October 5, 1650

Henry Hastings (June 20, 1562 (baptised)  to October 5, 1650) was an English landowner. As the second son of George Hastings (who became the Earl of Huntingdon) he could not inherit his father's estate, but a marriage was arranged for Henry with the

... daughter of Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton Hall, Nottingham. The wedding took place on 9 July 1587 at All Saints' Church, Loughborough. From Sir Francis the couple received the estate of Woodlands, near Horton in Dorset, which the Willoughby family had inherited. Hastings was later to acquire other properties in Dorset and Hampshire...

This is according to his article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. But he is recalled not for being a landowner, but for being what the ODNB calls an "eccentric."  Henry Hastings lived to hunt, and besides game, the hunt included many of the local women. Hastings was popular and entertained often.

Hastings, it sounds to me,was just, to use technical jargon, a "guy guy." And certainly this type was more common 4 centuries ago.

Here is another quote:

At Woodlands, Hastings led a life almost entirely devoted to hunting, hawking, and fishing, and still rode well in his old age. He kept all sorts of hounds; dogs and cats and their litters had the freedom of the house, so that he kept a short stick on his table to defend his meals from them. The hall was full of hawks on their perches, hunting equipment, and trophies of the chase, and the floor was strewn with marrowbones from his hospitable table, for he entertained widely though not extravagantly; he was unusually moderate in his drinking. In the parlour a Bible, Foxe's book of martyrs, old hats containing pheasants' eggs, dice, cards, and used tobacco pipes lay close together.

Okay, a little -- eccentric.