Henry Hastings († 1250)

Henry Hastings (also Henry de Hastings ) (* before 1205; † before August 9, 1250 ) was an English nobleman.

Henry Hastings was a son of William Hastings and his wife Margary le Bigod , a daughter of Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk and his wife Ida. After his father's death in 1226, Henry inherited his estates, including Ashill in Norfolk . Unlike his father, Hastings was a loyal supporter of King Henry III. In 1230 he took part in the king's unsuccessful campaign in France , as well as in the 1242 campaign in the Saintonge , where he was captured by the French at the Battle of Saintes on July 22, 1242. He was exchanged for Jean de Barres . In 1244 he served the king in Scotland.

Hastings had married Ada, daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, and Maud, daughter of Earl Hugh of Chester . After the death of John Scotius, Earl of Huntingdon in 1237, his wife Ada became one of his heirs. She eventually received about a third of the Earldom of Chester's estates , including Yardley Hastings in Northamptonshire . With these estates Henry was a crown vassal and his annual income was now more than £ 600. He took a crusade vow in 1250, but died a little later.

With his wife, Hastings had at least one son and four daughters. His heir became his son Henry , who inherited estates in eleven English counties , mainly in the northern and western Midlands . His grandson John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, was a descendant of Ada of Huntingdon and one of the contenders for the Scottish throne . Ada of Huntingdon married Sir Ralph Brereton of Brereton , Cheshire , after the death of Hastings .

Web links

Sir Henry de Hastings, on thepeerage.com , accessed April 30, 2016.

Individual evidence

↑ CL Kingsford, HW Ridgeway: Hastings, Sir Henry (1235? –1269). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
^ Henry Hastings in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 10, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Henry Hastings
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Henry de Hastings (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1205
DATE OF DEATH	before August 9, 1250

[1] CL Kingsford, HW Ridgeway: Hastings, Sir Henry (1235? –1269). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

[2] Henry Hastings in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 10, 2017.