de Segrave, Gilbert 1

Birth Name de Segrave, Gilbert
Gender male
Age at Death less than 57 years, 10 months

Narrative

GILBERT DE SEGRAVE, son of Hereward of Segrave (now Seagrave), co. Leicester, in 1166 held ¼ fee of William, Earl of Warwick. In 1187-88, with Robert, Canon of St. Mary, Leicester, he accounted for the revenues of the Abbey. He witnessed charters (n.d.) of Roger de Canville to Leicester Abbey and of Bertram de Verdun, and in 1190 a mortgage executed by William de Tureville. In 1192 and 1193 he accounted for the farm of cos. Warwick and Leicester (with Rainald Basset) on behalf of Hugh, Bishop of Coventry, in 1194 for the farm of co. Warwick for ½ year, and in 1195 and 1197 on behalf of William de Aubigny for the farm of cos. Warwick and Leicester, in each case for ½ year. In 1196 he was a Justice in eyre for co. Lincoln with Henry de Whiston; in 1197 he held land in the town of Leicester of Alice de Duston; in 1197/8 he was a pledge for William de Gernemue for his fine made with the King; in 1198-99 he owed 400 marks for an aid for the King's war. His wife is unknown. He died presumably before Michaelmas 1201. [Complete Peerage XI:596-7]

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Gilbert de Segrave; held half a fee of William, Earl of Warwick in 1166; died apparently by autumn 1201. [Burke's Peerage]

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In the 12th year of Henry II [1166], Gilbert de Segrave, Lord of Segrave, co. Leicester (whence he assumed his surname), held the fourth part of one knight's fee of William de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick, and in the 4th Richard I [1193], he was joint sheriff with Reginald Basset, for the cos. Warwick and Leicester under Hugh de Novant, bishop of Coventry, in which office he continued two whole years. He subsequently, 10th Richard I [1199], gave 400 marks to the king towards the support of his wars. This Gilbert was s. by his son, Stephen. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 484, Segrave, Barons Segrave and Barton Segrave]

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Gilbert de Segrave, Lord of Segrave, assumed the surname of Segrave from a lordship of that name in County Leicester, where he had his chief residence in the time of Henry II; in the 12th of Henry II, 1166, he held the fourth part of one knight's fee of William de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick, and in the 4th of Richard I, 1193, he was Joint Sheriff with Reginald Bassett for Warwick and Leicester under Hugh de Novant, Bishop of Coventry, in which office he continued two years. He subsequently, in 10th of Richard I, gave 400 marks to the King toward the support of his wars.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1144 Seagrave, Leicestershire, England   2a
Death before 1201-11-00 England   2b

Age: 57y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father de Segrave, Hereward11141166
Mother Beaumont, Wilburgaabout 1114
         de Segrave, Gilbert 1144 before 1201-11-00

Families

Family of de Segrave, Gilbert and de Chaucombe, Julian
Unknown Partner de Chaucombe, Julian ( * about 1147 + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Vere, Rohaise11721241
de Segrave, Thomasabout 1178after 1203
de Segrave, Stephen11791241-09-07

Family of de Segrave, Gilbert and

Unknown Partner ( * + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Segrave, Cecily1188about 1280

Source References

  1. Andrew: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=andwai&id=I7302&style=TABLE Ancestral Tree
  2. L17T-XQP FamilySearch.org
      • Source text:

        GILBERT de SEGRAVE (THOMAS 1, HUGH 2, HEREWARD 3)

        d. before Nov. 1201

        The Red Book of the Exchequer for 1166 records that Gilbert held four parts of one knight's fee from William, Earl of Warwick in Warwickshire.(1) He also witnessed a charter from the reign of King Henry II.(2) In 4 Richard I, he was joint sheriff for Warwickshire and Leicestershire with Reginald Bassett under Hugh de Novant, Bishop of Coventry. In 1199 he gave 400 marks to the king for support of the wars.(3)

        Issue-
        • I. STEPHEN- m.1. Rohese le Despencer, 2. Ida Hastings (m.2. Hugh Pecche, d. before 2 Mar. 1289, bur. Church of the Grey Friars, London), d.c.1241

        Ref:
        (1) Red Book of the Exchequer- Part I, "Certificationes factae de feodis militum"- p. 326
        (2) Documents Illustrative of the Social and Economic History of the Danelaw from Various Collections- F.M. Stenton, London, 1920- 464, p. 342
        (3) The Segraves- on the Wyken, Coventry home page at: http://www.wyken.com/html/segrave.html

      • Citation:

        https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L17T-XQP

      • Source text:

        GILBERT de SEGRAVE (THOMAS 1, HUGH 2, HEREWARD 3)

        d. before Nov. 1201

        The Red Book of the Exchequer for 1166 records that Gilbert held four parts of one knight's fee from William, Earl of Warwick in Warwickshire.(1) He also witnessed a charter from the reign of King Henry II.(2) In 4 Richard I, he was joint sheriff for Warwickshire and Leicestershire with Reginald Bassett under Hugh de Novant, Bishop of Coventry. In 1199 he gave 400 marks to the king for support of the wars.(3)

        Issue-
        • I. STEPHEN- m.1. Rohese le Despencer, 2. Ida Hastings (m.2. Hugh Pecche, d. before 2 Mar. 1289, bur. Church of the Grey Friars, London), d.c.1241

        Ref:
        (1) Red Book of the Exchequer- Part I, "Certificationes factae de feodis militum"- p. 326
        (2) Documents Illustrative of the Social and Economic History of the Danelaw from Various Collections- F.M. Stenton, London, 1920- 464, p. 342
        (3) The Segraves- on the Wyken, Coventry home page at: http://www.wyken.com/html/segrave.html

      • Citation:

        https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L17T-XQP