Nicholas Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave
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Nicholas Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave (also Seagrave; c. 1238 – bef. 12 November 1295) was an English baronial leader. Nicholas was grandson of Stephen de Segrave.[2] Segrave was one of the most prominent baronial leaders during the reign of King Henry III.
On 4 August 1265 he was wounded at the Battle of Evesham and taken prisoner, however on 1 July 1267 he was granted a pardon. In 1295 he was summoned to Parliament to be made a Baron. He died by 12 November of the same year and was succeeded in the barony by his son John.
Marriage and issue
[edit]Nicholas married Maud de Lucy, daughter of Geoffrey de Lucy, Knt., of Newington in Kent,[3] Cublington, Buckinghamshire, Dallington and Slapton, Northamptonshire, etc., by his wife, Nichole. Nicholas and Matilda 'Maud' had the following issue:
- John Segrave, 2nd Baron Segrave, born 1256, died 1325, married Christian de Plescy.
- Nicholas Segrave, Knt., was a soldier and administrator, and lord of Stowe in Northamptonshire. From 1308 to 1316 he was Lord Marshal of England. He died in 1321.[4]
- Henry Segrave, Knt.
- Geoffrey Segrave, Knt., Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1307
- Simon Segrave
- Gilbert Segrave, Bishop of London
- Stephen Segrave Archdeacon of Essex.
- Annabel Segrave, married John du Plessis (a grandson of John du Plessis, 7th Earl of Warwick)
- Eleanor Segrave, married Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby.
References
[edit]- ^ Some Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees. Joseph Foster. 1902. (p.115)
- ^ Stourton, A.J. (1876) 5 papers relating to ... Mowbray and Segrave Oxford University pg 17 (via Google)
- ^ There are several places in Kent called Newington. It is unclear, and may never be known, in which one Geoffrey de Lucy had an interest.
- ^ J. S. Hamilton, Nicholas Seagrave, Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
Further reading
[edit]- Jewell, Helen M. (2004). "Seagrave [Segrave], Nicholas of, first Lord Seagrave (1238?–1295), baron". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25039. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.