Edward Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings of Loughborough
May 04, 2024
Edward Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings of Loughborough, KGPC (c. 1521 in Loughborough, Leicestershire – 1572) was an English peer, the fourth son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon. He married Joane Harrington daughter of John Harrington of Bagworth, Leicestershire circa 1544.
Sir Edward Hastings, c. 1555Arms of Sir Edward Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings of Loughborough, KG
He was so well thought of by King Philip of Spain that he was given a pension of 500 crowns of English money. He went with Lord Paget as an envoy to the Emperor for the purpose of inviting Cardinal Pole to England and in 1555 was elected one of the Knights Companions of the Order of the Garter. He became Lord Chamberlain of the Household on 25 December 1557 and Baron Hastings of Loughborough on 19 January 1558.[2]
When Mary died, he withdrew from public life and became very melancholy. He was imprisoned for hearing mass in 1561 but released on taking the Oath of Supremacy. He founded the hospital of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire in April 1564.
He lived at the Manor House in the centre of Loughborough and died in March 1572 at Stoke Poges. In his will, he mentions his natural son Edward, who was to be given the Manor of Michelcreche, Somerset when he came of age. He gave his manor of Bosworth to his nephew Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. He does not mention his wife in his will, leading to speculation that they may have been estranged.
^Rigby, Lionel (2000). Stoke Poges : a Buckinghamshire village through 1,000 years. Chichester, West Sussex: Phillimore. p. 9. ISBN1-86077-131-9. OCLC 44786923.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
Biographical details
Further readingedit
J. Nugent Bell, "The Huntingdon Peerage"
J. Nicholls, "The History & Antiquities of Leicester"
Cross, Claire, The Puritan Earl, The Life of Henry Hastings, Third Earl of Huntingdon, 1536-1596, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1966.
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