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Hugh Hastings

Type Figure Region England Time c. 1310–1347 Also known as Sir Hugh Hastings、Hugh Hastings of Elsing、埃尔辛的休·黑斯廷斯

Hugh Hastings (c. 1310–1347) was an English knight and administrator, second son of John, Baron Hastings, holding Elsing in Norfolk through his wife …

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  1. 1330–1338Elsing, Norfolk · NorfolkA long-serving attendant of Edward III, he held the manor of Elsing in Norfolk. Repeatedly ordered north in the 1330s to take part in military operations against Scotland, supporting the Edward Balliol faction and guarding England's northern frontier.
  2. 1338–1340Scottish border · Scottish borderCommanding garrison forces on the Scottish border from 1338 to 1340, taking part in actions at Berwick and elsewhere, he was an important commander in the second phase of England's Scottish wars.
  3. 1340–1347Old Ford (Middlesex) · MiddlesexHe accompanied Edward III on the Low Countries expedition in 1340 and took part in the naval battle of Sluys; he joined the Brittany campaigns of 1342–1343 with the Earl of Pembroke. In June 1346 he was appointed the king's captain in Flanders, besieging Béthune and thereby missing the battle of Crécy on August 26; after the siege failed he led his men to join the siege of Calais. Appointed captain-general of Gascony in May 1347, he made his will at Old Ford in Middlesex after returning to England and died about July 29, buried in the church of St Mary at Elsing. His brass monument is a representative work of medieval English knightly portraiture.

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