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Birthbef 1211
Deathbef 8 Oct 1254, Pons, Poitou.
GeneralFought in England and Frace. A judge.
FatherStephen de Segrave (-1241)
MotherRoese le Despenser (-<1289)
DNB Main notes for Gilbert de Segrave
Segrave, Gilbert de d. 1254

Name: Segrave, Gilbert de
Dates: d. 1254
Active Date: 1234
Gender: Male

Field of Interest: Law
Occupation: Judge
Place of
    Death
: Pons in Poitou,   Prison
Spouse: Amabilia, daughter and heiress of Robert de Chaucumb
Sources: Matthew Paris; Dunstable Annals ap. Annales Monastici, vol. iii...
Contributor: C. L. K. [Charles Lethbridge Kingsford]

Article
Segrave, Gilbert de d. 1254, judge, was second son of Stephen de Segrave (d. 1241) [q.v.], by Rohesia, daughter of Thomas Despenser. His elder brother having died in their father's lifetime, he succeeded to the family estates in Leicestershire in 1241. Dugdale seems to have been in error in describing him as a canon of St. Paul's, for he does not appear in the lists. In 1231 Gilbert de Segrave had a grant of Kegworth in Leicestershire, and shortly after was made governor of Bolsover Castle. He was appointed justice of the forests south of the Trent in 1242 (Rôles Gascons, i. 104, &c.) and governor of Kenilworth Castle. In 1251 he was one of the justices to hear pleas in the city of London, but was not noticed as a judge after January 1252. In 1253 he accompanied the king to Gascony (ib. i. 2131, 2195, 2199, 2620). In January 1254 he was sent home by the king as one of his messengers to ask for money from the parliament (Matt. Paris, v. 423). Afterwards he rejoined the king, and was in Gascony on 16 June, and at Bordeaux as late as 7 Sept. (Rôles Gascons, i. 3792, 4015). Very soon afterwards, having obtained a safe-conduct from Louis IX, he started home through Poitou in the company of John de Plessis, earl of Warwick [q.v.], and other nobles. The party was treacherously seized by the citizens of Pons in Poitou, where Segrave fell ill, and died in prison before 8 Oct. (cf. ib. i. 3487; Ann. Mon. iii. 193). On 12 Oct. his wardships were granted to the king's son Edward (ib. iii. 194; Rôles Gascons, i. 3720). He married Amabilia, daughter and heiress of Robert de Chaucumb (Excerpt. e Rot. Finium, i. 462). By her he was father of Nicholas de Segrave, first baron Segrave [q.v.], and of Alice, wife of William Mauduit, earl of Warwick [q.v.]. Matthew Paris (v. 463) describes him as ‘vir nobilis ac dives et moribus adornatus.’

Sources
Matthew Paris; Dunstable Annals ap. Annales Monastici, vol. iii.; Nichols's Hist. Leicestershire, iii. 409; Foss's Judges of England.

Contributor: C. L. K.

published  1897
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