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HASTINGS. 181 VI. 1389. 0. John Hastings, ilv, jtire^) Lord Hastings, cousin and heir (tho' of the half blood) to John, Earl of Pembroke, the laBt Lord Hastings, he beings, and h. of Sir Hugh Hastings,; 1 ') of Fenwick (near Ardsley) co. York (by Margery, da. and coheir of Sir Richard Foliot, of Elaing and Gresseu- hall, co. Norfolk), which Hugh was br. (of the half blood) to John, 2nd Lord Hastings (ancestor of the Earls of Pembroke), being yst. s. (by his second wife) of John, 1st Lord Hastings, who was so sum. in 1295. He was aged 21 at the death of his father in July 1347 and MtC, his mother in Aug. 1349 in the estates of Elsing and Gressen- hall above-named. "When above GO years old lie became dc jurc{») entitled to the Barony of Hastings but apparently took no steps in the matter of being recognised as such Baron and d- s.p. (some four years later) 31 Aug. 1393. Inq . post mortem (1 101), 5 Hen. IV. VII. 1393. 7. Sir Hugh Hastings, dejweif) Lor d Hastings, great nephew and h., being s. and h. of Sir Hugh Hastings, of Elsing and Gressenhall afsd. [</. 6' Nov. 138(i], by Ann, da. of Edward (lk. Despenuer), Lord lb Desi'Enceu, which Hugh was s. and" h. of Sir Hugh Hastings [d. 1369] next br. of John, dc jure(") Lord Hastings aboveuamed. He was aged nine years at the death of his father in 13S6. He m. Sauchia, da. of Sir Walter Blount. He d. s.p. and under age, Nov. 1396 and was bur. at Calais. His widow was living (1105), 6 Hen. IV. VIII. 1396. 6'. Sir Edward Hastings, tie jurel*) Lord Hastings, br. and h., b. 21 May 1382, at Fenwick afsd., sue. his br. in 1396 at the age of 15 and was found heir of John, 3d Earl of Pembroke and Lord Hastings aboveuamed, as to certain manors on the death of the Countess Philippa, his widow, 2 Sep 1400. He proved his age (1403), 1 Hen. IV., since which time he styled himself LOUD HASTINGS and sometimus also (having executed a deed to that effect, on 1 Nov. 1400), LOUD STUTEV1LLE.( C ) The celebrated contest in the Court of Chivalry as to his right of bearing the arms of Hastings without any difference was decided ayainst him by the Court of Chivalry on P May 1410, and in favour of his opponent Reginald (Grey), Lord Grey de Buthyn, heir to the sister of the whole blood, in preference to his own claim as heir to the brother of the half blood, of John, 2nd Lord Hastings, ancestor of the Earls of Pembroke. From this decision he appealed but finally, on refusing to pay the costs of this suit (lest he should thereby acknow- ledge its justice) he was imprisoned (about 1417) in the Marshalsea where he remained till his death some 20 years later. He m. firstly, about 1408, Muriel, da. of Sir John Dynham. She d. about 14 IS. He m. secondly Margery, da. of Sir Robert Clifton, of Bokenham, Norfolk. He d. in the Marshalsea Prison 6 Jan. (1437/8), 16 Hen. VI. His widow m. before 1440 Sir John Windham and d. 1456, being bur. at the Austin Friars, Norwich. IX. 143S. 9. John Hastings de jtire(*) Lord Hastings, only surv. s. and h. by firs* wife ; was aged 26 at his father's death in 1438. He was of Fenwick, co. York, of Elsing, co. Norfolk, &c. He m. Anne, da. of Thomas (Mohley), Loud Moki.ky, by Isabel, da. of Michael (Delat-ole), 2d Karl of Suffolk. He d. April 1477 at Elsing. Inq. post mortem at Norwich 1 Oct. 1477. X. H77. 10. Sie Hugh Hastings, d& j>ire( a ) Lokd Hastings, s. and h.,( d ) aged 30 at his father's death in 1477. He was of (•1) According to the decision of the House of Lords in 1S40 whereby this Barony was held to have been vested in the sisters and coheirs (and their descendants) of John, Lord Hastings, who (I. s.p. 1542. ( b ) This Hugh was sum. to a council (not to a regularly constituted Pari.) 25 Feb. (1341/2), 16 Ed. III. ( c ) His great grandfather, Sir Hugh Hastings, had m. (as mentioned in the text) Margery, da. and coheir of Sir Richard Foliot, which Richard was great grandson and heir of Richard Foliot {d. 1299) who m. Margery, da. of William, and sister and h. of Robert de Slutcvillc, of Brantingham, co. VTork. The Stutevilles were doubtless territorial Barons but were never sum. to Pari, as such. ( d ) He had two brothers, viz. (1) Edmund Hastings, of Hindringham, who rf. 14S7, and whoso male issue was living temp. Ed. VI. and (2) Robert Hastings, of Elsing, whoso male issue was living 1670. See a ped. of these last in the "Norfolk Archccology," vol. vi, p. 90.