 Presumably his health recovered, as he was able to continue with his judicial duties for another eighteen years, and died in office on 22 December 1873.He was buried, alongside his wife Catherine and his parents in Killgullane Churchyard, near Kilworth, where his grave can still be seen.Pigot married Catherine Page, daughter of Walter Page (or Paye) of Araglin Mills, a neighbour of the Pigots in Kilworth, in 1821.