Edward Hastings

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Sir Edward Hastings (born May 21, 1382 in Fenwick , Yorkshire , † January 6, 1438 ) was an English knight.

Origin and youth

Edward Hastings was a son of Sir Hugh Hastings († 1386/87) and his wife Anne le Despenser, a daughter of Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser . His father was a knight from Elsing , Norfolk, and a grandson of Sir Hugh Hastings . In the 1370s and 1380s, his father took part in numerous campaigns during the Hundred Years War . As a follower of John of Gaunt he died during his campaign in Galicia . When the young John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke was fatally wounded in a tournament in 1389 and died childless, Edward's older brother Hugh Hastings claimed the extensive inheritance as his second cousin and direct descendant of John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings . In addition, however, other descendants of the first Baron Hastings had inheritance claims, including Reginald Gray, 3rd Baron Gray de Ruthin . The underage Hugh could not defend his claims adequately, so that finally Gray, who, unlike Hugh Hastings, was a direct descendant of the first marriage of John Hastings, was awarded most of the Hastings inheritance. When Hugh died in Calais in 1396 , Edward took over his brother's claims.

Dispute over the Hastings inheritance

Shortly after King Henry IV took over in 1399, Edward Hastings was knighted. Since he was still a minor and his possessions were under the supervision of a guardian, the king awarded him a pension of £ 40 a year. In 1400 he took part in the king's campaign to Scotland, in which Reginald Gray also took part. Like Hastings, this one now wore the Hastings coat of arms and even denied Edward Hastings' right to wear the coat of arms. Gray filed a lawsuit against Hastings in 1401 about the right to bear the coat of arms, who was still considered a minor. However, this procedure was only opened by John of Lancaster in May 1407. After a sensational process, the dispute was decided on May 9, 1410 in favor of Gray. Gray was sentenced to pay the court costs but appealed the verdict.

At the coronation of Henry V in 1413, Hastings unsuccessfully claimed the right of his great-great-grandfather to wear the royal spurs and one of the state swords. For unknown reasons he was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1413 , but released in April 1414. Although committees were still convened in 1413 and 1414 to decide on his appointment, they did not meet, presumably because of the renewed war in France. From 1415 to 1416 Hastings took part in the campaigns in France, where he served in the entourage of the Earl of Dorset in Harfleur . On February 11, 1417, he was ordered to pay the outstanding costs of the first trial, over £ 987. Fearing that paying as his recognition of Gray's rights would mean he refused to pay. He was then arrested in Marshalsea Prison . Although he was temporarily put in irons, he steadfastly refused to take the blame. In 1420 he offered that he would accept if his son John married a daughter of Gray and became heir to Hastings, but the offer was rejected. In January 1434 he asked his peers to be released, and was probably released shortly afterwards. He still had to pay the debt of £ 1,000 to Reginald Gray and John Holland by October 20, 1436 .

Family and offspring

Hastings was married twice. In his first marriage he married Muriel († before 1420), a daughter of Sir John Dinham. He had several children with her, including:

  • John Hastings (1410-1477)

In his second marriage he married Margery Clifton († 1456), a daughter of Sir Robert Clifton from Bokenham . His widow married Sir John Wyndham after his death . His son John became his heir, who claimed neither the Hastings coat of arms nor any part of the inheritance. In 1841 his descendant Sir Jacob Astley successfully claimed the title of Baron Hastings .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cracroft's Peerage: Hastings, Baron (E, 1290). Retrieved May 8, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Hastings, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hastings, Sir Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1382
PLACE OF BIRTH Fenwick (Yorkshire)
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1438