poisoned by the Castilians, more likely causes were the dire conditions (at least during the early years) of his imprisonment and sickness and fatigue brought on by his hard years of confinement. Cockayne notes that, because Pembroke died in France, and the balance of his ransom was to be paid to du Guesclin after the Earl had returned to England, du Guesclin never received the balance of the ransom. Ormrod suggests that news of his death was greeted with "genuine shock" by the English nobility, both on account of Pembroke's youth and aristocratic status. The King did not attend the Garter feast of 1375, perhaps due to being in formal mourning for the Earl. Pembroke was buried in the choir of the Friars Preachers, in Hereford, sometime after 28 April 1375. The King sent offerings for the Earl's funeral. Pembroke had written two wills. The first was on 5 May 1372, which was superseded by another on 26 March 1374. The first one declared that the Earl wanted all his debts paid "by the hands of my executors and by the hands of the feoffees of my manors". The second will, proved in November 1376, made no mention of any feoffees, but did provide instructions for his funeral, particularly for his tomb. To this purpose he bequeathed £140, specifically requesting one to be built as grand as that of Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare. This will also specified rewards for his servants, especially those who had been with him in Castile and France. Pembroke was succeeded by his son, John, who had been born to Anne a few months after the Earl's capture and whom Pembroke never saw. His mother died in 1377. Pembroke's wife had inherited her father's barony on his death in 1371, and outlived her husband, dying in 1384. She continued to style herself Countess of Pembroke, as well as Lady of Bergavenny and of Mauny, and received her dower in November 1375. The rest of the Hastings estates were held in ward by the King during the minority of Pembroke's son. The young Hastings was known as John of Reading. He was killed in a joust in 1389, the earldom of Pembroke and the barony of Mauny becoming extinct as a result. Further, despite Pembroke's careful preparations and entailments, it came to pass as he had feared. When John the younger died childless, "the son