Sir Piers Tempest

Sir Piers Tempest

Male

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  • Name Piers Tempest  [1, 2
    Prefix Sir 
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Sir Piers Tempest of Bracewell  [1, 2
    Title Knight  [1, 2
    Person ID I12591  Mallory Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2023 

    Father Sir Richard Tempest 
    Mother Isabel Legard 
    Family ID F4464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grace Hebdon 
    Children 
    +1. Sir John Tempest
     2. Elizabeth Tempest
     3. Margaret Tempest
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2023 
    Family ID F4462  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SIR PIERS TEMPEST, of Bracewell, who accompanied HENRY V. into France, and shared in the glories of Azincourt, upon which celebrated field he received the honour of knighthood. He m. the dau. and heiress of Sir Nicholas Hebdon, of Hebdon, (by his wife, the heiress of the ancient family of Rie,) and had (with two daus., Elizabeth, wife of Sir Thomas Holland; and Margaret, of Richard Banks, of Bank Newton, in Yorkshire) a son and successor,
       
      SIR JOHN TEMPEST, Knt. of Bracewell, who served in the office of sheriff for the county of York, 18 and 37 HENRY VI., and of Lincolnshire 34th of the same reign. Sir John, who was zealously devoted to the house of Lancaster, afforded a place of concealment at one period to its royal chief, the unfortunate KING HENRY, at Bracewell. He m. Alice, dau. of Sir Robert Sherburne, of Stonyhurst, in Lancashire, and had, inter alios,
       
      NICHOLAS, his successor.
       
      Thomas (Sir), who received the honour of knighthood, 2 EDWARD IV. He had a dau.,
       
      MARGARET, m. to Sir Thomas Tempest, of Bracewell.

      Alice, m. to Sir Thomas Talbot de Bashall, Knt. co. York, and was mother of EDMUND TALBOT, Esq. of Bashall, ancestor of the TALBOTS DE BASHALL. (See that descent, under LLOYD OF PLYMOG.)
       
      Anne, m. to Sir Thomas Metham.

      
Agnes, m. to William Calverley, Esq.
       
      Maria, m. to John Sherburne, Esq.
       
      Isabel, m. to L. Hamerton, Esq of Wigglesworth.
       
      Jane, m. to William Ratcliffe, Esq. of Rillstone.

      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 
    1. [S4708] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank: But Univested with Heritable Honours, Volume 1, John Burke, (London: Henry Colburn, 1833).

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