HASTINGS, Sir Francis (c.1546-1610), of Holwell, Som.; formerly of Market Bosworth, Leics. and North Cadbury, Som.

Family and Education

b. c. 1546, 5th s. of Francis, 2nd earl of Huntingdon (d.1560), and Catherine, da. and coh. of Henry, 1st Bar. Montagu; bro. of Sir Edward† and Sir George†.Letters of Sir Francis Hastings 1574-1609 ed. C. Cross (Som. Rec. Soc. lxix), p. xiii. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. by 1565; G. Inn 1574. Al. Ox.; C. Cross, Puritan Earl, 33; GI Admiss. m. (1) c.1567, Magdalen (d. 14 June 1596), da. of Sir Ralph Longford of Longford, Derbys., wid. of Sir George Vernon† of Haddon, Derbys., s.p.; (2) c.1598, Mary, da. and h. of Richard Watkins of Holwell, wid. of James Hannam of Purse Caundle, Dorset, s.p. Letters of Sir Francis Hastings, pp. xiv, xxiv, 64-7, 72; Oxford DNB. Kntd. 1592. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 90. d. 16 Sept. 1610. C.H. Mayo, ‘Par. Reg. of Milborne Port, Som.’ Som. and Dorset N and Q, ii. 184.

Offices Held

J.p. Leics. 1569 – c.87, c. 1593 – 94, Dorset 1584 – 1605, Som. by 1591–1605; CPR, 1569–72, p. 226; E163/14/8; Hatfield House ms 278; CPR 36 Eliz. ed. S.R. Neal (L. and I. Soc. cccix), 154; C66/1620; Winwood’s Memorials ed. E. Sawyer, ii. 48. sheriff, Leics. 1572 – 73, 1580–1; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 75. commr. musters, Leicester 1580, HMC 8th Rep. pt. 1 (1881), p. 417. recusants, Leics. 1584; Nichols, County of Leicester, i. 404. dep. lt. Leics. 1587 – 1605, Som. 1590 – 1605, Dorset 1604–5; HMC Foljambe, 25; HMC Hatfield, xvii. 603; APC, 1590, p. 71; 1601–4, p. 511; Earl of Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 18, 44; Winwood’s Memorials, 48. commr. sewers, Som. 1603, Dorset 1605; C181/1, ff. 70, 118. col. militia ft. Som. to 1605. Earl of Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. 80.