John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, was an English landowner, soldier and administrator who was one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland in 1290 and signed and sealed the Barons' Letter of 1301. He was Lord of the Manor of Hunningham.
Seal of John Hastings appended to the Barons' Letter, 1301. The arms are unidentified, but are blazoned: On a cross between four fleurs-de-lys five fleurs-de-lys; like his brother he did not seal the Letter with his paternal arms
Competitors for the Crown of Scotland
When the crown of Scotland became vacant in September 1290 on the death of the seven-year-old Queen Margaret, 13 claimants to the throne came forward. Those with the most credible claims were John Balliol; Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale; John Hastings and Floris V, Count of Holland.
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