The name Pipenpoi, Pipenpoy or Pypenpoy, which appeared in Brussels in the 13th century, is that of an important family of the urban aristocracy of bourgeois origin. Guillaume Pipenpoi, deceased before 1253, quoted as bourgeois of Brussels and alderman of Brussels in 1227-1230, is the first known representative. He occupied a steen, or fortified house, called the Cantersteen, the "steen of the cantor", located at the corner of the current rue de la Madeleine and rue de l'Empereur.
Genealogy
This family had many branches whose main branch can be established as such :
1545 : Master Eustache Pipenpoy, alderman of Brussels in 1586 et 1587, admitted to the Sweerts House through his mother Barbe Was, daughter of Amelryck Was admitted to this House from 1483 to 1520, and Anna Daneels dite van Watermale. He died during the collapse of the theater on July 20, 1587. Cited on 13 June 1545 in the Sweerts House.
1558 : Antoine Pipenpoy, cited on 13 June 1558 in the Serhuyghs House.
1567 : Pierre Pipenpoy, Lord of Merchtem, cited in 1567 in the Sleeus House.
1568 : Pierre Pipenpoy, Lord of Merchtem, admitted in 1568 in the Serhuyghs House.
1603 : Antoine Pipenpoy, admitted on 13 June 1603 to the Serhuyghs House. He is the son of Antoine Pipenpoy who was also admitted in the same House.
1649 : Jacques Pipenpoy, Law graduate and lawyer of the Brabant Council, had been admitted on July 28, 1649 to the Serhuyghs House after having supported a lawsuit against the commissioners of the Seven Houses who disputed his attachment to the old Pipenpoy of Brussels, this family having disappeared from the city since then two centuries. Her family had left Brussels as early as the middle of the fifteenth century, during the political upheavals against the patricians, and had settled in Lennik-Saint-Martin and Merchtem where she owned seigneuries. Pierre Pipenpoy, lord of Merchtem, alderman of Brussels in 1445, 1461, 1468, 1475 and 1477, was decapitated on March 13, 1477 paying with his life his fidelity to the deceased Charles the Bold.
1668 : Monsieur and Master Henri Pipenpoy, Law graduate, admitted on 13 June 1668 to the Serhuyghs House.
1743 : Messire Jean-Joseph-Ghislain Pipenpoy, I.U.L., Joncker Jacobus' son Joannes Pipenpoy, admitted to the Seven Houses, and Isabella Papenbroeck. He was "octovir" of the Guild drapière of Brussels from 1751 to 1753 and chief-dean in 1757. He was admitted on June 13, 1743 to the Serhuyghs House.
1706 : Jacques-Jean Pipenpoy, Law graduate, son of Henri Pipenpoy who was burgomaster of the City of Brussels, and grandson of Jacques Pipenpoy also admitted to the Seven Houses, was alderman of Brussels in 1722 and 1730, and was admitted on June 13, 1706 to the Serhuyghs House.
Archival funds
, Funds of Henry-Charles van Parys, n° 136. « Liber Pipenpoy ». Contains six notebooks with evidence from Houwaert-De Grez funds about Pipenpoy family from du 15th to 17th centuries.
Authority
Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at :fr:Famille Pipenpoy; see its history for attribution.
