Pierrepont Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Holme Pierrepont, co. Nottingham; Earls and Duke of Kingston, extinct 1773; descended from the marriage, temp. Edward I., of Sir Henry Pierrepont, son of Robert de Pierrepont, a stanch adherent of Henry III. during the baronial wars, with Annora, sister and heir of Lionel de Manvers, of Holme; the representative of the family, temp. Charles I., Robert Pierrepont, Esq., of Holme Pierrepont, was created Earl of Kingston in 1628, and, as such, became a distinguished cavalier commander. His lordship’s last male descendant, Evelyn Pierrepont, second Duke of Kingston, d. in 1773, when his honours became extinct, and his estates devolved on his nephew, Charles Meadows, Esq., who assumed the surname of Pierrepont, and was created Earl Manvers). Ar. semée of cinquefoils gu. a lion ramp. sa. Crest—A lion, as in the arms, betw. two wings erect ar. Another Crest—A fox pass, ppr. Supporters of the Dukes of Kingston—Two lions sa. armed and langued gu. Motto—Pie repone te.