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Personal data John 1st Baron de Hastings , of Abergavenny 

• He was born on May 6, 1262 in Allesley, Warwickshire, England.Sources 2, 3

  Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-1275) below 16 years (13).

• He died on February 10, 1312/1313 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, he was 49 years old.Sources 2, 3
• A child of Henry de Hastings and Joan de Cantelou
• This information was last updated on April 5, 2023.

Household of John 1st Baron de Hastings , of Abergavenny

(1) He is married to Isabel de Valence.

They got married in the year 1275 at 1st wife, he was 12 years old.Source 4

Child(ren):

1. John 2nd Baron de Hastings  1286-???? 
2. Elizabeth de Hastings  ± 1295-???? 
3. William de Hastings  1282-< ????

(2) He is married to Isabel le Despenser.

They got married after 1305 at 1st husband 2nd wife.Sources 5, 6

Child(ren):

1. Hugh de Hastings  < 1310-1347 

Notes about John 1st Baron de Hastings , of Abergavenny

Sir John de Hastinges, 1st Lord (Baron) Hasting(e)s, so created by writ24 June 1295 (although in the petition presented by Sir Jacob Astley, Btin 1840 which resulted in his being called to Parliament as 16th LordHastings a date of 29 May 1290 was put forward as constituting the momentwhen Sir John de Hastinges was first present at an assembly which mightbe regarded as a Parliament and precedence of this earlier date wasassigned the Barony of Hastings; the assembly of 1290 would not now beregarded as a valid Parliament); feudal Lord of Abergavenny; one of threecompetitors for the Crown of Scotland 1290 in right of his grandmotherAda, Lt and Seneschal of Gascony 1302. [Burke's Peerage]

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Abergavenny, which of course was only one of William de Cauntelo'spossessions passed to Joan's son the 1st Lord (Baron) Hastings andafterwards to his son the 2nd Lord Hastings. The 2nd Lord Hastings' son,the 3rd Lord was created Earl of Pembroke in 1339, but his grandson the3rd Earl died when still a minor and possession of Abergavenny passed toWilliam Beauchamp. [Burke's Peerage]

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OWNERS of the LORDSHIP of ABERGAVENNY (XVII) 1273

BARONY OF HASTINGS (I) 1290

SIR JOHN DE HASTINGES, of Abergavenny, son and heir, born 6 May 1262, atAllesley, co. Warwick. On 12 July 1283 the King took his homage, and hehad livery of his father's lands, and also of his purparty of the landsof George de Cantelou, namely, the castle and honour of Abergavenny, co.Monmouth, the castle of Kilgerran, co. Pembroke, of the lands of St.Clear, co. Carmarthen, Aston, co. Warwick, Barwick, Little Marston, andStoford, Somerset, and Badmondisfield, Suffolk. In January 1283/4 he wasabout to go to Scotland. He was on the King's service in Wales in 1287.In 1292 he claimed a third part of the Kingdom of Scotland, as grandsonand heir of Ada, 3rd daughter and coheir of David, Earl of Huntingdon:his claim was rejected by the judgment delivered at Berwick Castle, onMonday after St. Martin [17 November]. In January 1296/7 he was about togo to Brabant, by the King's command, in attendance on Margaret, theKing's daughter, Duchess of Brabant. He was in the Army of Scotland in1300, being at the siege of Carlaverock in July the same year. On 2February 1300/1 he had licence to crenellate his manor and town ofFillongley, co. Warwick. He was summoned for Military Service from 26June 1294 to 18 June 1310 to attend the Coronation, 18 January 1307/8, toa Council 8 January 1308/9, and to Parliament from 24 June 1295 to 8 July1312, by writs directed Johanni de Hastingges, and moreover is recordedto have been present in pleno parliamento domini Regis on the morrow ofTrinity 29 May 1290 with other magnates et proceres tunc in parliamentoexistentes, whereby he is held to have become LORD HASTINGES. As Johannesde Hastinges Dominus de Bergeveni he took part in the Barons' Letter tothe Pope, 12 February 1300/1. On 23 August 1302 he was appointedLieutenant and Seneschal of Gascony, during pleasure: he held the officetill August or September 1304. On 22 May 1306 the King granted to him andhis heirs the county of Menteith (except the land in that county whichthe King had previously granted to Edmund de Hastinges, forfeited byAlan, late Earl of Menteith, the King's rebel and enemy. On 15 March1308/9 he had licence to grant, in fee, to John, his son, the manor ofAston Cantlow, the castle and town of Kilgerran, and other lands inWales. He was re-appointed Lieutenant and Seneschal of Gascony, 24October 1309, during pleasure, and on 16 November following had licenceto set out from Dover with his household, horses, armour, silver vessels,&c.; he surrendered his office in the latter half of 1311.

He married, 1stly, at Braxted, Essex, or Blunham, Beds, Isabel, daughterof William DE VALENCE, sometimes styled EARL OF PEMBROKE, by Joan,daaughter of Sir Warin DE MUNCHANESY, of Swanscombe, Kent, Winfarthingand Gooderstone, Norfolk, &c. She died 5 October 1305, and was buried inCoventry Priory. He married, 2ndly, Isabel, daughter of Hugh (LEDESPENSER), EARL OF WINCHESTER, by Isabel, daughter of William (DEBEAUCHAMP), EARL OF WARWICK. He died 20 February 1312/3. His widow hadlivery of her dower, 11 April 1313, and of the knights' fees andadvowsons of her dower, 20 November following, all of which had beenassigned her by the King. She married, 2ndly, as 2nd wife, Sir RALPH DEMOUNTHERMER, sometime EARL OF GLOUCESTER: as royal licence had not beenobtained for this marriage, on 20 November 1318 and again on 2 Januaryfollowing, the lands they held in dower were taken into the King's hand.They were pardoned and their lands were restored to them, 12 August 1319,for a fine of 1,000 marks: which also they were pardoned on 18 May 1321.She had charge of two of the King's daughters from Michaelmas 1324. Ralphdied 5 April 1325, and was buried in the Church of the Grey Friars atSalisbury, aged 63. She died 4 or 5 December 1334. [Complete PeerageVI:346-9, XIV:372, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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