Person:John Waterton (2)

His wife's name was Joan^[1], possibly (probably?) Joan de Mauley, daughter of Peter de Mauley^[2].

He had 2 sons: Jerome and John, both of whom predeceased him without issue^[3].
He had 2 daughters: Eleanor, who marred Sir Robert Babthorpe (marriage settlement 12 Sep 1410)^[3]; and Mundane, who married Thomas de Metham^[3].

1. ↑ J.W. Walker, 'The Burghs of Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire and the Watertons of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire', 30(1931):314-419, in Yorkshire Archaeological Society. The Yorkshire archaeological journal. (London: Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1893-)
   30:357-58.

   p. 357: "In all the accounts of [John de Waterton], or of Methley, it is stated that he married the daughter of Thomas de Methley, but I can find no documentary evidence to support this conclusion. It is, however, very probable that such a marriage did take place."
   p. 358: "We have, however, clear evidence that John de Waterton's wife was named Joan, for on 27 April, 1405, there was a pardon to the king's esquire John Waterton, to whom and to his wife Joan, the king ..."

2. ↑ Robert Waterton, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

   Identifies the wife of John Waterton as Joan, daughter of Peter de Mauley, 2nd Baron Mauley, citing J.R. Whitehead's 2004 article on Robert Waterton in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} J.W. Walker, 'The Burghs of Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire and the Watertons of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire', 30(1931):314-419, in Yorkshire Archaeological Society. The Yorkshire archaeological journal. (London: Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1893-)
   30:362.

   On 26 Jul 1416, John Waterton was granted guardianship of Thomas de Metham (who later married Waterton's daughter Mundane).

4. ↑ J.W. Walker, 'The Burghs of Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire and the Watertons of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire', 30(1931):314-419, in Yorkshire Archaeological Society. The Yorkshire archaeological journal. (London: Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1893-)
   30:361.
5. ↑ Birth year estimated based on estimated birth year of his father, the fact that he was the eldest son, and the fact that he was Master of the King's Horse at the battle of Agincourt in 1415.