Richard Tempest , of Bracewell, MP, Sir Knight 
Richard was born in 1356 in Bracewell, Skipton, West Ride Yorkshire, England. Richard's father was Richard Tempest , of Bracewell, Sir Knight and his mother was Maria Talbot. His paternal grandparents were John Tempest , of Bracewell, Sir Knight and Katherine Sherburne; his maternal grandparents were Thomas Talbot , Sir Knight and Elizabeth Bellair. He was an only child. He died after August 26th, 1427.General Notes
Richard (Sir); born 1356; knighted by 1380; held a command in Aquitaine during the Hundred Years War, a Warden of Roxburgh Castle 1385, Warden of Berwick 1386, Lt of Carlisle Castle 1396; MP Lancs 1401 and Yorks 1403; served in Agincourt campaign 1415; married allegedly (1st?) Isabel (she or her successor wife was apparently abducted by the Scots 1385), daughter of John Grassus (ie. "The Fat"), of Gemelyn; married 2nd(?) Margaret, daughter of Robert de Stainforth. [Burke's Peerage]
Note: I am sticking with Isabel as widow of John de Gras and daughter of John Leygard.
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Sir Richard Tempest, knt of Bracewell, living in the reign of Richard II, m. Isabel, daughter and heiress of Sir John Leygard, knt. and widow of John Graas, of Gremelyne, and had issue, Piers, (Sir), knt. who succeeded at Bracewell, accompanied King Henry V in France, and shared in the glories of Agincourt. He m. the daughter and co-heir of Sir Nicholas Hebden, knt. and was ancestor of the Tempests of Bracewell and Tong, which families are both now extinct in the male line; and Roger. [John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, R. Bentley, London, 1834-1838, Vol. I, p. 474, Tempest, of Broughton]
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Sir Richard Tempest, knt. of Bracewell, living temp. Richard II, who m. Isabel, daughter and heiress of Sir John Leggard, knt. and widow of John Graas, of Gemelyne, and had issue, Sir Piers, his heir; Roger, m. Catherine, daughter of Sir Piers Gilliott; Peter; Sir Robert. He was s. by his eldest son, Sir Piers Tempest, of Bracewell. [John Burke, The Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1834, Vol. I, p. 289, Plumbe-Tempest, of Tong]
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Sir Richard Tempest, of Bracewell, b. 1356, was a knight by 1380 when he was in a command in Aquitaine in 1385; he was one of the wardens of Roxburgh Castle when his wife was carried off by the Scotch, and in 1386 was warden of Berwick. He gave evidence in the Scrope and Grosvenor case 1386, was Lieutenant of Carlisle Castle 1396, knight of the shire for Lancashire 1401, and for Yorkshire 1403. In 1413 King Henry V granted him an annuity of £50. He served the King with men and archers in France in 1415. In 1385 he sealed with a bend between six martlets, his crest being on a cap of estate a storm finch. He is said to have married Isabel, widow of John Grassus, of Gemelyn, and also Margaret, dau. and co-heir of Robert de Stainforth. [Ashworth P. Burke, Family Records, Clearfield Company, 1897, p. 584]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1242 in Bracewell, Skipton, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.< 1293 in Waddington, Clitheroe, West Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1263 in Bracewell, Skipton, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.29 Sep 1297 in Wakefield, West Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1243 in Waddington, Clitheroe, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.8 MAR 1301/02 in Bracewell, Skipton, West Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.24 Aug 1283 in Bracewell, Skipton, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.1359 in Bracewell, Skipton, West Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1316 in Bracewell, Skipton, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.> 1379
- b.~ 1222 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.1275
- b.~ 1253 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.~ 1304
- b.~ 1230 in Garstang, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1280 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.> 1324 in Bracewell, Skipton, West Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1223 in Salmesbury, Preston, Lancashire, England d.~ 1256
- b.~ 1253 in Salmesbury, Preston, Lancashire, England d.> 1311
- b.~ 1227 in England
- b.~ 1334 in Bracewell, Skipton, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.~ 1386
- b.~ 1205 in Sherburn, Durham, England d.1261
- b.~ 1251 in Sherburn, Durham, England d. in Stonyhurst, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England
- b.1223 in Catford, Kent, England
- b.1277 in Stonyhurst, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1237 in Carlton, Durham, England
- b.~ 1255 in Carlton, Durham, England
- b.~ 1318 in Stonyhurst, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England d.> 1364 in Bracewell, Skipton, West Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1235 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England d. in Wiswall, Whalley, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1270 in Wiswall, Whalley, Lancashire, England d.< 1303 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1298 in Wiswall, Whalley, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1253 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.~ 1304
- b.~ 1280 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.> 1324 in Bracewell, Skipton, West Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1253 in Salmesbury, Preston, Lancashire, England d.> 1311
- b.1356 in Bracewell, Skipton, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.>26 Aug 1427
- b.~ 1229 in Bashall Eaves, Clitheroe, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1259 in Bashall Eaves, Clitheroe, Yorkshire, England d.< 1275 in Bashall Eaves, Clitheroe, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1235 in Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1274 in Bashall Eaves, Clitheroe, Yorkshire, England d.< 1311 in Bashall Eaves, Clitheroe, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1259 in Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1307 in Bashall Eaves, Clitheroe, Yorkshire, England d.< 1366 in Bashall Eaves, Clitheroe, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1222 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.1275
- b.~ 1253 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.~ 1304
- b.~ 1230 in Garstang, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1287 in Upholland, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1223 in Salmesbury, Preston, Lancashire, England d.~ 1256
- b.~ 1253 in Salmesbury, Preston, Lancashire, England d.> 1311
- b.~ 1227 in England
- b.~ 1336 in Bashall Eaves, Clitheroe, Yorkshire, England d.> 1390 in Bracewell, Skipton, West Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.1280 in Ordsall, Salford, Lancashire, England
- b.1310 in Ordsall, Salford, Lancashire, England d.> 1366 in Bashall Eaves, Clitheroe, Yorkshire, England
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Richard and Isabel were married in a religious ceremony about 1377 in Bracewell, Skipton, Yorkshire, England. They had a daughter named Isabel.
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