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- 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.
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