived. In his will he:^[5][6][7]

• described himself as of Doddershall, Buckinghamshire
• requested burial near his wife in the parish church of Brendon, Buckinghamshire
• referred to lands at Grendon and Edgcott, Buckinghamshire
• named his under-age children Barnard, John, Marie and Dorothy, requesting that they be "brought up... in learning" until they came of age or were married, bequeathing 100 marks to Barnard and John and £100 each to Marie and Dorothy
• left:
  • 300 marks to his son Francis
  • £400 to his daughter Elizabeth
  • the farm Daringe and 100 marks to his son Robert
  • small bequests to his serving men, husbandmen, women, and Marie Blandford

His son Thomas encountered difficuklties over settling his father's estate. It was not until 1580 that he finally secured his right to the manor of Doddershall, Buckinghamshire.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} W Harry Rylands (ed.). The Visitation of the County of Buckingham, made in the year 1634, together with Pedigrees from the Visitation made in 1566 and Pedigrees from other Sources, Harleian Society, 1909, pp. 100-101, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume IV, pp. 393-394, YALE 13, Google Books
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Volume V, p. 438, YALE 18
4. ↑ Nicholas Harris Nicholas. Testamenta Vetusta, Vol. II, London: Nichols and Sons, 1826, p. 560, Internet Archive
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9} Robert Joseph Curfman. "The Yale Descent from Braiose and Clare through Pigott of Buckinghamshire" in 'The American Genealogist', Vol. 56, 1980, pp. 7-9, Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8} The National Archives, ref. PROB 11/47/173, will of Thomas Pigot of Doddershill, Buckinghamshire, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8} The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 47. Piece Description: Piece 47: Stevenson (1564) Accessed at Ancestry ($)
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8} George Lipscomb. 'Pedigree of Pigot of Doddershall' in The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, Vol 1, (London, J. & W. Robins, 1847), p. 406, Google Books
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} List of sheriffs for England and Wales, from the earliest times to A.D. 1831, compiled from documents in the Public Record Office ( New York: Kraus Reprint Corp.1963, original 1898), p. 3, Internet Archive
10. ↑ List of sheriffs for England and Wales, from the earliest times to A.D. 1831, p. 9, Internet Archive
11. ↑ Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Early Pleadings and Proceedings, Richard II to Philip and Mary. National Archives, Kew, C 1/1217/11. Elmes v Pygot. Plaintiffs: Edmund ELMES, esquire, grandson and heir of William Elmes and of Elizabeth his wife, afterwards the wife of -- Pygot, serjeant-at-law. vs. Robert and Thomas PYGOT. Subject: Half the manor of Missenden and messuages and lands there and in Amersham and Littlecote. Buckinghamshire. Discovery Centre catalogue entry
12. ↑ Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Early Pleadings and Proceedings, Richard II to Philip and Mary. National Archives, Kew. C 1/1348/46. Elmes v Pygott. Plaintiffs: Edmund, grandson and heir of William Elmes and of Elizabeth, his wife. vs. Thomas PYGOTT of Doddershall, esquire. Discovery Centre catalogue entry
13. ↑ Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Early Pleadings and Proceedings, Richard II to Philip and Mary. National Archives, Kew C1/1373/13. Palmer v Pygott. Plaintiffs: Ralph PALMER, gentleman. Defendants: Thomas PYGOTT, esquire. Subject: Refusal to complete a lease of pasture in Doddershall. Buckinghamshire Discovery Centre catalogue entry
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2} 'Parishes : Quanton with Shipton Lee', in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4, (London, 1927) pp. 92-99, British History Online, accessed 21 March 2024

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

THis profile was developed for the Magna Carta project by Anne B and reviewed for the Project by Michael Cayley on 23 March 2024.

Thomas Pigott Esq. appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Thomas Yale to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert FitzWalter (vol. IV, pages 390-395 YALE) that was developed 6 April 2024 by the Magna Carta project and is outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section of Thomas Yale's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".