William HASTINGS of Arnold

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Louise Staley

William HASTINGS of Arnold

Legg inn av Louise Staley » 02 sep 2004 13:16:14

Dear Group,

For a while I have been trying to identify how the Sir William Hastings,
father of Elizabeth who married John Beaumont of Gracedieu fits into the
Hastings family.

After a couple of false starts I have come to the tentative conclusion he
was the son of William Lord Hastings and Katharine Neville.

What is the evidence that Sir William Hastings was both the son of William
Lord Hastings and Katharine Neville and the father of the Elizabeth who
married John Beaumont?

The sources below show Lord Hastings had a son named William who was alive
at his son Lord Hungeford's death (1506). This William held the manor of
Arnold in Nottinghamshire. William had only two daughters, one of whom,
Mary wife of Thomas Saunders died s.p. Therefore his other daughter
Elizabeth became sole heiress. Arnold then appears as part of the lands
John Beaumont sold to the crown as part of the settlement of his debts
after he was found guilty of corruption.

Supporting References
(a) DNB vol. 2 p 58
"By this lady (named Elizabeth, and daughter of Sir Wiliam Hastings,
knight, younger son of William, Lord Hastings) Beaumont had two sons, of
whom the elder was Francis."

(b) PRO C 43/2/30
Parties: William Lord Hastings deceased, Katherine his wife and William
his younger son
Subject: Judgment Places: Arnold manor; Eryngham Fee in Gedling, rents
County: Notts 1 Hen VIII [1509].

(c) Testmenta Vetusta will of Lord Hastings
"of the maner of Arnall [Arnold], in the countie of Nottingham ; Eckney,
Little Assheby, and Brentyngthorp, in the county of Leicestre, make estate
thereof to my said son William, when he cometh to the age of 18 yeres, and
to the heires male of his body; the remaynder to the said Richard my son
I, and to the heires male, of his body; the remaynder to the heires male
of my fader's body ; the remaynder to my right heires."

(d) Testamenta Vetusta will of Edward Hastings
"I will that my brother William Hastings shall have and enjoy
,the.offices, and stewardships, and bailyfwyke, of my lordships of
Thorneton and Bagworth, with the herbage yielding account of the same; to
have and occupie to him and to his deputies, with all such fees and
profits as to the same office in anywise appertain or belong for tarme of
his lyff oonely"

(e) Thomas Bailey, 1863. «i»History of the County of Nottingham, Including
the Borough«/i», Volumes 1-4, London: Simpkin Marshall
"The manor afterwards became the property of the family of Hastings. By an
inquisition taken at Nottingham, the Thursday after Palm Sunday, (23,
Henry VII, 1531,) before Sir William Pierrepont, Sir Edmund Stanhope,
knights, and Ralph Agard, Esquire, concerning intrusions, or huntings in
the king's forests or chases, &c., it appeared that Sir William Hastings,
knight, was seized of the manors of Lambley, Arnold, and an annual fee
rent of ten pounds, called Everingham fee, in Gelding.

Arnold subsequently came into the possession of John Beaumont, who, in the
time of Edward VI., conveyed it to the crown, with other lands, in
consideration of a great debt due for the arrears of his office as
receiver general of the court of wards."

(f) CP 12/2 p 221
"William Vaux, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, married 1stly before 1 June 1557,
Elizabeth, daughter of John Beaumont, of Gracedieu, co. Leicester, Master
of the Rolls (1550-1552) by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Hastings.
She was buried 12 August 1562 at Irthloingborough."


Less Helpful References
(a) Testamenta Vetusta
p 373 has a note which says William's brother Richard was the father of
the Elizabeth who married John Beaumont and a Mary who married Thomas
Saunders of Harringworth, in Northhamptonshire. Although it still assigns
Lord Hastings and Katharine Neville as the parents.

Contradictory References
(a) Burke's Dormant Peerage p205
"He [John Beaumont of Gracedieu] wedded secondly, Elizabeth, eldest
daughter and co-heir of Sir William Hastings, knt. younger brother of
George Earl of Huntington, and by her, who was living in 1574, had with
other issue, a son and successor."

I would appreciate any feedback on how viable people think this linkage is.

thanks
Louise
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