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b. c. 1480, 1st s. of Nicholas Tempest of Bracewell by Cecily or Margaret, da. of Sir John Pilkington of Pilkington, Lancs. and Sowerby, Yorks. m. settlement 13 July 1497, Rosamund (d. 1 Feb. 1554), da. and h. of Tristram Bolling (d. 30 May 1502) of Bowling, at least 5s. 1da. suc. fa. 1483, uncle 1 July 1507. Kntd. 25 Sept. 1513.Date of birth estimated from age (variously given) in uncle’s i.p.m., CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 362, 506. Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xi. 246; Test. Ebor. vi (Surtees Soc. cvi), 60-62; C142/59/11.
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Steward, duchy of Lancaster, Bradford 1505–?d., Blackburn hundred 1511 – d., Rochdale in 1527, Barnoldswick by 1537, master forester, Bowland by 1526 – d., keeper, Quernmore park in 1527; esquire of the body by 1509, knight by 1521; j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1511 – 21, Yorks. 1530, (E. Riding) 1532, 1536, (N. Riding) 1536; commr. musters, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1511, 1512, subsidy Yorks. 1512, 1514, 1515, (W. Riding) 1524, for redress of outrages, west marches 1531; other commissions 1530 – 35; feodary, Yorks. 1514; sheriff 1516 – 17; receiver, 3rd Earl of Derby’s lands in Lancs. in 1523; steward, Wakefield and constable, Sandall castle by 1530.Somerville, Duchy, i. 498, 501, 506, 508, 522, 532; LP Hen. VIII, i-viii; Statutes, iii. 86, 117, 175.

Parlimentarian
TEMPEST, Sir Richard (c.1480-1537), of Bracewell and Bowling, Yorks.
Main residences: Bracewell; Bowling, Yorks.
Author
A.D.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title

TEMPEST, Sir Richard (c.1480-1537)

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