[1] Through his marriage, he acquired Woodlands Park, near Horton, Dorset, together with other parts of the old estate of the Filiols, where he lived.
Hastings supported the King in the Civil war and in 1645 his estate at Woodlands, valued in 1641 at £300, was sequestered.
His hall was hung with sporting trophies, while favourite dogs and cats occupied every corner.
Other details of his domestic economy may be found in Shaftesbury's character, which was first printed in Leonard Howard's Collection of Letters and State Papers, 1753; it was reprinted in the 'Connoisseur,’ No.
Woodlands passed into the hands of the Roy family, and was subsequently added to Lord Shaftesbury's estate.