Robert De de Deighton

     Robert De was born before 1284 in the hamlet of Deighton in the parish of Deighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Robert was admitted a freeman in 1305 and was a yeoman. Being a yeoman implied a gentleman of a small estate who besides a freeholder, was an officer in the militia of his section of the country. Hence, the expression "an officer of the guard."¹