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- "William (Sir) de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, Kt., K.G., who wasnominated by Edward IV Master of the Mints at London and Calais,Stewardof the Honour of Leicester, and of the Manor and castles of Donnington,Higham Ferrers, and Daventry; and created by the same Monarch, 26 July1461, Baron Hastings of Ashby-de-la Zouch, when his Lordship was alsoinstalled A Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter." Four sons andthree daughters. "In 1465 we find this nobleman entering into anagreement with Dame Elizabeth Grey, late wife of John (Sir) Grey, Kt.,and heiress of Edward Grey, Lord Ferrers, that he should have wardship ofher son, Thomas,afterwards Marquess of Dorset, on whose part it wasstipulated that
he should, with in five or six years afterwards,marry the eldest daug. ofLord Hastings that might then be living. His Lordship about this timeundertook, in his capacity as Master of the Mint, a new coinage of goldconsisting of pieces of eight shillings and fourpence sterling each,called "nobles": other pieces of one-half; and a third, of one-fourththat value. For Several years afterwards Lord Hastings was one of themost powerful persons in the Kingdom. In 1474 he obtained a license fromEdward IV to impark three thousand acres of land and wood inAshby-de-la-Zouch, and he accordingly built, at Ashby, a magnificentcastle for the residence of his family, which it continued to be for twohundred years. The castle was afterwards remarkable as a temporaryprison for Mary Queen of Scots. Of his lordship Fuller says: 'The readerneedeth not my dim candle to direct his to this illustrious person, whomKing Edward IV, or rather Edward Plantagenet (because more in human thatin his Royal capacity), so delighted in that he made him his LordChamberlain, Baron Hastings of Ashby-de-la-Zouch,'etc..Lord Hastings fella victim, eventually, to the Protector Gloucester (Richard III), and wasbeheaded in the Tower, 13 June 1483, when his estates were confiscated,but soon afterwards restored, partly by Richard and the remainder byHenry VII, to his son."
Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 197?. (page 1394)
See also
HASTINGS FAMILIES 1037 - 1918
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