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- It is unclear from documentary evidence if Herfrey was the father or grandfather of Hamon de Gatton.
The actual tenant in 1086 of Gatton manor in Gatton, Surrey was Herfrey. His son or grandson Hamon gave a moiety of the manor to Ralph de Dene in marriage with his elder daughter Joan, reserving to himself the other moiety for life, with remainder to Ralph. The agreement was confirmed by Henry II, (fn. 21) but Hamon's heir male, Robert de Gatton, (fn. 22) evidently took possession of his moiety, but was ousted c. 1190, by Geoffrey de Beauvale in right of his wife Idonea. She was mother of Robert de Dene, (fn. 23) and probably connected with Ralph de Dene, for in 1220 the heirs of Ralph de Dene, Geoffrey Sackville, Richard de Cumberland, his wife Sibyl, and Parnel de Beauvale, granddaughter of Geoffrey de Beauvale, impleaded Hamon son of Robert de Gatton for his failure to keep an agreement concerning a moiety of the manor with Robert de Dene. (fn. 24) The plea was postponed on account of the minority of Parnel, whose mother Margery had recovered seisin of one carucate at Gatton against Hamon before 1223. (fn. 25) In that year he recovered this carucate from Parnel, since her father Ralph son of Geoffrey de Beauvale, a spendthrift who hated his heirs, had restored it to Robert de Gatton for £28 in the time of King John. (fn. 26) In 1227 she joined with the other heirs of Ralph de Dene in a release of the whole manor to Hamon de Gatton. (fn. 27) He was appointed escheator of the Crown for Surrey in 1232, (fn. 28) but died in or before 1235, when his lands, saving the dower of his widow Beatrice, were given into the custody of William of York during the minority of his heir. (fn. 29) This heir was probably Robert de Gatton, (fn. 30) who died seised of the manor in or before 1264. (fn. 31) His son and heir Hamon, Sheriff of Kent in 1285, (fn. 32) was holding the manor at his death shortly before 1 February 1291–2. (fn. 33) He was succeeded by a son of the same name, whose infant son Edmund inherited Gatton upon his death, c. 1299. (fn. 34) The custody of all Hamon's lands with the exception of Gatton Park was granted in 1301 to the executors of Edmund Earl of Cornwall in part payment of the king's debt to him. (fn. 35) They conveyed it to Sir William Milksop, kt., who sold it to John Northwood. (fn. 36) Edmund de Gatton did not live to enjoy his inheritance, which was divided between his two sisters and co-heirs, Elizabeth wife of William de Dene, and Margaret wife of Simon Northwood, brother or son of John Northwood. (fn. 37) Gatton was evidently assigned to the latter, for her husband was holding the manor in 1327, (fn. 38) and her son Sir Robert Northwood, kt., was holding in 1344, (fn. 39) and was summoned to do homage for it in 1345. (fn. 40) He died in 1360, leaving a son and heir Thomas. (fn. 41)
22. Ibid. 83 (Mich. 7 & 8 Hen. III), m. 7 d.
23. Pipe R. 2 Ric. I, m. 13 d. Her name occurs in Curia Regis R. 83, m. 7 d.
24. Curia Regis R. 78, m. 10.
25. Feet of F. Surr. 8 Hen. III, 28.
26. Curia Regis R. 83, m. 7 d. and Feet of F. Surr. 8 Hen. III, 28. Hamon, however, paid her 30 marks for the quitclaim.
27. Feet of F. Surr. 11 Hen. III, 38.
28. Cal. Close, 1231–4, p. 130.
29. Cal. Pat. 1232–47, p. 130; Excerpta e Rot. Fin. i, 292.
30. Cf. Feet of F. Surr. 32 Hen. III, 4.
31. Chan. Inq. p.m. 48 Hen. III, no. 20.
32. List of Sheriffs (P.R.O.), 67.
33. Chan. Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. I, no. 25.
34. Ibid. 29 Edw. I, no. 58.
35. Cal. Pat. 1292–1301, p. 603.
36. Ibid. 1301–7, p. 338.
37. Plac. Abbrev. (Rec. Com.), 318.
38. Chan. Inq. p.m. 1 Edw. III (1st nos.), no. 35.
39. Chan. Misc. Inq. file 151 (18 Edw. III, 2nd nos.), no. 95.
40. Cal. Close, 1343–6, p. 528.
41. Chan. Inq. p.m. 34 Edw. III (1st nos.), no. 72.
[Source: "Parishes: Gatton." A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3. Ed. H E Malden. London: Victoria County History, 1911. 196-200. British History Online. Web. 21 March 2016. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol3/pp196-200.]
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