tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342742228702877343.post8715386744977524961..comments2024-02-11T19:31:25.745+00:00Comments on The Yorkist Age: William, Lord HastingsBrian Wainwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867772590464992131noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342742228702877343.post-73737151985391849192014-12-11T18:29:41.687+00:002014-12-11T18:29:41.687+00:00Apparently Lord Hastings is my Great x-15 Grandfat...Apparently Lord Hastings is my Great x-15 Grandfather! I'm having a lot of fun reading more about him. Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950137797520708185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342742228702877343.post-53973286138571734312012-03-17T00:39:09.197+00:002012-03-17T00:39:09.197+00:00Now I have this image in my mind of Hastings hangi...Now I have this image in my mind of Hastings hanging around the court with numerous gold chains, rings, a walking stick, and an enormous feathered hat. Now that I think about it, that isn't so inaccurate.JJFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11948014831964413383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342742228702877343.post-50978930366017827882011-03-07T06:25:40.734+00:002011-03-07T06:25:40.734+00:00Nice post, Brian! Hastings certainly seems to have...Nice post, Brian! Hastings certainly seems to have been a colourful character. If his words about her in his will are anything to go by, he may not have been faithful to his wife (Katheryn Nevill) but he did at least seem to have been fond of her.<br /><br />Caroline, you might have read that bit you refer to on the Feast, where I quoted it from Hancock's book. He was talking more about Bosworth than anything else. I tend to agree with you, Richard would have had a hard time with Hastings if he'd survived. And an interesting point about EW. Maybe things would have worked out better if Hastings hadn't been thinking of his friend the king...Ragged Staffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285451640470655380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342742228702877343.post-9183148172427211782011-02-02T21:45:23.429+00:002011-02-02T21:45:23.429+00:00Brian, thanks for the posts on Towton and Lord Has...Brian, thanks for the posts on Towton and Lord Hastings. I once read a comment on a blog (I can't remember which one) which stated that RIII might have been better off if he'd summarily executed Stanley and kept Hastings alive. I'm not so sure...Hastings first loyalty was to EIV above everyone else, and if he came to believe that RIII was planning to take the throne for himself, he would have fought for EV's rights tooth and nail.<br />As for Hastings being a royal pimp, I'm sure that's at least partly true. I believe that's how EIV met Elizabeth Woodville- she caught Hastings' eye after arranging the marriage of her son to his daughter, and out of courtesy he let best friend the King have a go at her first. Of course, not one anticipated EW wouldn't let desperation get the best of her and instead decide to hold out for marriage.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04141596690877233633noreply@blogger.com