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The Arms displayed outside the house relate to: Pierrepont (Holme Pierrepont, county of Nottingham; Earls and Duke of Kingston, title extinct 1773; descended from the marriage, in the time of Edward I, of Sir Henry Pierrepont, son of Robert de Pierrepont, a staunch adherent of Henry III during the baronial wars, with Annora, sister and heir of Lionel de Manvers, of Holme. The representative of the family in the time of Charles I, Robert Pierrepont, Esq, of Holme Pierrepont, was created Earl of Kingston in 1628, and, as such, became a distinguished cavalier commander. His lordships last male descendant, Evelyn Pierrepont, second Duke of Kingston, died 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. Arms, Argent, semee of cinquefoils gules, a lion rampant sable. Crest, A lion, as in the arms, between two wings erect argent. Supporters of the Dukes of Kingston, Two lions sable, armed and langued gules. (Burke, General Armory, 1884). Motto, Pie repone te. (Maintain thy piety). (Photo Apr 2014).