General Notes

Name Suffix:<NSFX> Lord Of Bracewell
John Tempest, Lord of Bracewell and Waddington, married Mary, daughter of Sir Hugh Clitheroe, knight, and had issue, John (Sir), his heir, and Richard (Sir), of Studley, whose son, Sir William Tempest, knt. of Studley, espousing Eleanor, daughter and sole heiress of Sir William Washington, knt., was ancestor of the Tempests of Holmside, Stella, Stanley, Studley, and Wynyard. This Thomas [sic] Tempest was one of the confederacy under Thomas Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster, that subverted the power of his favorite, Gaveston, temp. Edward II. [John Burke, The Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1834, Vol. I, p. 474, Tempest, of Broughton]
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John Tempest, of Bracewell and Waddington, joined the confederacy under Thomas Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster, that subverted the power of Piers Gaveston. He m. Mary, daughter of Sir Hugh Clitheroe, knt, and had issue, John (Sir), knt. of Bracewell, ancestor of the Tempests of Bracewell, of Tong, and of Broughton, all in Yorkshire; and Richard (Sir), knt, m. Isabel, only daughter and heir of Sir John Graas, knt. of Studley, and relict of Sir Hugh Clitheroe. [John Burke & John Bernard Burke, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Scott, Webster, & Geary, London, 1841, p. 520, Tempest, of Stella]
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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 wedded Maria, daughter of Sir Hugh Clitheroe, knt., and had two sons, John (Sir), his heir; and Richard (Sir), who m. Isabel, only daughter and heiress of Sir John Graas, of Studley, and relict of Sir Hugh Clitheroe. John Tempest died in 1351 and was s. by his elder son, Sir John 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 John Tempest, Knt., of Bracewell, b. 24 Aug. 1283, in ward to the Crown, had livery of his father's lands Oct. 1304. He joined the Earl of Lancaster's rising to subvert the power of Piers Gaveston but was pardoned 1313. In 1316 he was joint lord of Bracewell, Stock, and Waddington. He joined the second rebellion, was imprisoned, but released and pardoned 1322 and fined £10. He was knight of the shire for Yorkshire 1324, and summoned to attend the Grand Council at Westminster. By undated charter, Will. de Eston granted him his capital messuage, water mill, and moiety of the manor of Broughton in Craven. In 1335 he was summoned for military service in Guyenne. He m. Katherine, dau. of Sir Robert Sherburne, Knt., seneschal of Blackburnshire; she was living 1353 and owned land in Wood Plumpton. He d. 1359, having by her had, I. John (Sir), his heir; II. William (Sir) of Studley and Hertford; III. Peter, d. beyond the seas 3 Oct. 1361. [Ashworth P. Burke, Family Records, Clearfield Company, 1897, pp. 582-583, Tempest]