General Notes

Sir John Hastang, father of Sir Thomas Hastang, appears to be the same who had letters of protection on going to the King in Gascony 8 March 1288/9 (Cal. Patent Rolls). Possibly he is the same who was on service in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales between 1284 and 1287 (Idem). On 30 July 1297 John de Hastang, of Staffordshire, was one of the sureties for John, Earl of Atholl, on his release (31 July) from the Tower (Cal. Close Rolls). In 1296 he had letters of protection on going beyond the seas on the King's service (Cal. Patent Rolls). On 31 August 1306 he was steward of the Queen's Household, and was on 1 December 1307 (when she was Queen Dowager) to accompany her abroad (Idem). On 1 August 1309 he had licence to crenellate his dwelling house at Chebsey (Idem). He was summoned for Military Service 1311, 1314, and 1315, and in 1316 was returned as lord of the township of Chebsey (Palgrave, Parl., Writs). On 20 August 1321 he was pardoned for his share against the Despensers, which pardon seems to have been annulled 25 September 1321 (Cal. Patent Rolls), but he was summoned to the Council of 9 May 1324 as from Staffordshire. He is mentioned as lord of Chebsey 1374/5, and in the Subsidy Roll of 1 Edward III he was assessed 5s. 3/4d. at Chebsey and Robert Hastang 2s. 3d. He was dead in or before 1332, when Thomas Hastang was assessed 5s. in Chebsey and Maud Hastang 2s. 6d. (Subsidy Roll, William Salt Soc.,vol.x,p.99). His wife Eva appears to have predeceased him. They are both mentioned in connection with the manor of East Leamington, co. Warwick, and tenements in Slyndon and Hilcote, co. Stafford, in 1311 (William Salt Soc., vol. ix, i, 35). [Complete Peerage Note on page VI:344-5, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]