TEMPEST, Richard (1534-83), of Bowling and Bracewell, Yorks.

b. 1534, 1st s. of Nicholas Tempest of Bracewell by his 1st w. Beatrice, da. and h. of John Bradford of Heath, nr. Wakefield. m. (1) by 1567, Helen or Eleanor, da. of John, 8th Lord Scrope, s.p.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Wentworth of Elmsall, s.p. suc. fa. 1571.R. Glover, Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 319, 357; Surtees Soc. cvi. 60 n; Yorks. Fines (Yorks. Arch. Soc. Rec. ser. ii), 342; C142/156/51.