17th Century England Nobleman, 1st Earl Of Kingston Carved Oak Wainscot Chair.

A superb and original carved Wainscot armchair, circa 17th century. This chair was made for English nobleman, Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull. It should be noted that the chair has the most wonderful deeply patinated surfaces throughout and is of fantastic color. There are repairs that were made to the panels( picture of repair taken). It also has 8 joint holes that have been filled with wood putty of some kind (I’m not sure if the are wooden dowels or modern screws underneath the putty). The chair is adorned with several carvings including Robert Pierrepont, Arms of Pierrepont-a lion rampant sable, two griffins, two lions, a religious themed scene, and “Pie repone pie” which is Latin for “Repose in pious confidence”. This is a wonderful piece of English history. There are similar Wainscot armchairs at The Met, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, and The National Museum in Scotland, but not with such historical provenance. Shipping is an estimate. If it’s less, I will refund the difference. If it’s more, I will invoice you the difference

The son and heir of Sir Henry Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, and his wife Frances, daughter of Sir William Cavendish of Chatsworth, Derbyshire, Robert entered Oriel College, Oxford, in 1596, and was admitted to Gray's Inn in January 1599/1600.

He succeeded his father to estates mostly in south and west Nottinghamshire in 1616, and subsequently spent vast sums of money on purchasing further land, mostly in Nottinghamshire.

He was elected as M.P. for Nottinghamshire in 1601, aged 17, under the patronage of his uncle Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury. In 1608 he sat as a J.P. for Nottinghamshire for the first time, and he served as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1615. On 29 June 1627 he was created Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont, and Viscount Newark. On 25 July 1628 he was created Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull.

All these honours were purchased. He was not a prominent Parliamentarian or local administrator, preferring to concentrate on the acquisition and maintenance of his estates.

Reluctant to take either side in the Civil War, in 1643 he eventually raised a regiment of foot on behalf of the King, and was appointed Lieutenant General of Royalist forces in Lincolnshire, Rutland, Huntingdon, Cambridge and Norfolk. He was taken prisoner at Gainsborough, and while on board a vessel bound for Hull was accidently shot and killed by Royalist fire on 25 July 1643. He was buried at Cuckney.