Baron Aton is an abeyant title in the

Peerage of England The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in t ...

. It was created by Writ of summons to Parliament of Gilbert de Aton of

Ayton Ayton may refer to: Places * Ayton, Ontario, Canada * Ayton, Scottish Borders, Scotland England * Great Ayton, a village and civil parish, Hambleton district, North Yorkshire * Little Ayton, a village and civil parish, Hambleton district, North Yo ...

(now West Ayton), North Yorkshire on 30 December 1324. It passed to his son William, but fell into

abeyance Abeyance (from the Old French ''abeance'' meaning "gaping") is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner. ...

upon the death of William without male heirs in 1373.

Baron Aton (1324)

By WritBurke, p. 18. *

Gilbert de Aton, 1st Baron Aton Sir Gilbert de Aton, 1st Baron Aton, of Ayton, Langdon, Malton and Wintringham, Yorkshire was a 13th-14th century English noble. He died c. 1342. Life Gilbert was the son and heir of William de Aton of Ayton and Isabel, daughter of Simon de ...

(d. 1342) * William de Aton, 2nd Baron Aton (d. 1373), son and heir, married Isabel Percy, died 1373, his son William died in his minority, thus the barony fell into abeyance between his daughters Elizabeth, Katherine, and Anastasia, upon the 2nd baron's death.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aton 1324 establishments in England Baronies by writ History of Yorkshire Abeyant baronies in the Peerage of England Noble titles created in 1324