Bryant/Bourchier/Tilney/Rochford/Hastings Genealogy: From Robert de Hastings to Alice de Hastings

32nd Generation: Robert de Hastings

  • Robert was born in an unknown year in Venoix, Normandy.
  • He married an unknown woman, and had a son:
    • Walter (who we are descended from) (1068-1130)
  • Robert was noted as a tenant in Hastings in the Doomsday Book. He served as Baliff of Hastings. His father was Ralph de Venoix (of Venoix, France).
  • Robert took the name de Hastings to be Robert of Hastings. He did fight at the battle of Hastings.
  • Robert died after 1100 in Hastings, Sussex.