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Katherine <I>de Neville</I> Hastings

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Katherine de Neville Hastings

Birth
Salisbury, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
Death
1504 (aged 61–62)
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England
Burial
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England Add to Map
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Katherine de Neville Bonville Hastings

Fifth daughter and one of ten children of Richard de Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and Alice Montagu. Granddaughter of Sir Ralph de Neville and Lady Joan de Beaufort (the daughter of John of Gaunt and Katherine de Roet), Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury and Eleanor de Holland. Katherine was born in 1442 at Salisbury.

Wife of Sir William Bonville, 6th Lord Harington, son of Sir William Bonville and Elizabeth Harington. They were married in 1458 and had one daughter, Cecily, who married Sir Thomas Grey. Sir William was a Yorkist, captured and beheaded on the battlefield at the Battle of Wakefield along with his father 31 Dec 1460, making Katherine one of the wealthiest heiresses of all England at age eighteen.

Her brother, Richard 'the Kingmaker' arranged her next marriage to Sir William Hastings, the son of Sir Leonard Hastings and Alice de Camoys. They were married by 1462 and had six children:
Richard Hastings (1464 - 1465)
William Hastings (1466 - 1466)
Sir Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings (1466 - 1506)
Richard Hastings (born 1468)
William Hastings (a470 - after 1540)
Anne Hastings (c.1471 - 1520) married
George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury
Sir William was charged with treason and beheaded 13 June 1483. Katherine was taken under the protection of Richard II, but lost many of her properties despite his promises.
Katherine did not remarry and left a will dated 22 Nov 1503, proven 25 March 1504, but her exact death is unknown.

Thank you Anne Shurtleff Stevens for all this information.

Katherine de Neville Bonville Hastings

Fifth daughter and one of ten children of Richard de Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and Alice Montagu. Granddaughter of Sir Ralph de Neville and Lady Joan de Beaufort (the daughter of John of Gaunt and Katherine de Roet), Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury and Eleanor de Holland. Katherine was born in 1442 at Salisbury.

Wife of Sir William Bonville, 6th Lord Harington, son of Sir William Bonville and Elizabeth Harington. They were married in 1458 and had one daughter, Cecily, who married Sir Thomas Grey. Sir William was a Yorkist, captured and beheaded on the battlefield at the Battle of Wakefield along with his father 31 Dec 1460, making Katherine one of the wealthiest heiresses of all England at age eighteen.

Her brother, Richard 'the Kingmaker' arranged her next marriage to Sir William Hastings, the son of Sir Leonard Hastings and Alice de Camoys. They were married by 1462 and had six children:
Richard Hastings (1464 - 1465)
William Hastings (1466 - 1466)
Sir Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings (1466 - 1506)
Richard Hastings (born 1468)
William Hastings (a470 - after 1540)
Anne Hastings (c.1471 - 1520) married
George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury
Sir William was charged with treason and beheaded 13 June 1483. Katherine was taken under the protection of Richard II, but lost many of her properties despite his promises.
Katherine did not remarry and left a will dated 22 Nov 1503, proven 25 March 1504, but her exact death is unknown.

Thank you Anne Shurtleff Stevens for all this information.



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  • Maintained by: James Bianco
  • Originally Created by: Bob Brien
  • Added: Sep 26, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59232931/katherine-hastings: accessed ), memorial page for Katherine de Neville Hastings (1442–1504), Find a Grave Memorial ID 59232931, citing St. Helen's Churchyard, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).