HASTINGS, Edward (by 1519-72), of Loughborough, Leics. and Stoke Poges, Bucks.

Gent. pens. 1540–7 or later, sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 1550–1; commr. relief, Leics. and Mdx. 1550; other commissions 1551 – 58; receiver, duchy of Lancaster, Leicester honor and town clerk of Leicester 10 Nov. 1553 – d., bailiff of Leicester town 1553 – 54; receiver-gen. ct. augmentations, Essex, Herts., London and Mdx. Dec. 1553 – Jan. 1554, Exchequer 1554-?d.; PC 1553 – 58; master of the horse 1553 – 57; j.p. Mdx. 1554–58/59, Leics. 1558/59; steward, duchy of Cornw. and warden of the stannaries 4 Apr. 1555 – d.; chamberlain of the Household 1557 – 58; custos rot. Mdx. 1558/59; trier of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of 1558 and 1571.LP Hen. VIII, xv; LC2/2, f. 41v; CPR, 1550–3 to 1557–8 passim; 1569–72, pp. 476–7; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 91; Somerville, Duchy, i. 567, 571; Leicester Recs. ed. Bateson, iii. 148; Richardson, Ct. Augmentations, 243n, 251, 281; Elton, Tudor Rev. in Govt. 244; LF, i. 514, 541.