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Hastings, Henry (1586 - 1643)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1586-04-24
Death Date: 1643-11-14

Notes

Admitted to Gray''s Inn 17 March 1597/8

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1601-1-15
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Female

Primary Title

  • 22nd Earl of Huntington

Titles

  • 22nd Earl of Huntington
    Assumed: 1604-12-30
    Vacated: 1643-11-14
  • 7th Baron Hastings (of Hastings & Hungerford)
    Assumed: 1595
    Vacated: 1643-11-14
  • 6th Baron Hungerford
    Assumed: 1604-12-30
    Vacated: 1643-11-14
  • Baron Moleyns
    Assumed: 1604-12-30
    Vacated: 1643-11-14
  • 10th Baron Botreaux
    Assumed: 1604-12-30
    Vacated: 1643-11-14

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
High Steward, Duchy of Lancaster, Leicestershire
JP, Leicestershire
JP, Derbyshire
Chief Forester, Leicestershire 1604/5 -2 -11
Keeper, Receiver & Steward, Leicestershire 1604/5 -2 -11
Lord Lieut, Leicestershire 1607 -5 -16 1642 Held solely, then jointly from 27 Dec. 1638
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Leicestershire 1609
Lord Lieut, Rutland 1614 -7 -18 1638
Lord Lieut, Rutland 1642 -12 -27 Held jointly

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire

Lands

  • Dorset
  • Leicestershire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Huntingdon's Musicians
Performance - Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn, Lancashire Earl of Huntingdon's Piper
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Huntingdon's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Huntingdon's Piper Hastings, Henry (1586 - 1643) Musicians 1
Earl of Huntingdon's Musicians Hastings, Henry (1586 - 1643) Musicians 1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players Hastings, Henry (1586 - 1643) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Doyle, James E. The Official Baronage of England Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885. 3 vols. London: Longmans, 1886