William de Hastings

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1195

Notes:

Steward to Henry II. Dapifer of Bury St. Edmunds.

Family/Spouse: Maud Banastre. Maud (daughter of Thurstan Banastre) died before 1222. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Bef 1173, of Lidgate, Suffolk, England
• Alternate death: Bef 1226
• Alternate death: Abt 1226
• Alternate death: Bef 28 Jan 1226

Notes:

Steward of the royal household. Dapifer of Bury St. Edmunds. "He was present at Lincoln at the homage of William, King of Scots, 1200; fought in Poitou 1214; and attended the King at the siege of Bitham Castle 1221." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz]

Family/Spouse: Margaret le Bigod. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gilbert Pecche. Gilbert (son of Hamon Pecche and Eve) was born in of Great Thurlow, Suffolk, England; died on 25 May 1291. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1205, of Ashill, Norfolk, England

Notes:

Dapifer of Bury St. Edmunds. Taken prisoner at the battle of Sainte, 22 Jul 1242, and exchanged not long after.

Henry married Ada of Huntingdon after 1224. Ada (daughter of David of Scotland and Maud of Chester) died after 2 Nov 1241. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1235, of Cavendish, Leicestershire, England
• Alternate death: Bef 4 Mar 1269
• Alternate death: Bef 5 Mar 1269

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.]

Henry married Joan de Cantelowe before 1262. Joan (daughter of William III de Cantelowe and Eve de Briouze) was born in of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales; died after 1269. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hillary married William de Harcourt about 1256. William (son of Richard de Harcourt and Orabel de Quincy) was born before 1227 in of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England; died between 1270 and 19 Apr 1271. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]