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confined there : he had been master of the horse to Henry 

 IV. Sir Hugh, another brother, held high offices of state. 

 Charles Waterton, in whom the representation of his 

 ancient house was vested, was descended from Eichard, 

 second son of William Waterton, Lord of Waterton, who 

 died in 1255, In 1435 John AVaterton married the 

 heiress of Sir WiUiam AshenhuU, and became Lord of 

 Walton and Gawthorne, jure uxoris. 



" Walton formed part of the Honour of Pontefract, of 

 which Ashenhold, a Saxon thane, was the Lord, and which 

 was held by his son Ailric, in the reign of S. Edward 

 the Confessor. At the Conquest it was given by William 

 the Norman to one of his followers, Ilbert de Lacy, who 

 granted it back again to Ailric, father of Suein. Adam, 

 the son of Suein, Lord of Brierley, Gawthorne, and Walton, 

 was the founder of the priory of Monk Bretton, and left 

 two daughters and co-heiresses, Amabil and Matilda. The 

 former had Walton and Gawthorne, and became the wife of 

 William de Nevile. They had one daughter and heiress, 

 who married Thomas, the son of Philip de Burgh. Walton 

 and Gawthorne remained in the possession of the De 

 Burghs for seven generations, and then passed with the 

 co-heiress of Sir John de Burgh to Sir William AshenhuU, 

 whose heiress conveyed it to John Waterton in 1435. 



"Thus Mr. Waterton was twenty-seventh Lord of 

 Walton, and sixteenth from John Waterton, who acquired 

 that lordship. There was a grant of free warren at Walton 

 in the reign of Edward I., and a license to crenellate in 

 1333. Without reference to the numerous distinguished 

 alliances of his ancestors, it may be interesting to state 

 that Mr. Waterton, through distinct sources, traced his 

 descent several times over from S. Matilda, Queen of 

 Germany ; S. Margaret of Scotland, S. Humbert of Savoy, 

 S. Louis of France, S. Ferdinand of Castile, and Wladimir 



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