Genealogy & Family History

Pedigree of Warton of Beverley

The Market Cross was put up in 1714 by Sir Charles Hotham, and Sir Michael Warton, Members of Parliament at that time

The Wartons were Hull merchants who became the wealthiest family in Beverley in the seventeenth century. They were lords of the manor of Beverley Parks and Beverley. Christopher Warton of Warton in the reign of Edward IV married Mary, daughter of William Lancaster, and was succeeded by a son, John Warton, in the reign of Henry VII. He married Mary, daughter of Sir John Pickering, and their son, Lawrence Warton, was described as being 'of Beverley' during the reign of Henry VIII. By 1657 they had a house built into North Bar. Michael Warton (1577-1655) outlived his son and his grandson, Michael Warton (1623-1688), inherited the estates, though they had been depleted through fines paid to Parliament for Royalism. His eldest son, Michael Warton (1649-1725), died unmarried and the estates were split up between the children of his two sisters in the eighteenth century. Papers at Hull University Archives comprise a seventeenth-century household account book which includes outgoings on apothecary's fees, quires of writing paper, servants' wages, estate accounts and rents as well as accounts for the funeral of Michael Warton in 1655. Reference DP/58, 64, 81.

Nearly all of the male members of this Warton family are buried in Beverley Minster

In Edlington Church, Doncaster, is a memorial brass: Philip Wharton Esq. Warden of His Majesties Mint in the Tower of London, son and heir of the Hon. Thomas Wharton d.1684.

In 1650 and 1651 Sir Michael Warton bought a considerable part of the Gorges estate in Chelsea and Kensington

Lairgate Hall was built between 1770 and 1780 by James Pennyman , M.P. The Warton and Hotham families gave money to help build it.

Sir Michael Newton's mother, Susanna,was a daughter of Michael Warton (d. 1688), M.P., of Beverley, Yorkshire, by his wife Susannah, daughter of John Poulett, M.P., 1st Baron Poulett. Read More »

I have been contacted by a researcher who is looking to find details of parents and a marriage for Matthew Warton of Ratcliff, Stepney born in the 1700s, and marrying Jane about 1760. Please Email Sue in Australia, if you can help

Details of the Wartons of Lancashire and Beverley, Rev. Anthony Warton of Breamore & Descendants and Matthew Warton of Stepney & descendants are available on request.