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b. c.1383, 2nd s. and event. h. of Sir Ralph Hastings† (d.1397) of Slingsby by his 2nd w. Maud (fl.1423), prob. da. of John, Lord Grey of Rotherfield (d.1375); She is generally and erroneously said to have been a da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Sutton (d.c.1384) of Sutton-on-Hull, Yorks.: HMC Hastings i, p. xi. This error reflects a confusion with the marriage of our MP’s distant cousin, Sir Edmund Hastings. For the evidence of her place in the Grey genealogy: Plantagenet Ancestry ed. Richardson and Everingham, 229. er. bro. of Sir Leonard*. m. (1) Joan (d. by Trin. 1426), da. and coh. of Sir John Scrope† (d.1405) of Hollin Hall (in Littlethorpe) and Haldenby (in Adlingfleet), Yorks., by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of David of Strathbogie (d.1369), earl of Atholl; (2) c. July 1427, Elizabeth (d. July 1447), CIPM, xxvi. 491-9. da. of Henry, Lord Beaumont, by Elizabeth, da. of William, Lord Willoughby of Eresby; wid. of William, Lord Deincourt (d.1422), s.p. Kntd. 9 Apr. 1413. C115/K2/6682, f. 63v.
Offices Held

Commr. of arrest, Leics. Feb., May 1413, Yorks. Dec. 1428; to convey Scottish hostages from Knaresborough castle to the Tower of London May 1424; of inquiry, Leics. Nov. 1424 (Scrope estates), Yorks. Feb. 1436 (uncustomed exports); to take possession of a royal ward and bring before the royal council Nov. 1429; of oyer and terminer, Lincs. Feb. 1430 (assault at Kirton in Lindsey), Yorks. Aug. 1433 (complaint of William, abbot of St. Mary’s, York); to treat for loans Mar. 1430, Mar. 1431, Leics. Jan. 1436; of array, Yorks. (N. Riding) Mar. 1430, July 1434, Jan. 1436, Leics. Jan. 1436; to assess subsidy, Yorks. (W. Riding) Apr. 1431, Leics. Jan. 1436; take assize of novel disseisin, Yorks. (E. Riding) Nov. 1432; C66/433, m. 28d. of sewers July 1433, July 1434, Feb. 1436.

Sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 12 Nov. 1414 – 1 Dec. 1415, 14 Feb. – 13 Nov. 1423, 12 Dec. 1426 – 7 Nov. 1427, 5 Nov. 1432–3, Yorks. 15 Jan. – 12 Dec. 1426, 5 Nov. 1433 – 3 Nov. 1434.

Constable, steward and master forester of duchy of Lancaster lordship of Knaresborough, Yorks. 9 Dec. 1422 – d.; forester, Dalby and Langdon in the duchy of Lancaster lordship of Pickering, Yorks. 23 July 1433–d. R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 524–5; DL42/18, f. 70d.

J.p. Leics. 20 July 1424 – Oct. 1432, Yorks. (N. Riding) 20 July 1424 – d., (W. Riding) 7 Nov. 1431–d. He was named post mortem to the comm. of Mar. 1437: CPR, 1436–41, p. 594. No comm. was issued for the W. Riding between July 1424 and Nov. 1431.

Envoy to negotiate with the Scots June 1429. Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc., ii. 266.

Chief steward, lands of Queen Katherine in Eng. and Wales by Mich. 1433–d. E101/408/18.

Parlimentarian
HASTINGS, Sir Richard (c.1383-1436), of Kirby Muxloe, Leics and Slingsby, Yorks.
Main residences: Kirby Muxloe, Leics; Slingsby, Yorks.
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S.J.P.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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