Catherine Gylyot ¹

  General Notes:

Daughter and heir of Sir Pyers Gylyot1 of Broughton knt (Flower's Visita: of Yorks 1563, Sub Tempest of Bro'ton [vol. 16, Harl: So: p.315] and Coll: of Arms, Glover's Vis: 2 D. 5, fol. 116). Said to have had a brother William who O.S.P.

She had half the manor of Broghton-in-Craven in dower, with its capital messuage called "Giliat's place", also land in Marton and that in Burnsall and Thorpe which the Giliot family anciently held (see below).
The 7 July 1437, she was party to the settlement of the manor of Marsden Place in Broghton with lands there and Thorpe and Burnsall upon her son William Tempest and Joan Metcalfe and their heirs, reserving the manor of Gyliot Place in Bro-ghton (Bro'ton No. 26). The 8 February 1453-4, the archbishop of York granted to Roger Tempest and Catherine his wife li-cence for an Oratory in their manor of Broghton during his pleasure (Archbishop Boothe's Reg: fol. 115d), which was re-newed to her for 3 years as Roger Tempest's widow, 28 March 1468 (Archb^p Neville's Reg: Vol. 1, fol. 61d).
In 1435, she joined her husband in a suit against Roger Radcliffe and Joan his wife (Assize Ro: 1542, m.18d).
She made her will as widow of Roger Tempest "de Bryghton--in-Craven armergeri," 5 April, 1469, desiring to be buried in the choir of Broghton church next the body of her husband. She left her sons Richard and Henry Tempest 5 messuages and 20 bovates of land in Broughton for their lives. To her sons Henry and Thomas Tempest she left 2 messuages and 10 bovates of land and meadow in East and West Marton for their lives. Her lands etc: in Burnsal 1 were left in trust for 12 years to raise marriage portions for her daughters Margaret and Alice.
Her son Richard Tempest was executor and Richard [Nevile] earl of Warwick Supervisor.
The deed by which she settled the land in Broghton on Henry and Richard dated 20 March 1467-8, and that in E. & W. Marton on Henry and Thomas, 1 May, 1467. Witnesses, John Ledys, vicar of Broughton, Richard Rayne, rector of Marton, Richard Parke, vicar of Carleton, Christopher Radcliffe, of Elslack, esq., Brian Bold and Robert Dautry, esq. Proved by Richard Tempest 12 April, 1469 (Reg: Test: Ebor: vol. 4, fol. 132). ²

Catherine married Roger Tempest, son of Sir Richard Tempest and Margaret de Staynforth. (Roger Tempest was born circa 1390 and died before 10 Oct 1467.)