Brief Life History of Walter
When Walter Hastings was born on 11 August 1542, in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England, his father, Francis Hastings 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, was 28 and his mother, Katherine Pole, was 31. He married Joyce Roper on 22 May 1574, in England. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 20 August 1616, in Donington, Lincolnshire, England, at the age of 74, and was buried in Donington, Lincolnshire, England.
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- England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837
- London, England, Marriage Licences, 1521-1869
- Walter Hastings, "Find A Grave Index"
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1549 · Book of Common Prayer
Book of Common Prayer, a product of the English Reformation, was published in 1549 for assistance in the administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England. The book outlined morning, evening, and communion prayers and orders for baptism and marriage, thus making England a truly Protestant state.
1558 · Act of Uniformity
The Act of Uniformity was passed by the Parliament of England and required all people to go to church once a week. The consequence of not attending church was a fine of 12 pence, which was a considerable amount for a poor person.
1569 · State Lottery
A State Lottery was recorded in 1569. The tickets were sold at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from Hastings (Sussex), near which the English army was defeated by the Normans in 1066. The placename derives from an Old English personal name Hǣsta + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas. In the latter part of the 12th century, at the time of William the Lion, the surname was taken to Scotland, where it assimilated instances of the native Scottish surname Harestane.
English: variant of Hasting with Middle English genitival -s.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hOistín ‘descendant of Oistín’, the Gaelic form of the personal name Augustine (see Austin ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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GOOD MEMORIAL
HASTINGS FAMILY It is said that the first man to carry the name of Hastings was a Norman named Robert who fought at Senlac with the Conqueror and subsequently became Portreeve of the town of Hastings, …
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