John Tempest

- 1351

• Name	John Tempest  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Title	Lord of Bracewell and Waddington  [1]
  Died	1351	Bracewell, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I11279	Mallory Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Sir Richard Tempest,   d. 1305
  Family ID	F3889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Clitheroe
  Children	+ 1. Sir John Tempest + 2. Sir Richard Tempest,   b. Abt 1340, Bracewell, Yorkshire, England
  Last Modified	27 May 2018
  Family ID	F3873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  JOHN TEMPEST, Lord of Bracewell and Waddington, was one of the partisans of Thomas Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster, in removing Piers Gaveston from the councils of EDWARD II. He m. Maria, dau. of Sir Hugh Clitheroe, Knt., and had two sons, I. John (Sir), his heir. II. Richard (Sir), who m. Isabel, only dau. and heiress of Sir John Graas, of Studley, and relict of Sir Hugh Clitheroe, and had a son, SIR WILLIAM TEMPEST, of Studley, M.P., for the co. York, in 2 HENRY IV. He m. Eleanor, dau. and sole heiress of Sir William Washington, Knt. of Washington, by whom (who d. in 1451) he had two sons, 1. WILLIAM, of Studley, who, dying in 1444, left two daus., his co-heirs, namely, ISABELLA, m. to Richard Norton, of Norton Conyers, in Yorkshire. DIONYSIA, m. to William Mallorie, to whom she conveyed the manor of Studley; and from this marriage the late MRS. LAWRENCE, of Studley, derived. 2. Rowland (Sir), of Holmesdale, which he acquired by gift of Sir Robert Umfraville; and in 18 HENRY VI., he also obtained lands from his brother. He m. Isabella, dau. and co-heir of Sir William Elmdon, Knt., by Elizabeth, sister and co-heir of Gilbert Umfraville, (great-grandson of Robert Umfraville, Earl of Angus.) From this Sir Rowland Tempest descended the TEMPESTS OF HOLMESDIDE, STELLA, BRANCEPETH, WYNYARD, &c., co. Durham, and the TEMPESTS OF CRANBROOK, in Kent. 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. 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4054] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2, John Burke, (London, UK: Henry Colburn, 1847).