Henry Hastings (elder)
Also known as: Henrie Hastings / Henrie de Hastings · Family: Hastings · Role: landholder and steward · First appears: Richard II 47
Life events
- c. 1390 · Ada Hastings died, ending Henry Hastings (elder)'s peaceful possession of their manors.(Richard II 47)
- With: Ada Hastings
- “The which manours the said Henrie and Ada did hold during the life of the said Ada, in peaceable and quiet possession. After hir death”
- c. 1390 · Henry Hastings (elder) surrendered his stewardship and returned to England without Henry III's licence.(Richard II 47 · 📍 Gascoigne)
- With: Henry III
- “After hir death the said Henrie goeth into Gascoigne, where he remained steward vntill the comming of Henrie the third, at what time the said Henrie surrendered his office, but the king importunate with him still to reteine the same, he flatlie denied it, and would no longer remaine there, suddenlie returning into England without licence or knowledge of the king”
- c. 1390 · Henry III seized Henry Hastings (elder)'s manors as punishment for his unauthorized return.(Richard II 47)
- With: Henry III
- “for which contempt the king greeuouslie incensed, in reuenge and for satisfaction of the same, made the same lands to be extended by Thomas Paslew and others, who by the kings processe extended part thereof to a treble value, after which extent returned into the chancerie, the king seized the manour of Bremesgraue, Bolesoure, Strattondale in Norton”
- c. 1390 · Henry III admitted Henry Hastings (elder) to the pantler office despite Thurstan's competing claim.(Richard II 47 · 📍 Westm.)
Richard II 47
- married with Ada Hastings “The which manours the said Henrie and Ada did hold during the life of the said Ada, in peaceable and quiet possession.”
- sworn: Henry III “After hir death the said Henrie goeth into Gascoigne, where he remained steward vntill the comming of Henrie the third, at what time the said Henrie surrendered his office, but the king importunate with him still to reteine the same”
- child: Henry Hastings (younger) “This Henrie had by Ada his wife, his sonne & heire Henrie Hastings”
- rivals with Thurstan “Et Henricus de Hastinges, cuius officium seruiendi de mappis à veteri vendicauit officiū illud, & habuit. Nam quamuis Thurstanus vendicauit officium illud, asserens suum esse debere à veteri, tamen rex repulsat, & admisit Henricum de Hastinges”
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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.