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Hastings, Henry (1536 - 1595)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1536
Death Date: 1595-10-14

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Dudley, Katherine (1538 - 1620)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Female

Male

Primary Title

  • 5th Baron Hastings
  • 20th Earl of Huntington

Titles

  • 5th Baron Hastings
    Assumed: 1554
    Vacated: 1595-10-14
  • 20th Earl of Huntington
    Assumed: 1560-16-23
    Vacated: 1595-10-14
  • 8th Baron Botreaux
    Assumed: 1560-16-23
    Vacated: 1595-10-14

General Lands Note

Licence to enter lands 12 June 1561

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Master of the Hart Hounds, England 1561 -6 -27
JP, Leicestershire 1561/2
JP, Warwickshire 1561/2
Commissioner of Musters, Yorkshire 1563
JP, Leicestershire 1564
JP, Warwickshire 1564
Commissioner of Musters, Leicestershire 1569
Lord Lieut, Leicestershire 1569 -11 -20
Lord Lieut, Rutland 1569 -11 -20
President, Council of the North, England 1572 -8 1595 -12
Lord Lieut, Leicestershire 1573
Lord Lieut, Rutland 1573
Lord Lieut, Cumberland 1573
Lord Lieut, Westmorland 1573
Lord Lieut, Yorkshire 1573
Lord Lieut, Durham Diocese 1573

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire

Lands

  • Dorset
  • Hampshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Kent
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Northamptonshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Rutland
  • Somerset
  • Warwickshire
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Huntingdon's Bearward
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Huntingdon's Bearward
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Huntingdon's Bearward
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Huntingdon's Bearward
Performance - The Marsh, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Hastings' Bearward
Performance? - York (Unknown), York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord President's Musicians
Performance - York (Unknown), York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord President's Trumpeter

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord President's Musicians Hastings, Henry (1536 - 1595) Musicians 1
Lord President's Trumpeter Hastings, Henry (1536 - 1595) Musicians 1
Lord Hastings' Bearward Hastings, Henry (1536 - 1595) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Huntingdon's Bearward Hastings, Henry (1536 - 1595) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Huntingdon's Bearward Hastings, Henry (1536 - 1595) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Huntingdon's Bearward Hastings, Henry (1536 - 1595) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Huntingdon's Bearward Hastings, Henry (1536 - 1595) Performing Animals 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.