Hugh Hastings III (died 1386/1387), Lord of

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and Grimston, was an

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soldier and noble who fought in the

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. Hugh III was the eldest son of Hugh Hastings II and Margery de Everingham.George Edward Cokayne, ''Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom'', Vol. VI, 2nd edition. (London, 1926), p. 355. He was knighted by

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on the Great Chevauchée to France in 1373. He bore the same arms as his grandfather,

Hugh Hastings I Sir Hugh Hastings I (1310–1347) was an English administrator and soldier. He fought for Edward III in the first phases of the Second War of Scottish Independence and the Hundred Years' War. His largely surviving monumental brass in Elsing Churc ...

: those of Hastings with a label, quartered with those of Foliot.Maurice H. Keen
"English Military Experience and the Court of Chivalry: the Case of ''Grey v. Hastings''"
in ''Guerre et société en France, en Angleterre et en Bourgogne xive-xve siècle'' (Lille: Publications de l'Institut de recherches historiques du Septentrion, 1991). He served in the English expeditions to Brittany in 1378 and 1379. He travelled throughout the eastern Mediterranean, visiting

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and

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. According to Robert de Fishlake, who accompanied him, he left an escutcheon of his arms everywhere he stayed. He took part in the English invasion of Scotland in 1385. In 1386, he gave evidence in the case of ''

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'', a famous heraldric law dispute. His son Edward would later be involved in his own heraldic law dispute with Lord Reginald Grey over the use of the undifferenced Hastings arms, ''

Grey v Hastings ''Grey v Hastings'' (1410) was a heraldic law of arms case brought in England. The case resulted from two different families found using the same undifferenced coat of arms. Edward Hastings of Elsing and Reginald Grey of Ruthin disputed ea ...

''. In 1386, Hugh also took part in the expedition with John of Gaunt to Castile. He distinguished himself at the siege of Brest on the way to Spain. He was killed in Spain. Hugh married Anne, daughter of Edward Despenser, Lord of Glamorgan and Morgannwg and Elizabeth Deburghersh; they are known to have had the following issue: *Hugh Hastings (died 1396), married Constance Blount, without issue. *

Edward Hastings (died 1437) Edward Hastings (died 1437), styled Baron Hastings and Baron Stuteville, Lord of Elsing, was an English soldier and noble who fought in the Hundred Years' War. Edward was the second son of Hugh Hastings III and Anne Despenser.George Edward Coka ...

, married firstly Muriel Dinham, had issue, married secondly Margery Clifton, no further issue.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hastings, Hugh Year of birth uncertain 1380s deaths Hastings family