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Robert Tempest ( - fl. 1538)

In the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII granted the Priory of Syningthwaite to "Robert Tempest of Holmesett [probably "Holmside"], Durham" on 23 December 1538 (Clay, 160). Relevant locations: Lived at or near Holmside, Durham County
Owned Syningthwaite, Yorkshire
 Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - Yorkshire Monasteries: Suppression Papers.
 References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

20. An English Version of Kirkby's Inquest, with other Matters interspers'd; as, An Inquisition taken at Wakefield, 22 Mar. 9 E. 4. before Tho. Brough Knt. &c. for divers Wasts within that Lordship; the Extent of the Soke of Wakefield, An. 1300. the Bondmen, &c. K. Edw. the 2d's Writ and the Return, certifying the Burroughs and Villages in the County of Yorke, and their Lords, 9 E. 2. K. Hen. the 8th's Gift of the Priory of Syningthwaite to Robert Tempest Esq;.