Henry de Hastings

- 1268

• Name	Henry de Hastings
  Birth	of Ashill, Norfolk, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 1235	of Cavendish, Leicestershire, England   [3, 4]
  Death	1268  [5]
  Alternate death	Bef 4 Mar 1269  [3]
  Alternate death	Bef 5 Mar 1269  [1, 2, 6]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Henry de Hastings ,   b. of Ashill, Norfolk, England d. 1268 ▻ Joan de Cantelowe ,  m. Bef 1262 + 2. Hillary de Hastings   d. Aft 1294 ▻ William de Harcourt ,  m. Abt 1256
  Person ID	I4670	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Henry Hastings,   b. Abt 1205, of Blunham, Bedfordshire, England d. Bef 9 Aug 1250 (Age ~ 45 years)
  Mother	Ada of Huntingdon   d. Aft 2 Nov 1241
  Marriage	Aft 1224  [3]
  Family ID	F4980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan de Cantelowe,   b. of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales d. Aft 1269
  Marriage	Bef 1262  [3]
  Children	+ 1. John de Hastings,   b. of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 10 Feb 1313 + 2. Lora de Hastings   d. Bef 2 Jul 1339
  Family ID	F2263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Constable of Winchester Castle; hereditary Steward of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds. One of the leaders of the baronial army at Lewes. Wounded and taken prisoner at Evesham. Summoned to Parliament by writ 24 Dec 1264. "Sir Henry de Hastinges, of Ashill, Norfolk, s. and h. of Sir Henry de Hastinges, of the same (who d. shortly before 9 Aug. 1250), by Ada, 4th da. of David, Earl of Huntingdon. On 10 May 1256 the King took his homage, and he had livery of his father’s lands. He was one of the leaders of the baronial army at the battle of Lewes, 14 May 1264: he was knighted by Simon de Montfort before that battle. He was one of those prohibited, 16 Feb. 1264/5, from taking part in the tournament at Dunstaple, and ordered to attend a Council on the morrow of Ash Wednesday [19 Feb.] following. On 3 June 1265 he was appointed Constable of the castle at Winchester, during pleasure, in succession to Humphrey de Bohun. At the battle of Evesham, 4 Aug. 1265, he was wounded and taken prisoner. On 18 Jan. and 18 Feb. 1265/6, when he was still in prison, the King granted to his wife, Joan, for the maintenance ofher­self and her children, her husband’s lands in Blunham, Beds, Nailstone and Burbage, co. Leicester, Fillongley, co. Warwick, and elsewhere. With John de la Warre he defended Kenilworth Castle during the siege by the King, from 27 June till its surrender on the Feast of St. Lucy [13 Dec.] 1266. By the Dictum of Kenilworth his lands were sub­jected to the penalty of 7 years’ purchase. He was sum. for Military Service from 1 Aug. (1260) 44 Hen. III to 25 May (1263) 47 Hen. III, and to Parl. 24 Dec. (1264) 49 Hen. III, by writs directed Henrico de Hasting. He m. Joan, sister and coh. of Sir George de Cantelou, Lord of Abergavenny, and da. of Sir William de Cantelou, of Calne, Wilts, and Aston Cantlow, co. Warwick, by Eve, 3rd da. and coh. of Sir William de Braiose, Lord of Totnes, Brecknock and Abergavenny. He d. shortly before 5 Mar. 1268/9. His Widow d. before June 1271." [Complete Peerage VI:345-6] "He was one of the most violent of the Barons in arms against Henry III and for his excesses upon the Church and Clergy was excommunicated by Archbishop Boniface of Canterbury." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

  
  

• Sources

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