Gilbert Aton

Sir Gilbert Aton (died after 10 April 1350), of West Ayton in Yorkshire, was an English landowner, soldier and administrator.

[1] Involved from an early age in the wars of King Edward I against the Scots, he was knighted in 1306, on the same day as the future King Edward II, who in 1308 granted him free warren in his inherited lands at Barlby, South Holme and North Holme, Welham in Malton, and Knapton.

[1] When the last Baron Vescy, was killed at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314, he was recognised as heir to his lands at Langton, Wintringham and Malton.

He made his will on 10 April 1350, naming as heir his son, to whom he had already transferred some if not all of his property,[1] and asking to be buried at Watton Priory.

[citation needed] The name of his wife has not survived and his only known child was his son William Aton.