File:Monumental brass of Sir Hugh Hastings (died 1347), St Mary's Church, Elsing, Norfolk.svg

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Two comparative images of the monumental brass of Sir Hugh Hastings (died 1347) in St Mary's Church, Elsing, Norfolk, left: drawing by w:Charles Alfred Stothard (1786-1821); right: later brass rubbing, showing subsequent losses. The smaller figures of mourners or "weepers", each in his own rectangular panel and displaying his coat of arms on tunic and shield, are as follows: (Source: Monumental Brass Society, March 2005 "brass of the month" [1] ; See illustrations of brasses in Joseph Foster, Some Feudal Coats of Arms (London, 1902), pp. xxxii–xxxiii[2] )

  • Dexter, on Hasting's right hand (viewer's left), top to bottom:
    • King Edward III
    • w:Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick (1313-1369), later KG, carries a lance with a pennon of a Cross of St George;
    • Hugh le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser (c.1308/9-1349) (missing). Replica commissioned and donated to the church by the Australian surgeon and brass enthusiast G. Ian Taylor, FRACS, FRCS of Melbourne, Australia, based on "a picture of unknown origin found in the church" by him after 1970, as is recorded on an adjacent brass plaque. (see: Ian Taylor, A Touch of Brass, Monumental Brass Society, Bulletin 147, June 2021, pp.932-3[3])
    • w:Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin (c.1298-1353), married to Elizabeth Hastings, Hugh's aunt. Three or four generations later, in 1410, was decided the famous chivalric court case of Grey v. Hastings, when Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey (d.1440), the 1st Baron Grey's grandson, challenged the right of Edward Hastings, the great grandson of Hugh Hastings I, to bear the arms Or, a maunch gules. This dispute arose after the death in 1389 of the last Hastings Earl of Pembroke without issue, namely John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, grandson of w:Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1319-1348). The court decided in favour of Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey, as the valid claimant. See: Maurice H. Keen, English Military Experience and the Court of Chivalry: the Case of Grey V. Hastings, published in GUERRE ET SOCIÉTÉ EN FRANCE, EN ANGLETERRE ET EN BOURGOGNE XIVE-XVE SIÈCLE, pp.123-142 [4]
  • Sinister, on Hasting's left hand (viewer's right), top to bottom:
Text from Monumental Brasses Society: Three of the figures, the Earls of Lancaster and Warwick, and Lord Stafford, each carries a lance with a pennon of a Cross of St George. Together with the King himself, they were founder members of the Order of the Garter, which was closely associated with St George, who is prominently represented in the canopy of the brass. The earliest evidence for the use of the Garter device dates from 1348, and the Order was not formally founded until the following year. There is, however, evidence to show that the King Edward had been considering the foundation of an order chivalry from at least as early as 1346. One may speculate, therefore, that the figures with St George's pennons may have been members of a proto-order or association, which also included Hastings, and eventually became the Order of the Garter. The Order of the Garter was first held by King Edward III and 25 Founder Knights.
Date pre-1821 drawing and later brass rubbing
Source Monumental Brass Society, March 2005 "brass of the month" [5]
Author Drawing by w:Charles Alfred Stothard (1786-1821), brass rubbing later, showing subsequent losses.

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