General Notes

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]