George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon

George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon (1488 – 24 March 1544) was an English nobleman.

George Hastings, born in 1488 at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, was the son of Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, and Mary Hungerford, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Hungerford of Rowden, Wiltshire, by Anne Percy, daughter of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, and Eleanor Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland.[1]

Hastings was created a Knight of the Bath on November 1501, and succeeded to his father's title between 4 and 15 November 1506. In 1513 he served with King Henry VIII's army in France, and was present when both Therouanne and Tournai were taken by the English forces. He was created Earl of Huntingdon on 8 December 1529.[2] On the same day his eldest son, Francis, gained a seat at the so-called Reformation Parliament.[citation needed] In 1536 he held a command in the forces which put down the rebellion called the Pilgrimage of Grace.[3]

Huntingdon was a close friend of the King.[citation needed] His wife, Anne, was the King's mistress in 1510, and possibly until 1513.[4] She was later prosecuted for adultery with another of her husband's friends, William Compton.

George Hastings married, about December 1509, Anne Stafford, widow of Sir Walter Herbert (d. 16 December 1507). She was the daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and Katherine Woodville, the daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, by Jacquetta of Luxembourg, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol.[5]

George Hastings and Anne Stafford had five son and three daughters:[6]

• Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon (1514 – 25 January 1569). Father of both Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon.
• Sir Thomas Hastings. Married Winifred Pole, daughter of Henry Pole, 11th Baron Montacute and Jane Neville. Jane was a daughter of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny and Margaret Fenne.
• Edward Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings of Loughborough.
• Henry Hastings.
• William Hastings.
• Dorothy Hastings, who married Sir Richard Devereux, a son of Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford. They were parents of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex.
• Mary Hastings, who married Thomas Berkeley, 6th Baron Berkeley.
• Katherine Hastings.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hastings,_1st_Earl_of_Huntingdon _________________________
• Sir George Hastings, 1st Earl Huntingdon, 3rd Lord Hastings, High Steward of the Honor of Leicester, of Launde Convent, & of Burton-on-Trent Abbey1,2,3,4,5,6,7
• M, #27357, b. circa 1486, d. 24 March 1544
• Father Sir Edward Hastings, 2nd Lord Hastings, Constable of Leicester Castle, High Forester of Southwood8,9,10 b. 26 Nov 1466, d. 8 Nov 1506
• Mother Mary Hungerford8,9,10 b. c 1468, d. bt 30 Jun 1530 - 10 Jul 1533
• Sir George Hastings, 1st Earl Huntingdon, 3rd Lord Hastings, High Steward of the Honor of Leicester, of Launde Convent, & of Burton-on-Trent Abbey was born circa 1486 at of Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England.2,3,6 He married Anne Stafford, daughter of Sir Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke Buckingham, 7th Earl of Stafford, 8th Lord Stafford and Katherine Wydeville, circa December 1509; They had 5 sons (Sir Francis, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon; Sir Thomas; Sir Edward, Lord Hastings of Loughborough, Master of the Horse; Henry; & William) and 3 daughters (Dorothy, wife of Sir Richard Devereux; Mary, wife of Sir Thomas, 6th Lord Berkeley; & Katherine).2,11,3,4,5,6,7 Sir George Hastings, 1st Earl Huntingdon, 3rd Lord Hastings, High Steward of the Honor of Leicester, of Launde Convent, & of Burton-on-Trent Abbey left a will on 13 June 1534.3,6 He died on 24 March 1544 at of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England; Buried at Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire.2,3,6
• Family Anne Stafford d. a 24 Mar 1544
• Children
  • Dorothy Hastings+12 b. c 1511
  • Sir Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl Huntingdon, 4th Lord Hastings, Lt. Gen. & Chief Captain of the army and fleet for service abroad, Constable of Conway Castle, Lord Lt. of counties Rutland, Leicester, Derby, & Warwick+2,3,6 b. c 1514, d. 23 Jun 1560
  • Sir Thomas Hastings, Sheriff of Warwickshire & Leicestershire, Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire13,3,4,6,7 b. c 1515
  • Mary Hastings14,2 b. c 1518, d. Mar 1533
  • Sir Edward Hastings, Baron Hastings of Loughborough b. c 1520, d. 5 Mar 1572
• Citations
• 1.[S8468] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. VI, p. 624; The Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, by Gerald Paget, Vol. 2, p. 179; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 135.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 387.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 374.
• 4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 378.
• 5.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 85.
• 6.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 370-371.
• 7.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 400.
• 8.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 386-387.
• 9.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 372-373.
• 10.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 369-370.
• 11.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 675.
• 12.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 140.
• 13.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• 14.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 137.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p911.htm#i... ____________________________
• George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon1
• M, #107556, b. 1488, d. 24 March 1543/44
• Last Edited=13 Dec 2012
• Consanguinity Index=1.5%
• George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon was born in 1488.2 He was the son of Sir Edward Hastings, 2nd Lord Hastings and Mary Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux.3,4 He married Lady Anne Stafford, daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Woodville, circa December 1509.5 He died on 24 March 1543/44.4
• Parl 1509 3rd LORD (Baron) HASTINGS (under which title he was called to ) and 2nd LORD (Baron) HASTINGS (of Hungerford).6 5th Lord (Baron) Hungerford and 3rd Lord (Baron) Moleyns.6 Also on his mother's death deemed by later doctrine to have become 6th LORD (Baron) BOTREAUX.6 Had, with other issue.6 1st EARL OF HUNTINGDON.6 He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) in 1501.1 He succeeded to the title of 3rd Lord Hastings [E., 1461] on 8 November 1506.4 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Hastings, of Hungerford [E., 1482] on 8 November 1506.1 He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.).1 He succeeded to the title of 6th Lord Botreaux [E., 1368] between 1528 and 1532.4 He was created 1st Earl of Huntingdon [England] on 8 December 1529.2
• Children of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Lady Anne Stafford
  • 1.Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon+4 d. 23 Jun 1560
  • 2.Lady Mary Hastings7 d. Mar 1532/33
  • 3.Henry Hastings1
  • 4.Sir Thomas Hastings8 b. 1515, d. 1558
  • 5.William Hastings1 b. 1518, d. 1556
  • 6.Lady Dorothea Hastings+1 b. 1519
  • 7.Edward Hastings, 1st and last Baron Hastings of Loughborough+1 b. c 1520, d. 5 Mar 1571/72
• Citations
• 1.[S37] Volume 2, page 2005. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• 2.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 130. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
• 3.[S8] Volume 1, page 228. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]
• 4.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 243. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 5.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VI, page 655.
• 6.[S37] See. [S37]
• 7.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 137.
• 8.[S8] See. [S8]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p10756.htm#i107556 ___________________________
• George HASTINGS (1º E. Huntingdon)
• Born: ABT 1488/9, Ashby, Leicestershire, England
• Died: 24 Mar 1544/5
• Father: Edward HASTINGS (2º B. Asby-Zouche)
• Mother: Mary HUNGERFORD (B. Hungerford and Moleyns)
• Married: Anne STAFFORD (C. Huntingdon) Dec 1503 / Dec 1509
• Children:
  • 1. Francis HASTINGS (2º E. Huntingdon)
  • 2. William HASTINGS (ABT 1510, Huntingdon, Berwick, Scotland)
  • 3. Catherine HASTINGS
  • 4. Thomas HASTINGS (Sir)
  • 5. Edward HASTINGS (1° B. Hastings of Loughborough)
  • 6. Henry HASTINGS (b. ABT 1508, Huntingdon, Berwick, Scotland)
  • 7. Mary HASTINGS (B. Berkeley)
  • 8. Dorothy HASTINGS
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HASTINGS2.htm#George HASTINGS (1º E. Huntingdon) ______________________
• HASTINGS, Sir Thomas (c.1515-58), of Stoke Poges, Bucks.
• b. c.1515;, 2nd s. of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, by Anne, da. of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; bro. of Edward. m. Winifred, da. of Henry Pole, Lord Montagu, s.p. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553.1
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/ha... _______________________
• HASTINGS, Edward (by 1519-72), of Loughborough, Leics. and Stoke Poges, Bucks.
• b. by 1519, 3rd s. of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, by Anne, da. of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; bro. of Sir Thomas. m. Joan, da. of John Harington of Bagworth, Leics., wid. of George Villers, s.p.; 1s. illegit. Kntd. 15 Sept. 1547, KG nom. 23 Apr., inst. 25 May 1555; cr. Baron Hastings of Loughborough 19 Jan. 1558.1
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/ha... ________________________
• George [Hastings], 3rd Baron Hastings of Hastings and 2nd Baron Hastings of Hungerford later 1st Earl of Huntingdon, PC
• only son and heir of Edward [Hastings], 2nd Baron Hastings of Hastings and 1st Baron Hastings of Hungerford, by his wife Mary Hungerford, suo jure Baroness Botreaux, Hungerford and de Moleyns, dau. and sole hrss. of Sir Thomas Hungerford (by his wife Lady Anne Percy, 2nd dau. of Henry [Percy], 1st Earl of Northumberland), son and heir of Robert [Hungerford], 3rd Baron Hungerford
• born 1488
• mar. c. Dec 1509 Lady Anne Herbert (widow of Sir Walter Herbert; d. aft. 1544/5), 2nd dau. of Henry [Stafford], 2nd Duke of Buckingham, by his wife Lady Katharine Wydville, 6th dau. of Richard [Wydville], 1st Earl Rivers
• children
  • 1. Hon Francis Hastings, later 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
  • 2. Hon Sir Thomas Hastings (dsp.), mar. Hon Winifred Pole (mar. (2) Sir Thomas Barrington, of Barrington, co. Essex), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Henry [Pole], 1st Baron Montagu (by his wife Hon Jane Nevill, dau. by his first wife of George [Nevill], 4th Baron Bergavenny), 1st son and heir of Sir Richard Pole KG, Constable of Harlech Castle, by his wife Lady Margaret Plantagenet, styled Countess of Salisbury and de jure Countess of Warwick, only dau. of George [Plantagenet], 1st Duke of Clarence, younger brother of King Edward IV
  • 3. Hon Edward Hastings, later 1st Baron Hastings of Loughborough
  • 4. Hon Henry Hastings
  • 5. Hon William Hastings
  • 1. Lady Dorothea Hastings, mar. Hon Sir Richard Devereux (dvp. 13 Oct 1547), 1st son and heir ap. of Walter [Devereux], 1st Viscount Hereford, by his first wife Lady Mary Grey, 8th dau. of Thomas [Grey], 1st Marquis of Dorset, and had issue
• died 24 Mar 1544/5
• suc. by son
• created 8 Dec 1529 Earl of Huntingdon
• note Knight of the Bath 1501; suc. his father 4 Nov 1506 as 3rd Baron Hastings of Hastings (cr. 1461) and 2nd Baron Hastings of Hungerford (cr. 1482), and his mother c.1530 as 6th Baron Botreaux, 6th Baron Hungerford and 4th Baron de Moleyns; Privy Councillor
• Francis [Hastings], 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, KG PC
• born c. 1514
• mar. 25 Jun 1532 Hon Catharine Pole (d. 23 Sep 1576), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Hon Sir Henry Pole, styled Lord Montagu (by his wife Hon Jane Nevill, 1st dau. by his first wife of George [Nevill], 2nd and 4th Baron Bergavenny), 1st son and heir of Sir Richard Pole KG, Constable of Harlech Castle, by his wife Lady Margaret Plantagenet, styled Countess of Salisbury and de jure Countess of Warwick, only dau. of George [Plantagenet], 1st Duke of Clarence, younger brother of King Edward IV
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• Links:
• http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/georgehastings.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hastings,_2nd_Baron_Hastings
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hungerford
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Huntingdon
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Stafford,_2nd_Duke_of_Buckingham
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Hastings,_2nd_Earl_of_Huntingdon
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hastings,_1st_Baron_Hastings_of...
• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/de...

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