On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 1:45:34 PM UTC+2, John Watson wrote: > You have obviously done a great deal of research into the early Hastings families, so I would like to ask you a question. In your opinion, are William fitz Robert de Hastings and William de Hastings, king's dispenser and steward of Bury St. Edmunds, the same person? No I think they are definitely different. Different parents, different spouses/widows, different heirs, died at different times, owned different things. Regards Andrew