This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pierrepont,' from the castle of that name on the southern borders of Picardy (Lower). The name is Latinized into 'de Petroponte.' Godfrey de Perpont occurs in Domesday.

Henry de Perpunt, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hugh de Perpont, Nottinghamshire, ibid.

John de Perpunt, Nottinghamshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Simon de Perepont, Suffolk, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Henry Perpunt, Lincolnshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

1575. George Perpount and Agnes Raynoldes: Marriage Lic (London).

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. A variant of Pierpoint, of which it is a palpable variant.

For Pierpont, q.v.

Not from Pierrepont, in the arrondissement of Coutances, in Normandy, as stated by De Gerville, in Mem. Soc. Antiq. Norman, 1825; but from the castle of that name, on the southern borders of Picardy and diocese of Laon, which continued in the family down to the time of Richard I. That the name was introduced at the Conquest, is clear from Domesday Book, which mentions Robert and Godfrey de P. as holding of the celebrated William de Warenne, several lordships in Sussex and Suffolk. Collins. The French genealogy of the family makes Robert one of the Conqueror'3 lieutenant-generals. He gave the suffix to Hurst-Pierpoint, co. Sussex. The name is uniformly latinized by ' De Petro-Ponte,' and is equivalent to our indigenoua Stanbridge, or Stonebridge.

A Norman name: From the Domesday Book, de Perapund.