HASTINGS, John

  General Notes:

From Douglas Richardson:

Complete Peerage, 6 (1926): 343 (sub Hastang) ... had a difficult time distinguishing John Hastang, of Chebsey, Staffs., (husband of Maud Trussell), who occurs from 1359 - c. '67, from his father of the same name, Sir John Hastang, of Leamington Hastings, Warwick, (husband of Blanche), who occurs from 1346 to say '60. Having two successive generations of the same name with no clear delineation between the generations has long been the bane of medieval research.

Complete Peerage suggests the elder Sir John Hastang & his wife Blanche, were "poss. d. bef. 02 Feb. 1358/9," but date appears to be a guess, and not based on primary evidence. ... research indicates the elder Sir John Hastang (knight) and wife Blanche, were involved in July 1352 litigation involving Henry de Braylesford and Joan his wife regarding 16 acres of meadow in Chebsey, Staffs., (see Colls. Hist. Staffs. 12 (1891): 115).

In Michaelmas term, 1354 John Hastang, Knt. was likewise sued by the same parties regarding eight acres of meadow in Slyndon, Staffs., (see Ibid., 129).

In 1354 Sir John Hastang, of Leamington Hastings, Warwick., owed £200 to John le Blount, of Sodington, Worcs., and Adam le Botoner of Coventry, Warwick, (see PRO Document, C 241/138/113).

In 1355 Sir John Hastang, of Warwickshire, owed £146 13s. 4d. to Richard de Piriton, clerk [see PRO Document, C 241/135/98). In 1360 he exchanged the manors of Budbrooke and Grave Curly (in Budbrooke), Warwick., with Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, for those of Grafton and Upton Waryn, Worcs., (see VCH Warwick 3 (1945): 65-68).

Sometime bef. 1362 he granted manor of Grandborough, Warwick. for life to William Trussell, Knt. (see VCH Warwick, 6 (1951): 94-99). In 1362 there is mention of robbers breaking into the house of Sir John Hastang within the Park of Chebsey, Staffs., (see Close Rolls). It is likely that the elder John is intended in this record, as the elder John is known to have been a knight, whereas no indication the younger John took up knighthood. ... the elder John predeceased his son, the younger John, stated in various inquisitions to have died in 1365, 1366, or 1367. In 1365-66 Ralph Earl of Stafford conveyed all his right in the manor of Chebsey, Staffs., to John Hastang.

John Hastang the younger is evidently intended in this record, as this individual is not styled a knight in the record. Also, other records indicate that John Hastang the younger and his wife, Maud, had earlier been jointly enfeoffed with the manor of Chebsey, Staffs., by his father [see Complete Peerage, 6 (1926): 343, footnote n). Given these facts, it seems likely that the elder Sir John Hastang died between 1362 and 1365/7, and that his death was quickly followed by that of his son, John Hastang the younger, who died in 1365, 1366, or 1367.

For interest's sake, I've listed below the names of the 17th Century colonial immigrants that descend from John Hastang the younger and his wife, Maud Trussell. For the links down to the various immigrants, please see Plantagenet Ancestry (2004).

Thomas Booth, Elizabeth Bosvile, George, Giles & Robert Brent, Frances, Jane & Katherine Deighton, Edward Foliot, Thomas Ligon, Anne Mauleverer, Philip & Thomas Nelson, Thomas Owsley, Anthony Savage, Samuel & William Torrey, Amy Wyllys.

For the royalty buffs, below is the line of descent from Henry II of England down to Maud Trussell, wife of John Hastang the younger.

Henry II of England, by a mistress, Ida de Tony.
William Longespée, Knt., Earl of Salisbury, m. Ela of Salisbury.
Ida Longespée, m. William de Beauchamp, Knt., of Bedford, Beds.
Beatrice de Beauchamp, m. Thomas Fitz Otes, Knt., of Mendlesham, Suffolk.
Maud FitzThomas, m. John Botetourt, Knt., 1st Lord Botetourt.
Ada Botetourt, m. John de Saint Philibert, Knt., of Eaton Hastings, Berks.
Maud de Saint Phililbert, m. Warin Trussell, Knt., of Billesley, Warwick.
Maud Trussell, m.John Hastang, of Chebsey, Staffs.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah P.S. Hastang is the spelling of this family's surname employed by Complete Peerage and most modern secondary sources that I've consulted. Regardless, you can find some modern genealogical databases which incorrectly spell the name "Hastings." https://groups.google.com/d/msg/soc.genealogy.medieval/1GQ59YlTA1Q/BObZyoPDsg8J

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  Research Notes:

Surname also listed as Hastang.

https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/stafford-ralph-1410

John married Maud TRUSSELL, daughter of Sir Warren TRUSSELL and Maud ST. PHILIBERT, before 2 Feb 1359. (Maud TRUSSELL was born about 1341 in Chebsey, Staffordshire, England and died in 1369.)