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William Hastings, 1st Baron
Hastings,
son of Sir Leonard Hastings, of Kirby and Alice Camoys
Born 1430
Died 13 June 1483 Tower (beheaded)
Married before 6 November 1462
Lady Catherine Nevill
Died 22 November 1503 / 25 March 1504
Buried Ashby Le Zouche |
In 1461 he was created a peer by Edward IV and, from 1461 till1483,
was Lord Chamberlain. A devoted Yorkist, in 1470 he helped Edward IV escape
to Holland and was prominent among the forcesfighting the Lancastrian armies
at Tewkesbury and Barnet in 1471. He commanded the English force in France
during Edward's brief campaign
there in 1475.After Edward's death in 1483, Hastings took the King's
mistress, Jane Shore, for himself. On 13 June 1483 the Duke of Gloucester,
the future Richard III, had Hastings arrested on a false charge of treason
and beheaded without trial the same day in the Tower of London. In this
way he removed one of the young Edward V's most powerful protectors and
cleared his own way to the throne of England.
Source: Leo van de Pas |
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