Sir William Tempest

Abt 1390 -

• Name	William Tempest  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	Abt 1390	Studley, Yorkshire, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1400-1401  [1]
  	Member of Parliament for Yorkshire
  Title	Knight  [2, 3]
  Person ID	I11294	Mallory Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Sir Richard Tempest,   b. Abt 1340, Bracewell, Yorkshire, England
  Mother	Isabel Le Gras,   b. Abt 1360,   d. 1421  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Family ID	F3875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor de Washington,   d. 02 Jan 1451
  Children	+ 1. Sir William Tempest,   b. Abt 1379, Studley, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 04 Jan 1444, Studley, Yorkshire, England  (Age ~ 65 years)   2. Sir Rowland Tempest,   b. Studley, Yorkshire, England
  Last Modified	27 May 2018
  Family ID	F3883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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. 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. RICHARD LE ALEMAN was lord of Studley in 1180 and the manor passed through several generations of his family until, by an heiress, it went to the family of Le Gras, and from them, in the same manner, to Isabel, wife of Sir Richard Tempest, Kt., second son of Richard Tempest of Bracewell. She died in 1421, and the property descended to her son SIR WILLIAM TEMPEST of Studley, Knight, who was upwards of thirty years of age at the time of his mother’s death. He was knighted before 1409, and married Eleanor, only daughter and heiress of Sir William Washington, of Washington, in the county of Durham, by Margaret, his wife, daughter and heiress of John Morvill. They (William and Eleanor), were cousins, being related to each other in the 3rd and 4th degrees, but their marriage was legalized by dispensation from the Archbishop of York, Oct. 20, 1409, long after they had been married and children born to them (Test. Ebor. III, 319). She died Jan. 2, 1451 and was found seised of half of the manor of Washington (Inq. p. m. 24th Jan. XIV, Neville, 1451.) WILLIAM TEMPEST, of Studley, esq, their eldest son and heir, lived but a short time after inheriting the estate. He died Jan. 4, 1444 (Inq. p. m. 1446, in 36 Cal. 4, P. 169). The name of his wife is not recorded. He left one son, John, then two years old, who died soon afterwards, and two daughters, who became his co-heirs. I. Isabel, married Richard Norton, of Norton of Norton Conyers, esq. II. Dionisia, married William Mallory, of Hutton Conyers, esq., and was thirty-six years of age, Oct. 24th, 1451. source: Stanard, William Glover, ed. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 13. Richmond, VA: Virginia Historical Society, 1905.

  
  

• 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). [S4060] Memorials of the Abbey of St Mary of Fountains, Volume 2, John Richard Walbran, ed., (London, UK: Whittaker and Company, 1878). [S4709] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 13, William Glover Stanard, ed., (Richmond, VA: Virginia Historical Society, 1905). [S4722] "Washington Old Hall," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Old_Hall, Wikipedia.org.