Kammala wannan jumla: A lokacin Wars of the Roses, Ralph Hastings ya kasance mai goyon bayan gidan York. Ya kasance duka biyu da kuma doki na jiki ga Edward IV. Ya yi yaƙi a yaƙe-yaƙe na
Barnet a ranar 14 ga Afrilu 1471 kuma a Tewkesbury a ranar 4 ga Mayu 1461, inda aka ba shi daraja. A wannan shekarar ne Sarki ya nada shi mai kula da gidan Rockingham a Kent, kuma ya ba shi albashin shekara-shekara na 50 marks. A cikin 1462 an ba shi gidan sarauta na Great Harrowden, wanda aka rasa ga kambi ta hanyar mai shiga a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba 1461 na Sir William Vaux, daga baya aka kashe shi a Tewkesbury. Ya riƙe ofisoshi da yawa a lokacin mulkin Edward IV, gami da Mai Kula da Zaki da Damisa a Hasumiyar London.