Elizabeth Pierrepoint

Elizabeth or Bess Pierrepont (1568–1648) was a gentlewoman in household of Mary, Queen of Scots. Mary hoped that she could be trained to join the household of Queen Elizabeth, and prevented her marrying as her father wished. Career She was a daughter of Henry Pierrepont and Frances Cavendish. Her parents' home was Holme Pierrepont Hall near Nottingham. She was a granddaughter of Bess of Hardwick. A French diplomat Guillaume de l'Aubespine de Châteauneuf wrote that she was a niece of the Earl of Shrewsbury and had joined the household of Mary, Queen of Scots, in England at a young age. She ate at Mary's table and slept with her. When Mary was at Worksop Manor in September 1583, she wrote a letter to "Bess Pierpont", who was at home with her family. Mary thanked her for a letter and a gift, and was going to give her a black gown with a "garniture" of jewellery or trimming for her to wear with it, ordered from London.