Elizabeth Hastings
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Elizabeth Hastings was a sister of William, Lord Hastings, who was executed without trial by Richard of Gloucester in the Tower in 1483. She married Sir John Donne of Kidwelly, and she kneels beside him in the Memling triptych in the National Gallery. She was named sole executrix in his will.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (Standard account (National Gallery Donne-Triptych literature; Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry; CP) - relaxed-rule entry 23 Jul 2026, provenance so noted.; and named "domine Elizabeth uxori mee", sole executrix and life-tenant, in her husband's will PROB 11/13/421, read 23 Jul 2026): ELIZABETH HASTINGS, wife of Sir John Donne of Kidwelly - SHE KNEELS OPPOSITE HIM IN MEMLING'S DONNE TRIPTYCH; sister of WILLIAM, LORD HASTINGS (Edward IV's chamberlain, executed without trial by Richard III, June 1483 - collateral); dau. of Sir Leonard Hastings by Alice Camoys. Mother of Margaret Trussell (our line, per Cokayne). Direct ancestress. Added 23 Jul 2026.