Gatton family
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Significant members
- Hemfrid de Gatton (born 1094, died: unknown)
- Hamo de Gatton (born 1125, Gatton, died: 1165)
- Robert de Gatton (born 1147, Gatton, died: 1190)
- Hamo de Gatton (born 1170, Gatton, died: 1216)
Robert de Gatton and the family lineage are mentioned in Edward Hasted's 1798 History of Kent thus:
In the reign of king Henry III. Robert de Gatton, who took his name from the lordship of Gatton, in Surry [sic], of which his ancestors had been some time owners, was in possession of the manor Thrule, and died in the 38th year of that reign, holding it by knight's service of the king, of the honor of Peverel, by reason of the escheat of that honor, &c. (fn. 2) He was succeeded in it by this eldest son Hamo de Gatton, who resided here, and served the office of sheriff in the 14th year of Edward I. His eldest son of the same name left one son Edmund, then an infant, who afterwards dying under age, his two sisters became his coheirs, and divided his inheritance, of which Elizabeth entitled her husband William de Dene to this manor, and all the rest of the estates in Kent; and Margery entitled her husband Simon de Norwood to Gatton, and all the other estates in Surry.
External links
- "Charters of Cumbwell Priory, Part 1. With a Pedigree of the Gatton Family". Archaeologia Cantiana. 5: 194–222. 1863.

- Extracts regarding the genealogy of the Gatton family
- The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 by Edward Hasted (1798) referring to de Gatton family holdings