Cross (Somerset Record Society, lxix) F. Hastings, Apologie or Defence of the Watchword (1600) Oxford DNB (2004) Proceedings in Parliaments of Elizabeth ed. T.E. Hartley, 3 vols. J. E. Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949) Commons Journals(CJ) vol.1, Winwood's Memorials ed. Edward Sawyer, 2 vols. C Cross, The Puritan Earl: Life and Times of Sir Francis Hastings, D. Newton, 'Sir Francis Hastings and the religious education of James VI and I', House Journal (HJ), xli External links 1540s births 1610 deaths Year of birth uncertain Date of birth unknown English knights 16th-century Puritans 17th-century English Puritans Francis Hastings (died 1610) High Sheriffs of Leicestershire English MPs 1571 English MPs 1584–1585 English MPs 1586–1587 English MPs 1597–1598 English MPs 1589 English MPs 1593 English MPs 1601 English MPs 1604–1611 Members of the Parliament of England for Leicestershire Younger sons of earls