Sir
John
"1st Lord Hastings, Lord Abergavenny"
de Hastings
formerly Hastings
Born in Allesley, Warwickshire, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Husband of
Isabel (Valence) de Hastings
— married
after 15 Jul 1275 in England
Husband of
Isabel (Despenser) de Monthermer
— married
about 1308 in England [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Joan (Hastings) de Huntingfield, John Hastings, Henry Hastings, Elizabeth (Hastings) Grey, William Hastings, Margaret Hastings, Thomas Hastings and Hugh (Hastings) de Hastings
Died about
at about age 50
in England
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Biography
Parents, Birth Date and Place
- John de Hastings, Knt., was the son and heir of Henry Hastings, Knt., and Joan de Cantelowe[1] (aka Cantilupe).[2][3] At his father's Inquisition Post Mortem, made 26 March 1269, it was mentioned that "John his son, aged 6 on the day of St. John ante Portam Latinam (6 May), 52 Hen. III (1268), is his heir."[4] That would mean he turned 6 on 6 May 1268, and was therefore born 6 May 1262.[1]
- While Richardson and Complete Peerage says he was born in Allesley in Warwickshire, citing, Contin. Chron. Flor. Wigorn, vol. ii, page 190, which apparently said he was born "apud Alesle", Blomefield says he was born in the family's ancient seat at Ashill in Norfolk (which was at the time normally spelled with forms like Ashele).[5] Allesley was nevertheless an estate which John's father held, perhaps acquired during his lifetime, as noted by Dugdale.[6]
Inheritance
- In 1273, John was co-heir to his uncle, Sir George de Cantelowe, inheriting the Castles and Lordships of Bergavenny, Monmouthshire, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire and St. Clear, Carmarthenshire, in the Marches of Wales, along with manors in Warwickshire and Somerset.[1] On 12 July 1283, he had livery of his father's lands and also the lands from his uncle.[3]
Military Service
- John fought in Gascony in 1294, was continually employed in the Scottish wars of Kings Edward I and Edward II,[1] serving until June 1310.[3] He was in the army of Scotland and was present at the Siege of Caerlaverock Castle in 1300.[1][3][7]
Titles and Positions
- First "Lord Hastings" in the English Peerage. He was summoned to Parliament by writs directed Johanni de Hastingges from 24 June 1295[1] to 8 July 1312.[3]
- His father's family had ancient "serjeantrie" rights, originally connected to a stewardship (his ancestor William de Hastings was called "dispensator" to the king) that was served in return for possession of the manor of Uphall in Ashill, Wayland hundred, Norfolk.[5] The office was that of "Napperer" (in charge of the linen), and entitled him to carrying the Second Sword, and the Great Gilt Spurs at coronations.[8]
- His father's family also had long held the position of Steward ("dapifer") of the Liberty of Bury St. Edmund's Abbey. This was connected to the family's possession of Lidgate, Blunham, Herling, Tibbenham and Gissing. His ancestor William de Hastings had inherited this from an uncle.
- Seneschal/Lieutenant of Aquitaine/Gascony, appointed 1302[1][2] and serving until 1304, and was re-appointed 24 October 1309.[3] He founded a town still existing there named Hastingues.
- Lord of Abergavenny[9]
- He signed the Barons' letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301 as Johannes de Hastings Dominus de Bergeveni. [1][3]
- Attended the coronation of Edward II[1] on 25 February 1308.[2]
- He was on the Kings service in Wales in 1287[3] and in Gascony in 1311.[1]
- From Complete Peerage concerning his claim to the Scottish throne:
- "In 1292 he claimed a third part of the Kingdom of Scotland, as grandson and heir of Ada, 4th daughter and coheir of David, Earl of Huntingdon. His claim was rejected by the judgment delivered at Berwick Castle, on Monday after St. Martin [17 Nov]": (citing "Magnu: Rot. Scot.—Foedera, VoI.i, p. 776: Annales Regni Scotie, pp. 309, 360").[3]
Marriage and Children
- John married first to Isabel de Valence, daughter of Sir William de Valence, Lord (or Earl) of Pembroke.[1][2][3] They were married at Braxted, Essex or Blunham, Bedfordshire, by papal dispensation dated 15 July 1275.[1] They had three sons and three daughters:
- William, Knt., born 4 October 1282, died before 1 March 1310/1, married Eleanor Martin and had no surviving children[1][3]
- John, 2nd Lord Hastings,[2] Lord of Abergavenny, born 29 September 1286,[3] died 20 January 1234/5, married Juliane de Leybourne and had a son[1]
- Henry, clerk[1]
- Joan, married William de Huntingfield[1]
- Elizabeth, married Sir Roger de Grey, 1st Lord Grey of Ruthin[1]
- Margaret, married William Martin, 2nd Lord Martin, and second to Sir Robert de Wateville[1]
- Isabel died 5 October 1305, and was buried in the church of the Grey Friars at Coventry, Warwickshire.[1][3]
- John de Hastings married second, in or before 1308, Isabel le Despenser,[2][3] widow of Gilbert de Clare, Knt., and daughter of Hugh le Despenser, Knt., Earl of Winchester, 1st Lord Despenser.[1] John and Isabel had two sons:
Death
- Sir John de Hastings, 1st Lord Hastings, died on 10 February 1312/3.[1] By writ dated 28 February 1313, more than 20 Inquisitions Post Mortem were held between March 1313 and August 1314 and his son John, aged 25-26, was named as his heir.[10]
- John's widow, Isabel, married Ralph de Mortimer[2] before 20 November 1318.[1][3] Isabel died 4 or 5 December 1334.[3]
Burial
- Although Richardson in Royal Ancestry, vol. III p. 256 notes John de Hastings burial in Friars Minor, Coventry, recent identification of what may be his tomb in St. Mary's Priory Church, Abergavenny, put the Friars Minor location of his burial in dispute.
- Concerning the tomb and effigy of John de Hastings, Alton Rogers received a letter dated August 12, 2006 from Janet Herrod of "Abergavenny Museum at the Castle" which provided detailed information as well as the pedigree of about the Lords of Abergavenny as well as the pedigree of John de Hastings, 11th Lord of Abergavenny, with effigy photo and information about the de Valence family. The oldest memorial in the Priory Church, dating from around 1325, is a graceful, carved oak effigy of Sir John de Hastings, who was probably responsible for the church's 14th century restoration. Until recent years the tomb associated with the effigy was thought to be of a Cantilupe lord, but in-depth research indicates the tomb is believed by St. Mary's to be that of John de Hastings.
- Description of the tomb of John de Hastings at St. Marys Priory website: "The newly constructed tomb on which the (effigy) figure lies contains paneling from the knight's original tomb, which would have stood in the centre of the choir. Depressions on the side once held brightly enameled heraldic shields. The cross-legged posture was a fashion popular before 1330 or 1340 and his feet rest on a lion, a symbol of courage and strength".
- Per Wikipedia, the Priory Church of St. Mary, Abergavenny, in the center of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, has been called the "Westminster Abbey of Wales" due to its large size, its number of high status church monument tombs and the rare medieval effigies surviving within it.[11]
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, vol. III, pages 327-330, PEMBROKE 5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Watson, Fiona. "Hastings, John, First Lord Hastings (1262–1313), soldier and landowner" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. September 22, 2005. Oxford University Press. Accessed 28 Feb 2020 online at ODNB with subscription.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 Cokayne, George Edward and H.A. Doubleday et. al eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. VI: Gordon to Hurstpierpoint, 2nd edition. (London, 1926). Online at pages 346-349.
- ↑ "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 37, 719" in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 1, Henry III, ed. J.E.E.S. Sharp (London, 1904). Online at British History Online, pages 225-231.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Francis Blomefield, "Hundred of Wayland: Ashill", in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2. (London: W. Miller, 1805), pages 349-355. Online at British History Online pages 349-355.
- ↑ Dugdale, The antiquities of Warwickshire, p.84
- ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, vol. III, pages 255-258.
- ↑ Blomefield writes that "Sir John de Hastyngs, Knt. [...] was born at this town in 1262, and executed his office at the coronation of Edward II.; [...] In 1286, this John prosecuted Will. de Blundevill, the Subescheator of Norfolk, for seizing this manor at his father's death, into the King's hands, and cutting down 100 ashes then worth 3l. and for taking fish out of his pond to half a mark value, and he was forced to answer the damage; and this year he prosecuted John le Waleys for 4 messuages, and 40 acres of land, &c. in Tibenham and Carleton, and recovered them to this manor, by proving that his father had only leased them for a term, which was now expired."
- ↑ "He was given possession of his mother's family's castle and barony of Abergavenny on 12 July 1283, having reached the age of twenty-one. During the next few years he undertook a number of missions for Edward I, to Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Gascony. In 1285 his sister Ada married Rhys ap Maredudd and Hastings granted the couple all his lands in St Clare, Angoy, and Pemmlick. Two years later Rhys rebelled against the English and captured Emelyn Castle, where Hastings was ordered to attack him. The uprising was put down and Hastings was permitted to receive the fines, which were not to be severe, from his own Welsh tenants who had supported Rhys." (Oxford DNB).
- ↑ "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 31", #412, pages 230-243, online at British History Online, [1].
- ↑ Wikipedia: Priory Church of St. Mary, Abergavenny.
- Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
- Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
- See also:
- Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls, online at Archive.org. page 509.
- Wikipedia: John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings.
- Lewis, Marlyn. Sir John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, Baron Abergavenny, Seneschal of Aquitaine entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins website, accessed 28 Feb 2020.
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1a. Isabel Hastings, mar. Sir John Rochester
2a. Maud Hastings, mar. Sir Roger Delamere
3a. Margaret Hastings, mar. (1) Nicholas Castell, and (2) John de Boyland
4. Margaret de Hastings (dsp. 7 Jul 1359), mar. (1) William [Martin], 2nd Baron Martin, and (2) bef. 1 Jun 1326 Robert de Wateville
died: 28 Feb 1312/3
created by writ of summons c.1290 Baron Hastings
suc. By son by first wife
1c. Sir Hugh Hastings, of Elsing, Fenwick, etc., co Norfolk, later de jure 7th Baron Hastings
2c. Sir Edward Hastings, of Elsing, Fenwick, etc., co. Norfolk, later de jure 8th Baron Hastings
2b. John Hastings
1b. Joan Hastings, mar. Sir Thomas Morley
2b. Elizabeth Hastings, mar. Sir Thomas Elmhud
3b. Margaret Hastings, mar. (1) Sir John Wingfield, of Letheringham, co. Suffolk (d. 1389, 1st son and heir of Sir Thomas Wingfield, of Letheringham, co. Suffolk, by his wife Margaret Bovile, dau. and hrss. of John Bovile,
1a. John Hastings, of Elsing, Fenwick, etc., co. Norfolk, later de jure 6th Baron Hastings
2a. Sir Hugh Hastings, of Elsing, co. Norfolk (dvf. 1369), mar. Margaret Everingham, dau. of Adam [de Everingham], 1st Baron Everingham, by his first wife Clarice ....., and had issue:
1b. Sir Hugh Hastings, of Elsing and Gressenhall, co. Norfolk (d. 6 Nov 1386), mar. bef. 1 Nov 1376 Anne le Despencer (mar. (2) bef. Oct 1390 as his second wife Thomas [de Morley], 4th Baron Morley; d. 30 or 31 Oct 1426; bur. in the
children by second wife:
3. Thomas de Hastings (dsp. 11 Jan 1332/3)
4. Sir Hugh de Hastings, of Elsing and Gressenhall, co. Norfolk (b. c. 1310; d. 29 or 30 Jul 1347; bur. in Elsing Church, co. Norfolk), mar. bef. 18 May 1330 Margery Foliot (b. c. 1313; d. 8 Aug 1349; bur. in the Furnival Chapel in the Church of the Friars Minor in Doncaster, co. York), sister and cohrss.,(cont..)
1. Jonnette de Hastings, mar. Edmund Martin (dvpsp.), 1st son and heir ap. of William [Martin], 1st Baron Martin, by his wife Eleanor de Mohun, widow of Sir John de Mohun, and dau. of Sir Reynold FitzPiers
2. Elizabeth de Hastings, mar. Roger [de Grey], 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin, and had issue
3. Joan de Hastings, mar. William de Huntingfield, of Huntingfield and Frampton, co. Suffolk (d. Sep 1313), 1st son and heir of Sir Roger de Huntingfield, of Huntingfield, co. Suffolk, by his wife Joyce Engaine, 2nd dau. of Sir John Engaine, of Laxton and Blatherwycke, co. Northampton, and had issue
children by first wife: 1. William de Hastings (b. 4 Oct 1282; dvpsp. bef. 1 Mar 1310/1), mar. after 30 Sep 1297 Eleanor Martin (mar. (2) before 30 Mar 1318 Philip [de Columbiers], 1st Baron Columbiers; dsp. 13 Dec 1342; bur. in Barnstaple Priory), sister and cohrss. of William [Martin], 2nd Baron Martin, and 1st dau. of William [Martin], 1st Baron Martin, by his first wife Eleanor de Mohun, widow of Sir John de Mohun, and dau. of Sir Reynold FitzPiers, of Blaen Llyfni and Bwlch y Dinas, co. Brecon
born: 6 May 1262
mar. (1) 1275 Lady Isabel de Valence (d. 5 Oct 1305; bur. in Coventry Priory), sister and cohrss. in her issue of Aymer [de Valence], 11th Earl of Pembroke , and 2nd dau. of Sir William de Valence, Lord of Valence, Montignac, Bellac, Rancon and Champagnac, styled Earl of Pembroke, by his wife Joan de Munchensy, Lady of Pembroke and Wexford, de jure suo jure Countess of Pembroke, only dau. of Sir Warin de Munchensy, of Swanscombe, co. Kent, Winfarthing and Gooderstone, co. Norfolk, etc., by his first wife Lady Joan Marshal, Lady of Pembroke and Wexford, sister and cohrss. in her issue of Anselm [Marshal], 9th Earl of Pembroke, and 2nd dau. of William [Marshal], jure uxoris Earl of Pembroke, by his