Henry de Hastings (c. 1235 – c. 1268) of
Ashill, Norfolk,
[G. E. Cokayne, '']The Complete Peerage
''The Complete Peerage'' (full title: ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant''); first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms; 2nd edition re ...
'', n.s., vol.VI, p.345 was a supporter of
Simon de Montfort in his rebellion against King Henry III. He led the
Londoners at the
Battle of Lewes
The Battle of Lewes was one of two main battles of the conflict known as the Second Barons' War. It took place at Lewes in Sussex, on 14 May 1264. It marked the high point of the career of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, and made ...
in 1264, where he was taken prisoner, and fought at the
Battle of Evesham
The Battle of Evesham (4 August 1265) was one of the two main battles of 13th century England's Second Barons' War. It marked the defeat of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and the rebellious barons by the future King Edward I, who led t ...
in 1265, where de Montfort was killed. He resisted King Henry III's
extensive siege of
Kenilworth
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and after the
Dictum of Kenilworth he commanded the last remnants of the
baronial party when they made their last stand in the
Isle of Ely
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Etymology
Its name has been said to ...
, but submitted to the king in July 1267. In 1264 he was created a supposed
baron
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by de Montfort, which title had no legal validity following the suppression of the revolt.
Origins
He was the only son of Sir
Henry de Hastings (died 1250) by his wife Ada of Huntingdon, the youngest of the four daughters of
David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon
David of Scotland (1152 – 17 June 1219) was a Scottish prince and Earl of Huntingdon. He was the grandson of David I and the younger brother of two Scottish kings, Malcolm the Maiden and William the Lion.
Life
Born in 1152, David was the ...
and
Maud of Chester
Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon (1171 – 6 January 1233) was an Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman noblewoman, sometimes known as Maud and sometimes known with the surname de Kevelioc. She was a daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Che ...
.
Marriage and children
His father died in 1250 when he was a
minor and in about 1252 his
wardship
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Overview
The wardship jurisdiction is an ancient ju ...
and marriage were purchased by
William III de Cantilupe (d.1254), 3rd
feudal baron of Eaton Bray in
Bedfordshire
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, who married him off to the elder of his two daughters, Joan de Cantilupe (d.1271).
Joan's mother was
Eva de Braose, heiress of the
Lordship of Abergavenny in Wales. Her brother Sir
George de Cantilupe (1251-1273), Lord of Abergavenny, died aged 22, when Joanna and her sister Millicent became the co-heiresses to his vast estates. By his wife he had issue including:
*
John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (1262-1313), Lord of Abergavenny, eldest son,
summoned to Parliament as
Lord Hastings in 1290.

*
Edmund Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (post 1262-circa 1314) "of
Inchmahome" (anciently ''Inchmacholmok''), Perthshire, Scotland. On 29 December 1299 he was summoned to Parliament as "Lord Hastings". Shortly after 1292 he married Isabella Comyn, widow of William Comyn of Badenoch and daughter of Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith in right of his wife. He was at the Siege of
Caerlaverock Castle in June 1300, together with his brother, when their armorials were blazoned in verse in the
Roll of Caerlaverock. He signed and sealed the
Barons' Letter of 1301 to the pope, in which he is called ''Dominus de Enchemehelmock'' ("Lord of Inchmacholmok", the chief castle of the Earldom of Menteith) with his seal bearing the legend ''S(igillum): Edmundi: De: Hasting: De: Comitatu: Menetei'' ("seal of Edmund Hastings Earl of Menteith"). He died childless when the title became extinct.
*Lora de Hastings, married
Thomas Latimer, 1st Baron Latimer, had issue.
Death and burial
He and his wife (and son John and daughter-in-law Isabel de Valence) were buried in the ''Hastings Chapel'' of the
Greyfriars Monastery in
Coventry
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,
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Ox ...
(founded circa 1234), where were placed their effigies (now lost). Joan's heart however was buried in
Abergavenny Priory, where survives her effigy holding "in the palm of its hand" a heart. According to
Dugdale (1666) quoting from an inscription in ancient French, the stained glass windows of this chapel displayed coats of arms including: Hastings, Cumyn (wife of son Edmund), Cantilupe, Valence (first wife of son John), de Spenser (second wife of son John) and Huntingfeld.
[Dugdale, who quotes from an inscribed tablet in French which erroneously calls Joane de Cantilupe "sister to Thomas of Hereford the bishop", whose niece she was]
References
External links
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1230s births
1260s deaths
Henry de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
People from Ashill, Norfolk
De Cantilupe family
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain