PIERREPONT Godfrey

Abt 1000 -

• Name	PIERREPONT Godfrey
  Birth	Abt 1000	France
  Gender	Male
  Notes	Sources Sussex Archaeological Society. Sussex Archaeological Collections (Sussex Archaeological Society, H.Wolff, Lewes, England, 1859) Vol. 11, Page 84, 86 Marks, Edward J. A Genealogical Abstract of Descent of the Family of Pierrepont (Hoggson & Robinson, Printers, 1881) "Sir Godfrey Pierrepont, succeeded and was father of Godfrey and Robert. Godfrey, son of Sir Godfrey, was father of Sir Ingolbrand, lord of Castle Pierrepont, Picardy, A.D. 1090 and ancestor of the French Pierreponts" Ellis, William Smith. The Parks and Forests of Sussex, Ancient and Modern, Historical, Antiquarian and Descriptive ( H. Wolff, Lewes, 1885) Page 79: References S.A.C. Vol. 11. "... Godfrey, brother of Rudolphus de Warren, and therefore nearly related to the Earl of Warren, such relationship explaining their large holdings under their kinsman and feudal chief." Darling, Charles William. Memorial To My Honored Kindred (Fierstine & Gifford, Utica, N.Y., 1888) Page 41 Round, John Horace Calendar of Documents Preserved in France (H.M. Stationery Office, 1899) Page 80 Year 1059: "Robert de Petroponte and Godfrey his son gave the tithe of Cuvervilla which they held of Oylard its lord, by consent of the said Oylard and his sons Geoffrey and Richard, etc." See the attached image (PDF) for the Latin: "Roberti de Petreponte et Godefridi fratris ejus decimam de Cuvervilla quam tenebant de Oylardo domino ejusdem ville, et hoc fecerunt de consensu ejusdem domini " Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913) Page 340 The Pierrepont family is of Norman origin, antedating the Conquest. The castle of Pierrepont, which derived its name in the time of Charlemagne from a stone bridge built nearby to take the place of a ferry, lay in the southerly portion of Picardy, diocese of Laon, about six mile from St. Sauveur, Normandy. The earliest lord of the castle was Sir Hugh de Pierrepont, who live about 980 A.D. he was succeeded by his son, Sir Godfrey and Sir Robert. Moffat, R. Burnham. Pierrepont Genealogies from Norman times to 1913 (L. Middleditch Co., 1913) Kraft, Robert. Robert Kraft Numerical Genealogy'
  Person ID	I60112	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	PIERREPONT Hugh,   b. Abt 0950, France
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F347611	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. PIERREPONT Robert,   b. Abt 1040, France d. England  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F347610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026