Hugh Hastings III

Hugh Hastings III (died 1386/1387), Lord of Elsing, Brisley and Grimston, was an English soldier and noble who fought in the Hundred Years' War.

[1] He was knighted by John of Gaunt on the Great Chevauchée to France in 1373.

According to Robert de Fishlake, who accompanied him, he left an escutcheon of his arms everywhere he stayed.

[2] In 1386, he gave evidence in the case of Scrope v Grosvenor, a famous heraldric law dispute.

[2] Hugh married Anne, daughter of Edward Despenser, Lord of Glamorgan and Morgannwg and Elizabeth Deburghersh; they are known to have had the following issue:[1]

Arms of Hugh Hastings: Quarterly 1st and 4th: Or, a maunch gules, a label of three argent (Hastings of Elsing); 2nd and 3rd: Gules, a bend argent (Foliot) .