Family of Robert + of WATERTON and Joan + of EVERINGHAM

Husband: Robert + of WATERTON

Wife: Joan + of EVERINGHAM

Child 1: Joan + Cecily WATERTON

Note on Husband: Robert + of WATERTON

Waterton is a Deserted Medieval Village on the River Trent near Garthorpe and Luddington in the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book.[1] Before the Norman Conquest it was held by one Fulcric who held one carucate of land with a hall.

At the time of the Domesday survey, it was waste. It became the property of the Abbot of Selby and at some point between 1160 and 1179 when Gilbert was Abbot, it was given to him by Reiner de Normanby, son of Norman de Normanby, for an annual rent of twelve shillings. Reiner took the name de Waterton. In the words of Stonehouse[2] “this family is equal if not superior in a long line of ancestry to most of the commoners of England”. Notable members of the family[3] include John de Waterton (Master of the Horse), Robert de Waterton (guardian of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York), Hugh de Waterton, Sir Robert and Sir Thomas Waterton (High Sheriffs of Yorkshire), Lady Margaret Waterton (Lady of the Garter), and Charles Waterton the naturalist. Sir Robert Waterton is mentioned in Shakespeare's Richard II.

Waterton became deserted in the late 15th or 16th century.[4][5] Some excavation has been undertaken[6][7]. It has now been taken over by the Strawson family. Only the seven-bedroom Waterton Hall remains, described by Pevsner as “a fine example of Georgian splendour”.[8]