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for having taken part with Owen Glendour, and 

 beheaded 11 of Henry IV. Richard, his brother, 

 obtained a restoration to his lands ; and 4 of Henry 

 VI., was made high sheriff of Yorkshire ; but died 

 15 of Henry VI., without issue, leaving Leonard, 

 his brother, his heir. Leonard was succeeded by 

 his son William, the celebrated but unfortunate 

 Lord Hastings ; a person, as Dugdale observes, of 

 extraordinary note in his days, as appears by his 

 eminent employments and singular trusts ; taking 

 a very conspicuous part in the reigns of Henry VI., 

 Edvvard IV., and Edward V. 



In the reign of Henry VI., he was in high favour 

 with Richard, Duke of York, who granted him a 

 pension in consideration of his good and faithful 

 service, styling him his beloved servant William 

 Hastings : and he proved himself no less so to his 

 son Edward, afterwards king by the name of Edward 

 I V. ; in whose esteem he stood so high, that he not 

 only bestowed upon him immense landed possess- 

 ions, in this and other counties, but made him mas- 

 ter of the mint, governor of the town of Calais, 

 Lord Chamberlain, and advanced him to the degree 

 and dignity of a baron of the realm. 



In the 10 of Edward IV., when the great Earl of 

 Warwick, denominated the king-maker, had revolt- 

 ed with various other nobles, and set up the stand- 

 ard of king Henry, Hastings remained true to his 

 allegiance, and commanded 3,000 horse in the cel- 

 ebrated battle of Barnet ; where Warwick being 

 slain, and his whole army defeated, king Edward 

 re-obtained the crown of this realm, 



