Paternal Family Tree: Hastings
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
Before 6th May 1262 [his father] Henry Hastings [aged 27] and [his mother] Joan Cantilupe were married. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 6th May 1262 John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings was born to Henry Hastings [aged 27] and Joan Cantilupe.
On 14th May 1264 the army of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester [aged 56] including Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford [aged 20], [his father] Henry Hastings [aged 29] and Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave [aged 26] defeated the army of King Henry III of England [aged 56] during the Battle of Lewes at Lewes [Map].
King Henry III of England, his son, the future, King Edward I of England [aged 24], Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex [aged 60], Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 55], John "Red" Comyn 1st Lord Baddenoch [aged 44], Philip Marmion 5th Baron Marmion [aged 30] and John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 32] were captured. John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 33], John Balliol [aged 56], Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale [aged 49], Roger Leybourne [aged 49] and [his future father-in-law] William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke fought for the King. Guy Lusignan was killed. Fulk IV Fitzwarin [aged 44] drowned. Bishop Walter de Cantelupe [aged 73] was present and blessed the Montfort army before the battle.
Around 1269 [his father] Henry Hastings [aged 34] died.
In 1271 [his mother] Joan Cantilupe died.
In 1273 John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings [aged 10] succeeded 13th Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation.
On 18th October 1273 [his uncle] George Cantilupe 12th Baron Abergavenny [aged 21] died. His nephew John [aged 11] succeeded 13th Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation.
Before 1282 John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings [aged 19] and Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings were married. She by marriage Baroness Abergavenny Feudal Creation. She the daughter of William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke and Joan Munchensi Countess Pembroke [aged 51]. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
In 1282 [his son] William Hastings was born to John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings [aged 19] and [his wife] Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings. He married Eleanor Fitzmartin.
On 29th September 1286 [his son] John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Abergavenny was born to John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings [aged 24] and [his wife] Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [Map]. He married before 20th March 1319 Juliana Leybourne Countess Huntingdon and had issue.
Before 1295 [his brother-in-law] Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 19] and Béatrix de Clermont were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke and [his mother-in-law] Joan Munchensi Countess Pembroke [aged 64]. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Around 1295 [his daughter] Elizabeth Hastings Baroness Grey Ruthyn was born to John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings [aged 32] and [his wife] Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings. She married before 1317 her fourth cousin Roger Grey 1st Baron Grey Ruthyn, son of John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton and Maud Basset Baroness Grey Wilton, and had issue.
On 24th June 1295 King Edward I of England [aged 56] created new baronies through writs for summons to his 36th Parliament
John Montfort 1st Baron Montfort [aged 31] was created 1st Baron Montfort. Alice Plaunche Baroness Montfort by marriage Baroness Montfort.
Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg [aged 75] was created 1st Baron Fauconberg.
Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall [aged 35] was created 1st Baron Furnivall. Joan Despencer Baroness Furnivall [aged 37] by marriage Baroness Furnivall.
Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter [aged 48] was created 1st Baron Fitzwalter. Eleanor Ferrers Baroness Fitzwalter by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter.
Ralph Basset 1st Baron Basset Drayton [aged 31] was created 1st Baron Basset Drayton. Hawise Grey Baroness Basset Drayton [aged 40] by marriage Baroness Basset Drayton.
The following Baronies may have been created at the 36th Parliament or the 37th Parliament summoned on 30th September 1295.
John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell [aged 27] was created 1st Baron Wake of Liddell.
Andrew Astley 1st Baron Astley [aged 49] was created 1st Baron Astley.
Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley [aged 49] was created 1st Baron Berkeley. Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley by marriage Baroness Berkeley.
Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton [aged 55] was created 1st Baron Grey of Wilton. Maud Fitzhugh Baroness Grey Wilton [aged 73] by marriage Baroness Grey of Wilton.
John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings [aged 33] was created 1st Baron Hastings by a summons to Parliament. [his wife] Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings by marriage Baroness Hastings.
Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby [aged 32] was created 1st Baron Neville Raby. Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby [aged 28] by marriage Baroness Neville Raby.
John Beke 1st Baron Beke [aged 72] was created 1st Baron Beke (although there is some doubt whether he was created Baron).
Fulk Fitzwarin 1st Baron Fitzwarin [aged 43] was created 1st Baron Fitzwarin.
On 5th October 1305 [his wife] Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings died.
Before 1310 John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings [aged 47] and Isabel Despencer Baroness Hastings and Bergavenny were married. She by marriage Baroness Hastings, Baroness Abergavenny Feudal Creation. She the daughter of Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester [aged 48] and Isabella Beauchamp. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
In 1310 [his son] Hugh Hastings was born to John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings [aged 47] and [his wife] Isabel Despencer Baroness Hastings and Bergavenny at Sutton Scotney, Hampshire [Map]. He married his fifth cousin Margery Foliot and had issue.
In 1311 [his son] William Hastings [aged 29] died.
Around 1313 Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford [aged 43] and [his wife] Isabel Despencer Baroness Hastings and Bergavenny were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester [aged 51] and Isabella Beauchamp.
On 28th February 1313 John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings [aged 50] died. His son John [aged 26] succeeded 2nd Baron Hastings, 14th Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation.
In 1334 [his former wife] Isabel Despencer Baroness Hastings and Bergavenny died.
On 30th December 1389 John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke [aged 17] was killed in a tournament during the Christmas Court at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Earl Pembroke and Baron Manny, Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation extinct. He was struck in the groin by the lance of Sir John Des.
[his grandson] John Hastings 6th Baron Hastings [aged 61] de jure 6th Baron Hastings. His claim was contested by [his great grandson] Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn [aged 27] who was the son of Elizabeth Hastings Baroness Grey Ruthyn daughter of John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings his case being that he was of the full blood whereas John Hastings 6th Baron Hastings was of the half-blood ie Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn, like John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke, was descended from John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings and Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings, whereas John Hastings 6th Baron Hastings was descended from John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings and Isabel Despencer Baroness Hastings and Bergavenny.
[his son] Thomas Hastings was born to John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings and Isabel Despencer Baroness Hastings and Bergavenny.
[his son] Edmund Hastings was born to John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings and Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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[his son] Margaret Hastings was born to John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings and Isabel Despencer Baroness Hastings and Bergavenny.
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Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Hastings 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hastings
Great x 3 Grandmother: Erneburga Famville
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Hastings
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Banaster
Grandfather: Henry Hastings 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Bigod 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Bigod 1st Earl Norfolk
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelisa Todeni
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aubrey II de Vere 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana de Vere
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelize de Clare 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margery Bigod 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Tosny 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida aka Gertrude Hainaut
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ida Tosny Countess Norfolk 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester 
3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester
father: Henry Hastings 2 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Malcolm III of Scotland 
son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King David I of Scotland son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland Granddaughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 1 Grandfather: David Dunkeld 8th Earl Huntingdon Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gundred Countess of Surrey
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet 
Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey 2 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Grandmother: Ada Dunkeld Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf le Meschin Gernon 3rd Earl Chester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Bolingbroke Countess Chester
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester
Great x 1 Grandmother: Matilda Gernon Countess Huntingdon 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amaury Montfort Count Évreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon "Chauve" Montfort 4th Count Évreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux
John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings 3 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Cantilupe 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cantilupe Baron
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cantilupe
Grandfather: William Cantilupe
mother: Joan Cantilupe 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber 5 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber 4 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald de Braose 8th Baron Abergavenny 6th Baron Bramber 6 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard St Valery
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Unknown
Great x 1 Grandfather: William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber 7 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandmother: Graecia Briwere
Grandmother: Eva de Braose 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Giffard 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter of Salisbury 2nd Baron Chitterne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eva Marshal 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Countess Pembroke 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Diarmait Macmurrough
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham