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Wallace - Person Sheet
Namede HASTINGS, Sir Hugh
Birth Date1307
OccupationKnight
Death DateJul 1347 Age: 40
FlagsNobility
Misc. Notes
Sir Hugh Hastings was the son of Baron John Hastings and his second wife Isabel daughter of Hugh de Spencer, Earl of Winchester.

Sir Hugh Hastings was an important military commander under King Edward III in the early years of the Hundred Years War,seeing service in France and Flanders and at the battle of Crecy.

Sir Hugh Hastings married Margery Foliot, daughter of Sir Richard Foliot in 1330. They had two sons, (1) John who died sans progeny, and (2) Sir Hugh Hastings who married Margaret Everingham daughter of Adam Everingham. Three daughters, Isabel, Maud, and Margaret were also born to the union.

Sir Hugh Hastings resided at Elsing, Norfolk and was buried at the parish church of Elsing. An elaborate brass of Sir Hugh Hastings remains extant today in the church. His wife Margery Foliot died in 1349. 
Spouses
Birth Dateabt 1313
Birth PlaceMitford, Northumberland, England
Death Date8 Aug 1349 Age: 36
Death PlaceDoncaster, Norfolk, England
Misc. Notes
Margeret was the daughter of Sir Richard Foliot of Gressenhall and Weasenham and Joan de Brewes, granddaughter of Sir William de Brewes.

Wife of Sir John de Hastings and Isabel le Despenser, grandson of Sir Henry de Hastings and Joan de Cantelowe, Sir Hugh le Despenser and Isabel de Beauchamp. They were married before 18 May 1330 and had two sons and three daughters; Sir Hugh, John, Isabel, Margery and Maud.

Margery was co-heiress to her brother, John Foliot, by which she inherited the manors of Fenwick and Norton, Yorkshire.

After Sir Hugh's death in 1347, Margery complained that John de Wentworth and his sons William and Roger broke into the parks of the manors of Fenwick and Norton and took away six oxen and four cows worth £10, felled trees, fished in her rivers, carried away deer ad assaulted her men and servants.

Margery was buried 30 August 1349, in the Furnivalle Chapel, in the Church of the Friars Minor at Doncaster. 
ChildrenHugh (1335-1386)
Last Modified 13 Apr 2016Created 12 Feb 2022 by Robert Avent