See also

Family of Hamo + of GATTON and Mabel + of TURNHAM

Husband: Hamo + of GATTON (1170-1216)
Wife: Mabel + of TURNHAM (1175-1220)
Children: Isabel + of GATTON (1205-1232)

Husband: Hamo + of GATTON

Name: Hamo + of GATTON
Sex: Male
Father: Robert + of GATTON (1147-1190)
Mother: Mabel + (1150- )
Birth 1170 Gatton, Kent, England
Occupation Sheriff of Gatton
Death 4 Jun 1216 (age 45-46) Gatton, Kent, England

Wife: Mabel + of TURNHAM

Name: Mabel + of TURNHAM
Sex: Female
Father: Robert + of TURNHAM (1140-1212)
Mother: Joanna + FOSSARD (1143-1192)
Birth 1175 Hollingbourne, Kent, England
Death 1220 (age 44-45) Gatton, Surrey, England

Child 1: Isabel + of GATTON

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Isabel + of GATTON

Name: Isabel + of GATTON
Sex: Female
Spouse: Robert + of MANKESEY (1201-1264)
Birth 1205 Reigate, Surrey, England
Death 1232 (age 26-27) Gatton, Kent, England

Note on Husband: Hamo + of GATTON

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 succeded 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 instant, 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.

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The Gatton or de Gatton family were a Anglo-Norman land-owning dynasty from Gatton in Surrey. Beginning with Hemfrid de Gatton they held significant parts of South-East England, particularly in Kent, Sussex and Surrey during the 11th, 12th and 13th Centuries.

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 instant, 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.