John Hastings (about 1412 – 1477) was an English landowner, soldier and administrator.
[1] In 1438, while serving with the English forces in Normandy as commander of the garrison at Saint-Lô, he learned that he had inherited his father's estates, at Elsing and Gressenhall in Norfolk and Fenwick in Yorkshire,[2] but never pursued any claim to the arms or titles that had dominated his father's life.
[1] Returning to Norfolk, in 1441 he was appointed Constable of Norwich Castle, which included responsibility for the gaol, on a salary of 20 pounds a year for life.
[3][2] He died at Elsing in 1477,[1] and was buried beside his wife at Gressenhall, where a monument commemorated them.
[1] As they were related, they had to plead ignorance of the link and apply for legitimation of existing and future children.