Sir Leonard Hastings, Lord of Leicestershire

Sir Leonard Hastings M.P.(706) was born in 1396. He died on Oct 20 1455. Sir Leonard Hastings fought at Agincourt in the retinue of the Earl of March. He was attorney for Ireland under the governorship of William, Lord Botreaux, in 1424.

After his elder brother, Sir Richard Hastings, died in 1436, he inherited his brother's lands and was soon knighted. he served in France under the Duke of York until 1448. He was Justice of the peace for Leicestershire from 1448 until his death and served on numerous commissions in that county. He served as Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire in 1453-54.
He served in the Parliament of 1455, dying during the recess. He was married to Alice de Camoys.
491725. Alice de Camoys(707) was born about 1405. Children were:
child i. William Hastings 1st Lord Hastings(708) was born in 1431. He died in 1483.
child ii. Sir Richard Hastings 1st Lord Welles(709) .
child245862 iii. Sir Ralph Hastings M.P..
[https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/002100/...]

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"He was the son of Ralph Hastings and Maude De Sutton. He married Alice De Camoys about 1424 in Windsor, Berkshire, England
Sir Leonard Hastings fought at Agincourt in the retinue of the Earl of March. He was attorney for Ireland under the governship of William, Lord Botreaux, in 1424. After his elder brother, Sir Richard Hastings, died in 1436, he inherited his brother's land and was soon knighted. He served in France under the Duke of York until 1448. He was Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire from 1448 until his death and served on numerous commissions in that country. He served as Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire in 1453-54. He served in the Parliament of 1455, dying during the recess."
[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59232469/leonard-hastings]

Leonard HASTINGS
Born: 1396, Kirby, Leicestershire, England
Died: 20 Oct 1455
Father: Ralph HASTINGS
Mother: Maud SUTTON
Married: Alice CAMOYS ABT 1424
Children:
1. Anne HASTINGS
2. Joan HASTINGS
3. William HASTINGS (1º B. Ashby-Zouche)
4. Richard HASTINGS
5. Ralph HASTINGS
6. Thomas HASTINGS (b. 1437)
7. Elizabeth HASTINGS

-------------------------------------
Sir Ralph's first wife had been Isabel of Sadyngton in Leicestershire whose mother Joyce was the sister of Rodger Bishop of Salisbury. This union produced a daughter who they named Margaret. His second wife was Maud, daughter of Sir Robert de Sutton, of Sutton in Holderness Yorkshire. This second marriage brought him the manors of Sutton and Berwick and produced five sons and a daughter. The eldest son was attained and beheaded in 1405 for his part in the conspiracy against king Henry IV, which also involved the Percy's and the Mortimers. Sir Richard the second son was sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire. His marriage to Elizabeth Beaumont produced no children. The third, and for the purpose of this history, the most important son was Sir Leonard de Hastings. At Kirby Muxloe in 1430 the lady Alice, wife of Sir Leonard de Hastings, gave birth to their eldest child William - afterwards Sir William lord Hastings Baron Hastings of Ashby de la Zouch. At the age of 16, William was presented by his father to Richard Plantagenet duke of York at Fotheringhay castle where he was received as a squire.
[https://olypen.com/zob/genealogy/England-tree/Hastings/Biography.html]

----------------------------------------------------------------
Thornton
Thornton is located 6 miles north east of Market Bosworth. In the mid 14th century, Thornton and Bagworth, Leicestershire were purchased from John Harcourt and Robert Willoughby by Robert de Holland, knight who married Maud La Zouche. In 1471 Sir William Hastings, son of Sir Leonard Hastings and Alice Camoys, and husband of Katherine Neville, received permission to convert his homes at Ashby de la Zouche, Bagworth, Thornton, and Kirby into castles. The work at Kirby, only a few miles from the city of Leicester, began in 1480. Sir William Hastings was the dear friend and distant cousin of Edward IV. Sir William became the Steward of the Honor of Leicester and Ranger of Leicester Forest. Hastings fell from power upon the death of Edward IV and in 1483 was beheaded by Richard III. He is the Lord Hastings spoken of by Shakespeare. His wife, who died in 1503, was buried at Ashby la Zouch. (see William Gee, of Leamington Hastings.)
Sir Leonard Hastings owned modest estates in Leicestershire and Gloucestershire. He was sheriff in 1453-54. He was the brother of Richard Hastings, of Burton Hastings. Their father was Sir Ralph Hastings.
[https://geesnmore.wordpress.com/gees-in-england/lincolnshire-leices...]www.findagrave.com

Sir Leonard Hastings
BIRTH 1396
Kirby Bellars, Melton Borough, Leicestershire, England
DEATH 20 Oct 1455 (aged 58–59)
Kirby Bellars, Melton Borough, Leicestershire, England
BURIAL
St Peter Churchyard
Kirby Bellars, Melton Borough, Leicestershire, England
MEMORIAL ID 59232469

He was the son of Ralph Hastings and Maude De Sutton. He married Alice De Camoys about 1424 in Windsor, Berkshire, England

Sir Leonard Hastings fought at Agincourt in the retinue of the Earl of March. He was attorney for Ireland under the governship of William, Lord Botreaux, in 1424. After his elder brother, Sir Richard Hastings, died in 1436, he inherited his brother's land and was soon knighted. He served in France under the Duke of York until 1448. He was Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire from 1448 until his death and served on numerous commissions in that country. He served as Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire in 1453-54. He served in the Parliament of 1455, dying during the recess.

Family Members
Parents
Ralph Hastings
1336–1397
Maude De Sutton Hastings
unknown–1398

Spouse
Alice Phillippa de Camoys Hastings
unknown–1455

Siblings
Richard Hastings
1387–1436

Children
Elizabeth Hastings Donne
unknown–1508
William Hastings
1431–1483
Anne Hastings Ferrers
1438–1479