Hugh Hastings II
Hugh Hastings II (died 1369), Lord of Elsing, Brisley and Grimston, was an English soldier and noble. He fought in the Hundred Years' War.[1]
Hugh was the eldest son of Hugh Hastings and Margery Foliot.[1] After his death, it was claimed that Hugh had first unfurled his banner in battle against the Saracens.[2] He served in John of Gaunt's retinue during his expeditions into Normandy, Brittany, France and Gascony during the Hundred Years War. Captured while in Castile, Hugh was later exchanged in a prisoner exchange. While fighting in France in 1369, he was killed. Both Hugh and his wife are buried at Black Friars, Doncaster.[1]
Marriage and issue
[edit]Hugh married Margery, daughter of Adam de Everingham and Joan D'Eilville, they are known to have had the following known issue:[1]
- Hugh Hastings (died 1386), married Anne le Despenser, had issue.
- Margaret Hastings, married firstly John Wingfield, and secondly John Russell.
- Joan Hastings, married Thomas Morley, had issue.
- Alice Hastings, married John Rochford, had issue.
- Elizabeth Hastings, married firstly Thomas Caterton and secondly William Elmham.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d George Edward Cokayne, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. VI, 2nd edition. (London, 1926), p. 355.
- ^ 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).