John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings

For other people named John Hastings, see John Hastings (disambiguation).

Effigy of John Hastings

Coat of Arms of Hastings, Barons Hastings

John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings (29 September 1287 – 20 January 1325) was a medieval English Baron. He was Lord of the Manor of Hunningham.[1]

Descent

Hastings was the son of John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, also inheriting the title Baron Abergavenny from his father, and the grandson of Henry de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings. His mother was Isabel, daughter of William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke.

Military career

He served in the First War of Scottish Independence under King Edward II and was also Governor of Kenilworth Castle.

Succession

Lord Hastings died in January 1325, aged 37. He was survived by his widow Juliana de Leybourne[2] and was succeeded in the Barony by his son Laurence, who was created Earl of Pembroke in 1339.

Peerage of England
Preceded by John Hastings	Baron Hastings 1313–1325	Succeeded by Lawrence Hastings

References

1. Hunningham, in A History of the County of Warwick: Vol. 6, Knightlow Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1951), pp. 117-120.
2. Ormrod, W. M. (23 September 2004). "Leybourne, Juliana, countess of Huntingdon (1303/4–1367), noblewoman". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/54433. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^[self-published source] ^[better source needed]