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- John Tempest, d. in 1351, and was s. by his elder son, SIR JOHN TEMPEST, of Bracewell, who had a military summons, 17 EDWARD II. He m. Margaret, d. of Sir Robert Holand, Knt., and sister of Thomas Holand, Earl of Kent, K.G. (the husband of JOAN PLANTAGENET, the celebrated “Fair Maid of Kent,” who m., subsequently, the Black Prince and had issue.
RICHARD (Sir), his successor.
Margaret, m. to Sir James Radcliffe, ancestor of the Ratcliffes, Viscounts Fitz Walter and Earls of Sussex.
Sir John was s. by his only son,
SIR RICHARD TEMPEST, Knt. of Bracewell, living temp. RICHARD II., who m. Isabel, dau. and heiress of Sir John Legard, Knt., and widow of John Le Graas, of Gemelyne, and had issue,
I. PIERS (Sir), his heir,
II. Roger, who m. Catherine, dau. of Sir Piers Gilliott, Lord of Broughton, Burnsall, and Thorp, and from this marriage descend the TEMPESTS OF BROUGHTON, now the only male branch of the family remaining.
III. Peter.
IV. Robert (Sir).
source: Burke, John and Bernard Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2. London, UK: Henry Colburn, 1847.
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