HASTINGS, Baron John

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• Name	HASTINGS, John
  Prefix	Baron
  Birth	6 May 1262	Allesley, Warwickshire, England
  Christening	Brayted, Essex, England
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Mar 1312	Coventry, Warwickshire, England
  Death	9 Mar 1312	Coventry, Warwickshire, England
  WAC	5 Jan 1923	MANTI
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  Father	DE HASTINGS, Sir Henry ,   b. Abt 1235, Ashill, Norfolk, England Ashill, Norfolk, Englandd. 5 Mar 1269, Warwickshire, England (Age 34 years)
  Mother	CANTELUPE, Joane de ,   b. Abt 1240, Calne, Wiltshire, England Calne, Wiltshire, Englandd. Bef Jun 1271 (Age < 31 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1255
  Family ID	F25069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SPENCER, Isabell de ,   b. Abt 1270, Winchester, Hampshire, England Winchester, Hampshire, Englandd. 4 Dec 1334, Allesley, Warwickshire, England (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Aft 3 Oct 1305
  Family ID	F24840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (6 May 1262 – 28 February 1313) was an English peer and soldier of the Middle Ages. Hastings was a competitor for the Scottish throne in 1290/92 in the Great Cause. Baron Hastings was the son of Henry de Hastings, who was summoned to Parliament by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester as Lord Hastings in 1263. However, this creation was not recognized by the King Henry III of England although John Hastings is sometimes referred to as the second Baron Hastings. His mother was Joanna de Cantilupe, sister and heiress of his uncle George de Cantilupe (d.1273). He became the 13th Baron Bergavenny by tenure on the death of his uncle George de Cantilupe in 1273, and thereby acquired Abergavenny Castle and the honour of Abergavenny. Soldier Hastings fought from the 1290s in the Scottish, Irish and French wars of King Edward I and held the offices of Seneschal of Gascony and Lieutenant of Aquitaine simultaneously. In 1290 he had unsuccessfully contested the Scottish crown as grandson of Ada, third daughter of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, who was a grandson of King David I. The same year he was summoned to the English Parliament as Lord Hastings.[2] In 1301, he signed a letter to Pope Boniface VIII, protesting against papal interference in Scottish affairs. Family and succession Lord Hastings married as his first wife Isabel de Valence, daughter of William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke and had the following children: William Hastings (1282–1311) John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings (29 September 1286 – 20 January 1325), married to Juliane de Leybourne (died 1367). They had a son: Lawrence who later became earl of Pembroke. Edmund, who was summoned to Parliament as Lord Hastings in 1299. Elizabeth who married Sir Roger de Grey, 1st Lord Grey (of Ruthin).[3] He married second Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Hugh le Despenser and Isabella de Beauchamp. They had the following children: Thomas de Hastings Margaret de Hastings Sir Hugh Hastings of Sutton (died 1347), married Margery Foliot (granddaughter of Jordan Foliot and of William de Braose). Had issue.[4] He died in February 1313, aged 50, and was succeeded in the Barony by his eldest son John. [Source: Wikipedia, "John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings"; see link in Sources.] Hastings was the son of Henry de Hastings, who was summoned to Parliament by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester as Lord Hastings in 1263. However, this creation was not recognized by the King Henry III of England although John Hastings is sometimes referred to as the second Baron Hastings. His mother was Joanna de Cantilupe, sister and heiress of his uncle George de Cantilupe(d.1273). He became the 13th Baron Bergavenny by tenure on the death of his uncle George de Cantilupe in 1273, and thereby acquired Abergavenny Castle and the honour of Abergavenny. Hastings fought from the 1290s in the Scottish, Irish and French wars of King Edward I and was later Seneschal of Aquitaine. In 1290 he had unsuccessfully contested the Scottish crown as grandson of Ada, third daughter of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, who was a grandson of King David I. The same year he was summoned to the English Parliament as Lord Hastings. In 1301, he signed a letter to Pope Boniface VIII, protesting against papal interference in Scottish affairs. Lord Hastings married as his first wife Isabel de Valence, daughter of William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke and had the following children: William Hastings (1282–1311) John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings (29 September 1286 – 20 January 1325), married to Juliane de Leybourne (died 1367). They had a son: Lawrence who later became earl of Pembroke. Edmund, who was summoned to Parliament as Lord Hastings in 1299. Elizabeth who married Sir Roger de Grey, 1st Lord Grey (of Ruthin).[2] He married second Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Hugh le Despenser and Isabella de Beauchamp. They had the following children: Thomas de Hastings Margaret de Hastings Sir Hugh Hastings of Sutton (died 1347), married Margery Foliot (granddaughter of William de Braose). Had issue.[3] He died in February 1313, aged 50, and was succeeded in the Barony by his eldest son John.