Hugh (Hastings) de Hastings (abt. 1335 - 1369)

Born about 1335 in Norfolk, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Everingham) Hastings — married before 1355 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died Sep 1369 at about age 34 in Kalkwell Hill, Calais, Normandy, France

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Biography

Hugh de Hastings, Knt., of Elsing, Brisley and Grimston, Norfolk, younger son of Hugh de Hastings, Knt., and Margery Foliot, was born about 1335 (aged 25 in 1360).^[1][2][3]

Hugh accompanied John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in his expedition to Normandy and Brittany in 1356. He was with the King in his invasion of France in 1359,^[1] being in the retinue of the said Duke.^[3] He went to Gascony in 1366, in the retinue of the Duke of Lancaster,^[1] who was taking out reinforcements for the expedition of the Prince of Wales to Castile.^[3] He was taken prisoner by the Spaniards in a skirmish at Vitoria, 20 March 1366/7, and was ransomed or exchanged in the following autumn. He served again with the Duke of Lancaster in his raid into Picardy and Caux in July 1369.^[1][3]

Richardson states that Hugh was heir to his brother John before 1360.^[1][2] However, Hugh died 1369 in France, long before his brother John (died 1393). Hugh's son Hugh, died in Spain 6 November 1386, also before his uncle John.

Therefore when Hugh's brother John died without issue in 1393, his title went to Hugh's grandson, also named Hugh, who was only a child (9 years old in 1386) but this Hugh died young (though married) only a few years later, in 1396. This young Hugh's younger brother Edward was of age to inherit in 1403. While Edward continued the military tradition, he also spent much of his life trying (but failing) to win his family's Hastings inheritance rights as he saw them, after the dying out of the senior Hastings line who were distant cousins, in 1389. This happened while his uncle John was in charge, but it was his older brother Hugh, still a child, who many inquisitions had named as heir. Perhaps the sequence of deaths and absences on campaign did not help the Hastings in this matter.^[3]

Marriage and Children

Hugh married Margaret (or Margery) de Everingham, daughter of Adam de Everingham, Knt.,^[3] by Joan D'Eilville, before 1355.^[1] They had two sons and four daughters:

• Hugh, Knt., son and heir, died on an expedition to Spain 6 November 1386, married Anne le Despenser and had issue^[1]
• John, Knt.^[1]
• Margaret, married first John Wingfield, Knt., and second John Russell, Knt.^[1][4]
• Joan, married Thomas Morley, K.G., 4th Lord Morley^[1][5]
• Alice, married John Rochford, Knt., of Boston, Lincolnshire^[1] and had issue^[6]
• Elizabeth, married first Thomas Caterton (or Cateston) and second William Elmham, Knt.^[1]

NOTE: One of Hugh's four daughters may have also been the mother of Margaret Kerdeston who is thought to be a granddaughter of this Hugh Hastings because Elizabeth (Hastings) Elmham named a niece Margaret Kerdeston in her will. However, exactly how Margaret connects as a granddaughter of Hugh Hastings is not known. There are reasons to think she was a daughter of Joan (Hastings) Morley, but this is not known with certainty. An extra profile has therefore been created to represent this "UNCERTAIN" daughter who might in fact be the same as one of the known daughters.

Death and Burial

Hugh died September 1369 at "Kalkwell Hill" (near Calais, France,^[1] where the Duke of Lancaster was encamped).^[3] His father survived him.^[3] Hugh's widow, Margery died after 15 November 1375 (date of her will).^[1] They were both buried at Friar's Preachers, Doncaster, Yorkshire.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{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} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), vol. II, pages 113-115, ELSING 7, Hugh de Hastings.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 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. II, pages 495-497, ELSING 12, Hugh de Hastings.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} 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 FamilySearch.org, vol. VI, page 355.
4. ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, vol. IV, page 352, WINGFIELD 8, Margaret Hastings.
5. ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013), vol. IV, pages 154-155, MORLEY 11, Thomas Morley.
6. ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013), vol. III, page 81, GEDNEY 11, Robert Roos.

• 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:

• Lewis, Marlyn. Sir Hugh de Hastings entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins website, accessed 21 May 2020.

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Hugh (Hastings) de Hastings is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Barons Roger le Bigod and Hugh le Bigod in badged trails to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Claypoole Gateways (James, Edward and Norton) (MCA IV:352-358 WINGFIELD): badged June 2020. The trails can be seen HERE.
• Francis Dade (MCA IV:352-358 WINGFIELD): badged 28 Sep 2021 - see trail here HERE.
• Richard Palgrave (MCA I:pages 297-303 BRANDON): badged March 2021. trails can be seen HERE.

Hugh (Hastings) de Hastings also appears in unbadged trails (needing work) to the following Gateways:

• William Skepper (MCA IV:30-33 SKEPPER): trail has not yet been developed and is detailed HERE.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".