Hastings of Daylesford and Yelford

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Hastings of Daylesford and Yelford

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The Hastings family of Eaton Hastings in Berkshire are believed to be
descendants of Walter FitzPons, and thus related to the great Clifford
and Poyntz families.

Walter FitzPons was the overlord of Yelford in Oxfordshire in 1086, as
was his descendant William de Hastings in 1240, and William's grandson
Benet Blakenham in 1280. The undertenants of Yelford were yet another
Hastings family, and, as the Victoria County History of Oxford (vol.
13) makes clear, are thought by some to also be descended from Walter
FitzPons.

The earliest Hastings of this line to have held either the manor of
Daylesford in Worcestershire or Yelford was (possibly) a Eutropius de
Hastings is recorded as holding a fee, possibly Daylesford, in 1166
from the Bishop of Worcester. More definite is a Philip de Hastings
(de Haster), who held part of Daylesford manor in 1182 from the Bishop
of Worcester.

In 1221, either this Philip or a later one is recorded as holding
Yelford from the overlord, William de Hastings of Eaton Hastings.

His probable son was Miles de Hastings, who held Yelford from William
of Eaton Hastings and from William's daughter, Joan de Blakenham.
Miles supported Simon de Montfort in 1265 and temporarily lost
Yelford, but is recorded as holding Daylesford in 1275 and Yelford in
1279. Miles married Dionysia Goldington, one of the three daughters
and coheirs of Peter Goldington of Stoke Goldington in
Buckinghamshire. Miles is recorded as dying in 1305.

Miles and Dionysia had at least three sons. The eldest was Philip de
Hastings, who for some reason did not inherit the lands at Daylesford
or Yelford. HIs son, Miles de Hastings, held Stoke Goldington until
his death in 1311; Miles' wife was named Maud. Miles' heirs were two
sisters: Alice, who married Thomas Furneus, and Margery, wife of Roger
Boteler; and a nephew, Giles Rivel, son of a third sister Isabel, and
her husband Giles Rivel.

The second son of Miles and Dionysia was Thomas de Hastings, who died
around 1306, and was married to Agnes. The third son was Nicholas de
Hastings.

Thomas de Hastings was probably the father of Rowland de Hastings, who
held Yelford from 1316 until his death around 1361.

Rowland in turn was the father of Thomas de Hastings, who held both
manors of Yelford and Daylesford. Thomas d. 1316, leaving a minor
son, Bartholomew de Hastings. Bartholomew was of age in 1368.

At least one generation seems to be unrecorded, as the next of this
line to hold either Daylesford or Yelford was a Thomas de Hastings,
who held both manors in 1408 (after buying Daylesford from Richard and
Katherine Milton). Thomas died before 1455.

His son Edward de Hastings held both manors by 1455, and is recorded
as living in 1498. According to the 1566 Visitation of Oxford, his
wife had the last name of Aston.

Edward was the father of John Hastings, who continued to hold the
manors of Daylesford and Yelford. John died in 1542. According to
the 1566 Visitation, Edward was also the father of Katherine (married
to -- Acton), Robert, and a second John. Also from this Visitation is
the
name of John's wife: Jane Penyston.

John was certainly the father of John Hastings, who died in 1585.
According to the Visitation of 1566, the elder John was also the
father of two daughters, Frances (married to Ralph Varney) and
Katherine (married to Edward Shouldham). The younger John Hastings
was married to Elizabeth Yorke.

John and Elizabeth in turn were certainly the parents of Simon
Hastings, who died in 1628. The 1566 Visitation of Oxford shows them
to have had three other sons, and three daughters.
The sons were William, Edward, and John; the daughters were Elizabeth
(married to -- Fordman), Dorothy (married to John WALWYN of Dobford,
Worcestershire), and Mary, unmarried in 1566.

Simon was married at least twice, first to Eleanor Gibbons, and second
to Susanna (given the surname of Dobbins by the 1634 Visitation of
Oxford).

Simon was the father of five sons: John, George, Hercules (d. 1624),
a second George, and Charles (alive in 1646); and also had several
daughters. The 1634 Visitation names these daughters as Katherine
(married to George Johnson), Jane (married to Andrew Lydall), Mary
(married to Thomas Fox), Anne (married to William Gardner), Constance
(married to Ralph Willett), and Hester (married to Giles Sessions).

Simon's eldest son John died in 1629. He was married at least three
times, once to Elizabeth Fettiplace [1634 Visitation], and third to
Mary Pudsey. John's heir was an infant son, John Hastings, by his
third wife, Mary Pudsey. The 1634 Visitation has that John and
Elizabeth were the parents of a Margaret Hastings, and John and Mary
also had a daughter, Frances. John also was the father of an older
son, Edward, who died before 1629.

The younger son John married Elizabeth Penyston, and they were the
parents of Penyston Hastings. Penyston held Daylesford before 1674.
Penyston was the father of three sons: Samuel, Penyston, and
Theophilus. The second Penyston was in turn the father of a third
Penyston Hastings, who was the father of the great Warren Hastings,
Governer-General of India.

Sources: VCH Worcestershire, vol. iii (manor of Daylesford); VCH
Oxford, manor of Yelford; VCH Northants, vol. iv (manor of Raunds)
and vol. v. (manor of Paulerspury); VCH Buckingham, vol. iii (manor
of Upton-cum-Chalvey) and vol. iv. (manor of Stoke Goldington).

QUESTION: Is there some way to definitely tie these Hastings to the
line of Eaton Hastings and thence to the Clifford and Poyntz families?

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