Ada of Huntingdon

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• Alternate death: Bef 1247

Ada married Henry Hastings after 1224. Henry (son of William de Hastings and Margaret le Bigod) was born about 1205 in of Blunham, Bedfordshire, England; died before 9 Aug 1250. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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]

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• Alternate birth: 6 May 1262, Allesley, Warwickshire, England
• Alternate death: 20 Feb 1313, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
• Alternate death: 5 Apr 1325
• Alternate death: 10 May 1325

Notes:

Hereditary Steward of the liberties of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds. Seneschal of Aquitaine. Lieutenant & Seneschal of Gascony. "[I]n 1292 claimed third part of Kingdom of Scotland as a gr. s. of Ada, 4th dau. & coh. of David, Earl of Huntingdon; claim rejected." [Ancestral Roots]

CP I:23, footnote (a): George de Cantelou's heirs to the honor of Abergavenny "were his sister Millicent, then of full age and wife of Eudes la Zouche, and his nephew John, the next owner of Abergavenny."

Summoned to Parliament by writs dated 24 Jun 1295 to 8 Jul 1312.

"Sir John de Hastinges, of Abergavenny, s. and h., b. 6 May 1262, at Allesley, co. Warwick. On 12 July 1283 the King took his homage, and he had livery of his father’s lands, and also of his purparty of the lands of George de Cantelou, namely, the castle and honour of Abergavenny, co. Monmouth, the castle of Kilgerran, co. Pembroke, of the lands of St. Clear, co. Carmarthen, Aston, co. Warwick, Barwick, Little Marston, and Stoford, Somerset, and Badmondisfield, Suffolk. In Jan. 1283/4 he was about to go to Scotland. He was on the King’s service in Wales in 1287. In 1292 he claimed a third part of the Kingdom of Scotland, as grandson and h. of Ada, 4th da. and coh. of David, Earl of Huntingdon: his claim was rejected by the judgment delivered at Berwick Castle, on Monday after St. Martin [17 Nov.]. In Jan. 1296/7 he was about to go to Brabant, by the King’s command, in attendance on Margaret, the King’s da., Duchess of Brabant. He was in the Army of Scotland in 1300, being at the siege of Caerlaverock in July the same year. On 2 Feb. 1300/1 he had licence to crenellate his manor and town of Fillongley, co. Warwick. He was sum. for Military Service from 26 June (1294) 22 Edw. I to 18 June (1310) 3 Edw. II to attend the Coronation, 18 Jan. (1307/8) I Edw. II, to a Council 8 Jan. (1308/9) 2 Edw. II, and to Parl. from 24 June (1295) 23 Edw. I to 8 July (1312) 6 Edw. II, by writs directed Johanni de Hastingges, and moreover is recorded to have been present in pleno parliamento domini Regi: on the morrow of Trinity 18 Edw. I [29 May 1290] with other magnates et proceres tunc in parliamento existentes, whereby he is held to have become Lord Hastinges. As Johannes de Hastinges Dominus de Bergeveni he took part in the Barons’ Letter to the Pope, 12 Feb. 1300/1. On 23 Aug. 1302 he was appointed Lieutenant and Seneschal of Gascony, during pleasure: he held the office till Aug. or Sep. 1104. On 22 May 1306 the King granted to him and his heirs the county of Menteith (except the land in that county which the King had previously granted to Edmund de Hastinges), forfeited by Alan, late Earl of Menteith, the King’s rebel and enemy. On 15 Mar. 1308/9 he had licence to grant, in fee, to John, his son, the manor of Aston Cantlow, the castle and town of Kilgerran, and other lands in Wales. He was re-appointed Lieutenant and Seneschal of Gascony, 24 Oct. 1309, during pleasure, and on 16 Nov. following had licence to set out from Dover with his household, horses, armour, silver vessels, &c.; he sur­rendered his office in the latter half of 1311. He m., firstly, at Braxted, Essex or Blunham, Beds, Isabel, da. of William (de Valnce), Earl of Pembroke, by Joan, da. of Sir Warin de Munchanesy, of Swanscombe, Kent, Winfarthing and Gooderstone, Norfolk, &c. She d. 5 Oct. 1305, and was bur. in Coventry Priory. He m., 2ndly, Isabel, da. of Hugh (le Despenser), Earl lf Winchester, by Isabel, da. of William (de Beauchamp), Earl of Warwick. He d. 10 Feb. 1312/3. His widow had livery of her dower, 11 Apr. 1313, and of the knights’ fees and advowsons of her dower, 20 Nov. following, all of which had been assigned to her by the King. She m., 2ndly, as 2nd wife, Sir Ralph de Mounthermer, sometime Earl of Gloucester: as royal licence had not been obtained for this marriage, on 20 Nov. 1318 and again on 2 Jan. following, the lands they held in dower were taken into the King’s hand. They were pardoned and their lands were restored to them, 12 Aug. 1319, for a fine of 1,000 marks: which also they were pardoned on 18 May 1321. She had charge of two of the King's daughters from Michaelmas 1324. Ralph d. 5 Apr. 1325, and was bur. in the Church of the Grey Friars at Salisbury, aged 63. Will pr. and enrolled, Monday before St. Margaret 1325, in the Court of Husting, London. She d. 4. or 5 Dec. 1334." [Complete Peerage VI:346-39]

John married Isabel de Valence after 15 Jul 1275. Isabel (daughter of William de Valence and Joan de Munchensy) died on 3 Oct 1305; was buried in Grey Friars, Coventry, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Isabel le Despenser before 1309. Isabel (daughter of Hugh le Despenser and Isabel de Beauchamp) died on 4 Dec 1334; was buried in Grey Friars, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lora married Thomas le Latimer before Jul 1297. Thomas (son of John le Latimer and Christian Ledet) was born between 1270 and 1271 in of Braybrook, Northamptonshire, England; died before 2 Feb 1334. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret Beke. Margaret (daughter of John Beke) died after 5 Oct 1296. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Roger de Grey before 1311. Roger (son of John de Grey and Maud de Verdun) was born in of Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales; died on 6 Mar 1353. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Elsing, Norfolk, England

Notes:

Steward to Philippe of Hainault, queen consort to Edward III. Fought at Crécy and at the siege of Calais; toward the end of the latter, he was appointed seneschal of Gascony, but died before he could take up that post.

"Hastings's life as a man of action is admirably commemorated by one of the most celebrated of all English brasses, in which his armoured image is flanked by smaller figures bearing the arms of some of the great men with whom he had been associated during his military career, including the king and the earls of Lancaster, Warwick, and Pembroke. Investigation of the contents of Hastings's tomb in September 1978 revealed a man about 5 feet 10 inches tall, who had been buried wearing a cow-hair wig or hat. The cause of death was not revealed, but various injuries, including damaged incisor teeth, apparently the result of a severe blow to the mouth, and the presence of osteoarthritis in shoulder and elbow joints, suggest that Hastings's military career had taken its toll." [Oxford DNB, citation details below.]

Hugh married Margery Foliot before 18 May 1330. Margery (daughter of Richard Foliot and Joan de Brewes) was born between 1312 and 1313; died on 8 Aug 1349; was buried in Friars Minor, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Fought for the king at Boroughbridge.

Warin married Katherine la Warre before 1329. Katherine (daughter of John la Warre and Joan de Grelle) died on 9 Aug 1361. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1277, of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England

Notes:

Knight of the shire for Oxfordshire, 1322. Fought at Bannockburn.

John married Eleanor la Zouche about 1300. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]