HUNTINGDON. 289 widow, whose claim de jure hereditaria to the Crown{») was by many considered a good one, d. 23 Sep. 157(1. and was bur. with him. Her admon. a< of Lulsthorpe, co. Leicester, IS June 1579. XX. 1561. 3. Henry (Hastings), Earl of Huntingdon, &c, a. and h., b. about 1536 ; sti/kd Loud Hastings, 1515-60, and was also iam. to P.'rl. v.p. in his father's Barony, as LORD HASTINGS, 23Jan. (1558/9 1 Eliz., having previously been one of the 40 Knights (made as K.B.'s! 20 Feb. 15467. (»■) at the coron. of Ed. VI. He sue. to the Earldom, 20 June 1361, and took a leading part among the supporters of the reformed faith,;') among whom his claim to succeed to the throne was much in favour. In Sep. 1569 he was made joint custodian of Mary, Queen of Scot* ; el. K.G., 23 April, and inst., 19 June 1570 ; Lord ['resident of the North, 1572 j was on the trial of the Duke of Norfolk, 1573, tho' not on that of the Queen of Scots in 1586. He was Lieut, of the Order of the Garter, 22 April 15SP, and was at various times Lord Lieut, of the counties of Leicester. Rutland. York, Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Durham. He m., 25 May 155,'!.( d ) at Durham House, Strand, Catharine, da. of the well known Jiibn (Iluni.KY'. Duke of Northumberland, by Jane, da. of Sir Edward Guilford. He d. s.p., 14 Dec. 1595, at York, his bowels being bur. 15 at St Olave's in that city but his body on 28 April 1596. at Asbby de la Zouch. (■•) His funeral expenses amounted to nearly £1.400. Admon. 3 June 1596, and 1 May 1605. His widow survived him 25 years, being bur. at Chelsea. Midx., 14 Aug. 1620. Admon. 13 Oct. 1620, to a creditor. XXI. 5595. 4. George (Hastings), Earl of Huntingdon, &o., next br. and h, b. about 1540 ; M P. for co. Derby, 1562; for co. Leicester, 1585-87, having been High sheriff thereof, 1571 ; knighted, 1565 ; sue. to the Eurldnm, 14 Dec. 1596; Lord Lieut, of Leicestershire and Rutland, 1596. He m. July 1557 Dorothy. 2d da. and coheir of Sir John Port, of Etwall, co. Derby, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Thomas GlFFARD, of Chillingtou, co. Stafford. He rf. 31 Dec. 1604, and was bur. 25 March following at Ashbv de la Zouch. Funeral certif. Admon. 1 Dec. 1605. His widow d. 2 Sep. 1607. [Francis Hastings, styled Lord Hastings, s. and h. ap., b. about 1560. Ue m. Sarah, sister of John, 1st Baron H.uiixotos of Exton, da. of Sir James Huungton, of I'xton, co. Rutland, lied. v. p. but a few days after his uncle (the 3d Earl) in London, 17 Dec. 1595, both being 6«r. the same day 28 April 1596, at Asbby de la Zouch. Admon. 7 Feb. 1597/8, to Sarah, the relict. This lady m, (secondly) Sir George Kixgsmii.l (whose will was pr. 1606), thirdly Edward (Zouche), Lord ZouoHE db H arthgwortH (who rf. s.p.m. 1624) and lastly (Lie. Loud. 11 Sep. 1626. both being then aged 60), Sir Thomas Edmoncs, Treasurer of the Household, whose admon. is dat 3 Dec. 1639. She, herself, was bur. 3 Oct. 1629, with her first husband at Asbby afsd.] (") The legitimacy of the children of Edward IV. was often questioned, in default of which this lady would have been heir of line of her race and of the Plantagcnel Sings. The right of Henry VII. to the Crown can only be considered as one by conquest, his pretension of any right thereto on the ground that his mother (who actually survived him, never having made any renunciation in his favour) was heir general (thro' a bastard tho' legitimated descent) of J"hu of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, a younger son of Edward til., is manifestly absurd, neither the said John of Gaunt nor any of bis descendants (Kings of the House of Lancaster) having at any lime been such heirs general, tho' undoubtedly (which, of course, the Tudors were not) they were the heirs male of the house of Plantngenet. ( b ) See vol. iii, p. 71, note "c," as to these Knights. ( c ) Camden says that " being a zealous I'uritan [he] much wasted his estate by a lavish support of those hot-headed preachers." He in 1569 actually petitioned for leave to sell his estates and to join the Huguenot army with 111. 000 men. ( d ) The marriage of the bride's brother, Lord Guilford Dudley, to Lady Jane Grey (Q,ueen Jane 6 to 19 July 1553). had taken place but four days previously. («) An elaborate history of the family of Hastings was completed June 1583 under his direction. A copy is in the Harl. MSS. 4774. V
