Ada of Huntingdon

Female 1200 - 1242  (~ 42 years)


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  • Name Ada of Huntingdon 
    Birth ~1200  Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death ~1242  Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I47776  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2019 

    Father Sir David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon,   b. 1152, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1219, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Lady Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon,   b. 1171   d. 6 Jan 1233, (Scotland) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 26 Aug 1190  [3, 4
    Family ID F17120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henry de Hastings,   b. (England) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Aft 1224  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Sir Henry de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings,   b. ~1235, Ashill, Swaffham, Norfolk, Englan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ~4 Mar 1269, Ashill, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 33 years)
    Family ID F17567  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - ~1200 - Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Ada "Ada of Huntingdon" de Hastings formerly Huntingdon
      Born about 1200 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
      ANCESTORS ancestors
      Daughter of David (Huntingdon) of Scotland and Mabel (Chester) of Huntingdon
      Sister of Henry Dunkeld, Helen Dunkeld, Unknown (Huntingdon) Fleming [half], Ada (Huntingdon) Strathearn [half], Robert (Dunkeld) Huntingdon, Henry de Brechin [half], Henry (Huntingdon) de Huntingdon [half], David (Huntingdon) de Huntingdon, Margaret (Huntingdon) of Galloway, Isabelle (Huntingdon) de Bruce, Unknown (Huntington) of Scotland and John (Huntingdon) de Huntingdon
      Wife of Henry (Hastings) de Hastings — married after 1224 [location unknown]
      DESCENDANTS descendants
      Mother of Ada (Hastings) de Brereton, Margaret Hastings, Henry (Hastings) de Hastings and Hilary (Hastings) de Harcourt
      Died about 1242 in Cheshire, England

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      British Aristocracy
      Ada (Huntingdon) de Hastings was a member of aristocracy in the British Isles.
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      == Ada was only married once ==

      Please note that many sources and websites claim that Ada was married to Ralph de Brereton and/or William de Handsacre.

      Ada of Huntingdon had but one husband, Sir Henry de Hastings. She did not marry (2nd) Sir Ralph de Brereton or William de Handsacre. The possibility exists that Sir Ralph de Brereton may have been married to her daughter, Ada de Hastings, widow of Sir Hubert Hovel. It is also possible that Sir Ralph de Brereton's widow married William de Handsacre. (See 'sources' below for link to posting by Douglas Richardson to SGM on this topic. Mr. Richardson also stated the existence of only one marriage for Ada in the latest edition of his book, "Magna Carta Ancestry".)

      The following is from a 2008 posting by Douglas Richardson to SGM:

      "Ada was certainly living in 1237, when she was co-heiress to her brother, John of Scotland, Earl of Chester and Huntingdon. She was likewise living in June 1241, when Stephen de Meverel sued William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, and Agnes his wife regarding the advowson of Gatton, Staffordshire; William and Agnes appeared by attorney, and stated that the advowson formed part of the inheritance of Agnes, which fell to her by the death of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, and that they could not answer without their co-parceners, , viz., Hugh de Aubeney, Earl of Arundel, Hawise de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln, Henry de Hastings and Ada his wife, Isabel de Brus, John de Balliol and Dervorgoil his wife, and William de Forz, and Christian his wife [see Colls. Hist. Staffs. 4 (1883): 90-102]. Ada was last known to be living 4 August 1241, but died before Trinity term 1242 (date of lawsuit) [see Curia Regis Rolls, 18 (1999): 21, 104–105, 193–194, 314, 335, 339; 19 (2002): 26, 48, 416].

      "That Ada predeceased her husband, Sir Henry de Hastings, is further proven by the Pipe Rolls of 1247, which record that Henry de Hastings was then holding the manors of Condover and Worfield, Shropshire, “by reason of the heirs of Ada his wife whom he has by the said Ada” (that is, he was holding Ada's lands by courtesy of England) [see Eyton, Antiqs. of Shropshire 3 (1856): 108].

      Children
      Sir Henry and Ada had four known children, namely one son, Henry, Knt., and three daughters, Ada (wife of Hubert Hovel, Knt.), Margery, and Hillary (wife of William de Harcourt, Knt.).

      Sources
      Royal Ancestry 2013 D. Richardson Vol. III p. 249-252
      Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. III p. 321-324
      Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
      3 Dec 2008 posting to SGM of Douglas Richardson re: Ada of Huntingdon derkeiler.
      Pedigree in Visitation of Cornwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.105
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      Fabpedigree.
      The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest.
      Celtic Royal Genealogy.
      Geneastar.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S10520] "William de Valence, 1st Earl ofPembroke", biography, abstracted November 29, 2015 by David A. Hennessee, info@classroom.

    2. [S14512] "Ada (Huntingdon) de Hastings (abt. 1200 - abt. 1242)", Biography, Ancestors & Descendants, https://www.wikitree.com/wik.

    3. [S9973] "David, Earl of Huntingdon" biography, accessed & downloaded Thurssday, November 17th, 2016 by David A. Hennessee, http.

    4. [S9974] "Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon" biography, accessed & downloaded Thurssday, November 17th, 2016 by David A.