Tempest family

"The Parish of Bracewell, with the adjoining hamlet of Stoke, was a part of the great fee of Roger of Poitou, who came with William I, in 1066, remaining in his hand at the time of the Domesday Survey. The two great Saxon lords, Ulchil and Archil, had had to give us these lordships to this powerful Norman invader; and it was probably not long after the date of the Domesday Survey that these manors were granted to Roger de Tempest. That this man was a Norman, the name will not permit us to doubt; that he was a dependent of Roger of Poitou is extremely probable; that he was, at all events, possessed of these manors in the reign of Henry I is absolutely certain. The name Tempest, whatever its origin, seems to have been venerated by the family; as in the two next centuries, when local appellations became almost universal, they never chose to part with it. It is also alluded to in their armorial bearing." (Source: Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith)

Bracewell was originally a Saxon manor. After the Norman Conquest in the reign of Henry I, the family there was dispossed by the Normans and the manor was given to William le Tempest who came over with the Conquerer. There were two branches of the Tempest family, one at Bracewell and the other at Broughton, nearer to Skipton. The Broughton Tempest are still living at Broughton Hall when not in the south of France, and they are one of the leading Roman Catholic families in England. ... more


St Helen's Church in Waddington has a tower dating to 1501, bearing the arms of the Tempest family. A window of medieval glass depicts Sir Richard Tempest.

  • A1. Roger Tempest, d:1181;
    • B1. Richard Tempest, lvd:1153, m. Alice de Meschines;
      • C1. Roger Tempest, lvd:1167/1209, m. Alice de Rillieston;
        • D1. Richard Tempest of Bracewell, Abbot of Kirkstall, lvd:1220/1233, m. Elena de Tong;
          • E1. John Tempest of Bracewell, lvd:1255/1256;
            • F1. Sir Roger Tempest, lord of Waddington, lvd:1262, m. Alice de Waddington;
              • G1. Richard Tempest of Bracewell, d:1305;
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      • H1. Sir John Tempest of Bracewell, lvd:1283/1351, m. Jane de Holand;  ==>  Holand family
        • I1. Sir John Tempest of Bracewell, lvd:1379, m. Catharine Sherburne;  ==>  Sherborne
          • J1. Sir Richard Tempest of Bracewell, lvd:1379, m. Maria Talbot;  ==>  Talbot family
            • K1. Sir Richard Tempest of Bracewell, b:1356, m. Margaret de Stainforth;
              • L1. Sir Piers Tempest, m. Grace de Hebden;
                • M1. Sir John Tempest, lvd:1455, m. Alice Sherborne;  ==>  Sherborne
              • L2. Sir Robert Tempest, d:1428, m. Alice Lacy;
                • M1. Sir Richard Tempest of Stainforth, d:1489, m. Mabel Strickland;
                  • N1. Dowsabella Tempest, m. Sir Thomas d'Arcy;  <==  d'Arcy family

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