Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1540

Death Date: 1604-12-30

Parents

Mother: Pole, Katherine ( - 1576)

Father: Hastings, Francis (1513 - 1560)

Marriages/Other Unions

Port, Dorothy ( - 1607)
Type: marriage
Union began: 1557-7
Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Female

Male

Hastings, Francis (1546 - 1610)
Hastings, Henry (1536 - 1595)
Hastings, Walter ( - )
Hastings, Edward ( - )

Offspring

From Port, Dorothy ( - 1607)
Male offspring: Hastings, Francis (1560 - 1595)

Primary Title

21st Earl of Huntingdon
Knight

Titles

21st Earl of Huntingdon
Assumed: 1595-12-14
Vacated: 1604-12-30
6th Baron Hastings (of Hastings)
Assumed: 1595-12-14
Vacated: 1604-12-30
Baron Hungerford
Assumed: 1595-12-14
Vacated: 1604-12-30
9th Baron Botreaux
Assumed: 1595-12-14
Vacated: 1604-12-30
Baron Moleyns
Assumed: 1595-12-14
Vacated: 1604-12-30
Knight
Assumed: 1565-08-21
Vacated: 1604-12-30
Baron Hastings (of Hungerford)
Assumed: 1595-12-14
Vacated: 1604-12-30

Details of Offices

	Began	Ended	Notes
MP, Derbyshire	1563
JP, Leicestershire	1564
JP, Leicestershire	1569
Sheriff, Leicestershire	1571 -11 -14
Bailiff, Staffordshire	1573	1574
Commissioner of Musters, Leicestershire	1577		Held jointly.
Commissioner of Musters, Leicestershire	1579		Held jointly.
MP, Leicestershire	1584
MP, Leicestershire	1586
JP, Leicestershire	1590	1591
Lord Lieut, Leicestershire	1596 -10 -2
Lord Lieut, Rutland	1596 -10 -2
Receiver, Duchy of Lancaster	1596	1598
Chief Forester, Leicestershire	1597 -11 -14
High Steward, Leicestershire	1597 -11 -14
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Leicestershire	1603
Master of the Hart Hounds, England	1604

Details of Properties

Residence

Dale, Derbyshire
Etwall, Derbyshire
Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire
Castle Donnington, Leicestershire
Loughborough Castle, Leicestershire
Principal residence by 1586 until 1595

Lands

Derbyshire
Leicestershire
Rutland
Wiltshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type	Date	Location	Troupe
Performance	1595 - 1596	Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire	Earl of Huntingdon's Bearward
Performance	1596 - 1597	St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance Regulations	1597 - 1597	Norwich (Unknown), Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance	1597 - 1598	St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance	1599 - 1599	St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance	1600 - 1600	Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance	1600 - 1600	Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county)	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance	1600 - 1601	St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance Regulations	1601 - 1601	Norwich (Unknown), Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance	1601 - 1602	Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance	1601 - 1602	St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance	1602 - 1603	Leominster (Unknown), Leominster, Herefordshire	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance	1602 - 1603	St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance	1603 - 1603	Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance	1603 - 1604	St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance	1604 - 1604	Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk	Earl of Huntingdon's Players
Performance	1580 - 1580	Beaudesert, Beaudesert, Staffordshire	Sir George Hastings' Players
Performance	1584 - 1585	St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire	Sir George Hastings' Players
Performance	1587 - 1588	St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire	Sir George Hastings' Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name	Patron	Troupe Type	# of events
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Bearward	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Performing Animals	1
Sir George Hastings' Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Sir George Hastings' Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	1
Sir George Hastings' Players	Hastings, George (1540 - 1604)	Players	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.