John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings

John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (6 May 1262 – 28 February 1313) was an English peer and soldier of the Middle Ages. Hastings was a competitor for the Scottish throne in 1290/92 in the Great Cause.

• Parents: Henry de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (c. 1235–c. 1269), Joanna de Cantilupe, sister and heiress of his uncle George de Cantilupe(d.1273)
• Married: Isabel de Valence, Isabel le Despenser

biography

Baron Hastings, 13th Baron Bergavenny

Son of Henry de Hastings and Joan de Cantelou / Cantilupe, grandson of Sir Henry de Hastings and Ada of Huntingdon, William de Cauntelo and Eve de Braose.

Firstly, husband of Isabel de Valence, daughter of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke. they were married in 1275 and had six children:

• Elizabeth de Hastings, wife of Sir Roger Grey
• William de Hastings, married Eleanor Martin
• Joan de Hastings, wife of William de Huntyngfield
• John de Hastings, 2nd Lord Hastings
• Henry de Hastings
• Margaret de Hastings

Secondly, he was the husband of Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Hugh le Despenser, 1st and last Earl of Winchester and Isabella de Beauchamp. They married before 1308 and had three children:

• Thomas de Hastings
• Margaret Hastings, wife of Robert de Waterville.
• Sir Hugh de Hastings

John Hastings was summoned to Parliament as Lord Hastings on 23 June 1295. He received the title of Baron Bergavenny at the death of his uncle, George de Cantilupe in 1273, and inherited Abergavenny Castle as well as the honor of Abergavenny. John participated in the wars of King Edward I in Scotland, Ireland and France, appointed to Seneschal of Aquitaine.

His attempt to claim the Scottish throne as the grandson of Ada, third daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon who was the grandson of King David of Scotland was unsuccessful.

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• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet%2Dt&i...

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  Sir John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, Baron Abergavenny, Seneschal of Aquitaine was born on 6 May 1262 at Allesley, Warwickshire, England; Age 6 in 1269. He and Isabel de Valence obtained a marriage license on 15 July 1275 at Braxted, Essex, England; The marriage may have taken place at Blunham, Bedfordshire instead. Date of Papal Dispensation, being related in the 3rd and 4th degrees of kindred. They had 3 sons (Sir William; John, 2nd Lord Hastings; & Henry, a cleric) and 3 daughters (Joan, wife of William de Huntingfield; Elizabeth, wife of Sir Roger, 1st Lord Grey of Ruthin; & Margaret, wife of William, 2nd Lord Martin, & of Sir Robert, Lord Wateville). Sir John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, Baron Abergavenny, Seneschal of Aquitaine married Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Sir Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester, Constable of Devizes, Marlborough, Odiham, St. Briavel's, & Striguil Castles and Isabel de Beauchamp, circa 1308; They had 2 sons (Sir Hugh; & Thomas). Sir John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, Baron Abergavenny, Seneschal of Aquitaine died on 10 February 1313 at age 50; Buried in Hastings Chapel, Church of the Friars Minor, Coventry, Warwickshire.

http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p435.htm#i...

• Updated from MyHeritage Match via son John Hastings by SmartCopy: Sep 20 2014, 20:14:50 UTC

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• John was 1st Baron Hastings.
• He spent much of his life engaged in combat, having fought in the 1290s in the Scottish, Irish, and French wars during the reign of King Edward I "Longshanks" Plantagenet of England.
• He was appointed Seneschal of Aquitaine.

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jun 1 2018, 1:38:40 UTCwww.findagrave.com

Sir John de Hastings
BIRTH 6 May 1262
Allesley, Metropolitan Borough of Coventry, West Midlands, England
DEATH 28 Feb 1313 (aged 50)
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
BURIAL
St Michael's Cathedral
Coventry, Metropolitan Borough of Coventry, West Midlands, England
MEMORIAL ID 65164944

Baron Hastings, 13th Baron Bergavenny

Son of Henry de Hastings and Joan de Cantelou / Cantilupe, grandson of Sir Henry de Hastings and Ada of Huntingdon, William de Cauntelo and Eve de Braose.

Firstly, husband of Isabel de Valence, daughter of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke. they were married in 1275 and had six children:

• Elizabeth de Hastings, wife of Sir Roger Grey
• William de Hastings, married Eleanor Martin

Family Members
Parents
Henry de Hastings
1235–1269
Joan de Cantelowe Hastings
1243–1271

Spouses
Isabel de Valence Hastings
1262–1305

Isabel le Despenser de Monthermer
unknown–1334

Siblings
Lora Hastings Le Latimer
unknown–1339

Children
Joan Hastings Huntingfield
unknown–1307
John de Hastings
1287–1325
Elizabeth de Hastings
1294 – unknown
Hugh Hastings
1307–1347

Aston Cantlow

Source: Sir William Dugdale. (1730). “The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated: From Records, Leiger ...,” Volume 2. Page 833. < GoogleBooks >

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