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XIX. 1325.	Laurence (Hastings), Lord Hastings, s. and h., cr. EARL OF PEMBROKE, 1339. He d. 30 Aug. 1348. See fuller account under "Pembroke."
XX. 1348.	John (Hastings), Earl of Pembroke, s. and h.[1] He d. 16 Apr. 1375.[2] See fuller account under "Pembroke."
XXI. 1375.	John (Hastings), s. and h., never invested as Earl of Pembroke. He d. a minor, unm., 30 Dec. 1389. See fuller account under "Pembroke."
XXII. 1389. BARONY. I. 1392.	I. William Beauchamp, cousin (i.e. s. of a sister of the grandmother)[3] of the last owner, (but in no way connected with any of the former owners previous to the marriage of his maternal aunt with the then Lord), suc. to the Castle and Honour of Abergavenny by virtue of the entail, made by John, Earl of Pembroke, abovenamed.[2] He was 4th s. of Thomas, Earl of Warwick, by Katharine, da. of Roger (Mortimer), Earl of March. He served under the gallant Chandos, and subsequently, in the wars with France, with great distinction, and in 1375 (or 1376) was, by Edward III, nominated K.G. In 1383 he was Captain of Calais. Having suc., as above mentioned, to the lands of

1. As to his styling himself Seigneur de Weiseford, see under "Wexford," in Ireland, in Appendix A in this volume.
2. In pursuance of a royal licence, dated 20 Feb. (1368/9) 43 Edw. III, the Earl enfeoffed certain persons of all his estates, except the manor of Ashill, Norfolk, and the feoffees redemised to him for 5 years from 20 Mar., 43 Edw. III. On 15 Apr. (1372) 46 Edw. III, styling himself Johan de Hastynges conte de Pembrok seignur de Weiseford et Bergeveny, he confirmed and granted the same estates to these feoffees and their heirs for ever. Finally, by letters patent written in his hostel in London, 5 May 1372, he directed the feoffees that, if he d. abroad, his debts should be paid, and that if he d. s.p. [he had then no child], the King should be enfeoffed of the castle and county of Pembroke, the castles and lordships of Tenby and Kilgerran, and the commote of Oysterlowe: and that they should give and grant the other castles, manors etc., which they had of his feoffment ove la reversione du chastel la ville et seignurie de Bergev' etc., to his cousin Monsieur William de Beauchamp and his heirs for ever, on condition that he bore the Earl's arms undifferenced (enteres), and that he took proceedings before the King q'il port non̄ de cont de Pembrok a lui et a ses heirs, and that if William declined these terms, they should enfeoff the Earl's cousin, William de Clynton, on the same conditions. Wherefore, in the quinzaine of St. Michael (1375) 49 Edw. III, the Earl being dead in parts beyond seas, the feoffees appeared before the King's Council at Westm., and afterwards, in the same presence, William de Beauchamp accepted the above terms. But since the Earl had an heir of his body then living under age, it was decreed that the King should have the custody of the castles, manors, etc., till the age of the said heir. (Exemplification on the Patent Roll, 5 Mar. 1377, 51 Edw. III, m. 29). (ex inform. G. W. Watson.) V.G.
3. His precise relationship to the Earls of Pembroke is that his mother's sister, Agnes Mortimer (wife of Laurence, Lord Hastings, cr. Earl of Pembroke), was mother of John, Earl of Pembroke (who, in 1372, executed in his favour the deed of entail), and grandmother of John Hastings, who d. unm. in 1389.