Sir Ralph Hastings of Allerston

✓ Sir Ralph de Hastings, lord of Allerston, Yorkshire; constable of Pickering Castle 1334; Sheriff of Yorkshire and keeper of York Castle; bought two parts of the manor of Slingsby from William son of William Wyvill in 1343 (Feet of Fines Yorks 17 Edw III) and had licence to crenellate his house there and impark its woods in 1344 (Cal. Pat. 1343-5 p.190); led the rearguard at Neville's Cross and died of his wounds in Nov 1346. 'He left a son and heir Ralph, Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1377, who died in 1397' (VCH). m. Margaret de Herle (I101100). Son of Sir Nicholas de Hastings and Agnes: in 1322, 'on the death of Agnes his mother', he paid relief for Allerston and Farmanby and land in Ebberston which she had held in dower; free warren in Allerston 1328/9 (VCH N.R. ii 422, citing Honour and Forest of Pickering iv 197 and Test. Ebor. i 19n). Parents wired 15 Oct 2026. Source: VCH Yorks North Riding vol. I (1914), pp.557-561, 'Slingsby' (citing Dugdale, Baronage i, 579-80). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 15 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]