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Personal data Stephen de Segrave 

• He was born before 1179 in Seagrave, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, England.Source 2
• He died on November 9, 1241 in Leicester Abbey, Leicestershire, England.Source 3
• This information was last updated on April 23, 2023.

Household of Stephen de Segrave

(1) He is married to Rohese le Despenser.

They got married at 1st wife.Source 2

Child(ren):

1. Gilbert de Segrave  ± 1202-1254 
2. John de Segrave  ± 1207-1230

(2) He is married to Ida de Hastings.

They got married before 1241 at 2nd wife.Source 2

Notes about Stephen de Segrave

Stephen de Segrave; of age by 1200; Keeper of: Sauvey Castle June 1220,Essex and Herts Nov 1220, the Honour of Boulogne Dec 1220, Lincs March1221/2, Hedingham Castle, Essex March 1221/2, Lincoln Castle and LincsDec 1223, Hertford Castle Jan 1223/4, Northampton Castle 1229; appointed a guardian of England in Henry III's absence in France 1230; Sheriff of Beds, Bucks, Leics, Northants and Worcs 1230; Commissioner to negotiate with Llewelyn Prince of North Wales 1232; Keeper of: Kenilworth CastleMay 1232, Northampton Castle July 1232 and Beds, Bucks, Leics, Northantsand Warwicks for life; Justiciar of England 1232; a principal advisor to Henry III 1233; married 1st Rohese, sister of Hugh Despenser; married 2nd Ida, sister of Henry de Hastings, and died 1241. [Burke's Peerage]

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Stephen de Segrave, who, in the 5th King John [1204], was constable of the Tower of London, and, remaining faithful to that monarch in his conflicts with the barons, obtained a grant (17th John) [1216] of thelands of Stephen de Gant, lying in the cos. Lincoln and Leicester, with the manor of Kintone, co. Warwick. In the 4th Henry III [1220], he was made governor of Saubey Castle, Leicestershire, and the next year constituted sheriff of the cos. Essex and Hertford, and afterwards of Leicestershire. In the 8th of the same reign, he was governor of the castle at Hertford, and in two years after, one of the justices itinerant in the cos. Nottingham and Derby. About this period we find this successful person, whom Matthew Paris says, in his young days "from a clerk was made a knight," acquiring large landed property by purchase. In the 13th Henry III [1229], he bought the manor of Cotes, in the co. Derby, from the daus. and heirs of Stephen de Beauchamp, and he afterwards purchase from Ranulph, Earl of Chester and Lincoln, all thelands which that nobleman possessed at Mount Sorrell, co. Leicester,without the castle, as also two carucates and a half lying at Segravewhich himself and his ancestors had previously held at the rent of 14s.per annum. In the 16th Henry III, he obtained a grant of the custody ofthe castle and county of Northampton, as also of the cos. Bedford,Buckingham, Warwick, and Leicester, for the term of his life, taking thewhole profit of all those shires for his support in that service,excepting the ancient farms which had usually been paid into theexchequer.

Having been of the king's council for several years, as also chief justice of the Common Pleas, he succeeded, in the 16th Henry III, Hubertde Burgh in the great office of justiciary of England, being at the sametime constituted governor of Dover, Canterbury, Rochester, &c., and constable of the Tower of London. After this we find him, however,opposed by the bishops and barons and his manor house at Segrave burnt tothe ground by the populace, as well as another mansion in the co.Huntingdon. The king, too, in this perilous crisis, deserted him and cited him, along with Peter de Rupibus, bishop of Winchester, and others who had been in power, to appear forthwith at court in order to answerany charge regarding the wasting of the public treasure, which might be preferred against them. Some of those persons, conscious of guilt, fled to sanctuary, and Stephen de Segrave sought an asylum in the abbey of Leicester, where he openly declared that he was and had been a priest, and that he resolved to shave his crown again to be a canon of thathouse. Nevertheless, upon second thoughts, he braved the storm and appeared at court under the archbishop's protection, where the king called him a wicked traitor, and told him that it was under his advice that he had displaced Hubert de Burgh from the office of justiciary and cast that eminent person into prison, nay, that had he gone the full length of his council, Hubert would have been hanged, and divers of the nobility banished. In twelve months subsequently, however, Stephen de Segrave made his peace by paying 1000 marks to the king, and he afterwards grew again into such favour that, in the 21st Henry III[1237], he was the means of reconciling the king with some of his mosthostile barons. Subsequently he was made justice of Chester and theking's chief councillor, and "being now," says Dugdale, "advanced inyears, deported himself by experience of former times with much moretemper and moderation than heretofore."

This eminent person m. twice - 1st, Rohese, dau. of Thomas le Despencer,and 2ndly, Ida, sister of Henry de Hastings, with whom he had infrank-marriage, the manor of Bruneswaver, co. Warwick. of Stephen deSegrave, so distinguished in the reign of Henry III, Matthew Paris, thusspeaks -- "This Stephen, though come of no high parentage, was in hisyouth, of a clerk made a knight; and in his latter days, through hisprudence and valour, so exalted that he had the reputation of one of thechief men of the realm, managing the greatest affairs as he pleased. Indoing whereof, he more minded his own profit than the common good, yetfor some good deeds and making a discreet testament, he d. with muchhonour." He departed this life in 1241, and was s. by his son, Gilbert deSegrave. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 484, Segrave, BaronsSegrave of Barton Segrave]

Stephen de Segrave; of age by 1200; Keeper of: Sauvey Castle June 1220,Essex and Herts Nov 1220, the Honour of Boulogne Dec 1220, Lincs March1221/2, Hedingham Castle, Essex March 1221/2, Lincoln Castle and LincsDec 1223, Hertford Castle Jan 1223/4, Northampton Castle 1229; appointeda guardian of England in Henry III's absence in France 1230; Sheriff ofBeds, Bucks, Leics, Northants and Worcs 1230; Commissioner to negotiatewith Llewelyn Prince of North Wales 1232; Keeper of: Kenilworth CastleMay 1232, Northampton Castle July 1232 and Beds, Bucks, Leics, Northantsand Warwicks for life; Justiciar of England 1232; a principal advisor toHenry III 1233; married 1st Rohese, sister of Hugh Despenser; married 2ndIda, sister of Henry de Hastings, and died 1241. [Burke's Peerage]

Stephen de Segrave, who, in the 5th King John [1204], was constable ofthe Tower of London, and, remaining faithful to that monarch in hisconflicts with the barons, obtained a grant (17th John) [1216] of thelands of Stephen de Gant, lying in the cos. Lincoln and Leicester, withthe manor of Kintone, co. Warwick. In the 4th Henry III [1220], he wasmade governor of Saubey Castle, Leicestershire, and the next yearconstituted sheriff of the cos. Essex and Hertford, and afterwards ofLeicestershire. In the 8th of the same reign, he was governor of thecastle at Hertford, and in two years after, one of the justices itinerantin the cos. Nottingham and Derby. About this period we find thissuccessful person, whom Matthew Paris says, in his young days "from aclerk was made a knight," acquiring large landed property by purchase. Inthe 13th Henry III [1229], he bought the manor of Cotes, in the co.Derby, from the daus. and heirs of Stephen de Beauchamp, and heafterwards purchase from Ranulph, Earl of Chester and Lincoln, all thelands which that nobleman possessed at Mount Sorrell, co. Leicester,without the castle, as also two carucates and a half lying at Segravewhich himself and his ancestors had previously held at the rent of 14s.per annum. In the 16th Henry III, he obtained a grant of the custody ofthe castle and county of Northampton, as also of the cos. Bedford,Buckingham, Warwick, and Leicester, for the term of his life, taking thewhole profit of all those shires for his support in that service,excepting the ancient farms which had usually been paid into theexchequer.

Having been of the king's council for several years, as also chiefjustice of the Common Pleas, he succeeded, in the 16th Henry III, Hubertde Burgh in the great office of justiciary of England, being at the sametime constituted governor of Dover, Canterbury, Rochester, &c., andconstable of the Tower of London. After this we find him, however,opposed by the bishops and barons and his manor house at Segrave burnt tothe ground by the populace, as well as another mansion in the co.Huntingdon. The king, too, in this perilous crisis, deserted him andcited him, along with Peter de Rupibus, bishop of Winchester, and otherswho had been in power, to appear forthwith at court in order to answerany charge regarding the wasting of the public treasure, which might bepreferred against them. Some of those persons, conscious of guilt, fledto sanctuary, and Stephen de Segrave sought an asylum in the abbey ofLeicester, where he openly declared that he was and had been a priest,and that he resolved to shave his crown again to be a canon of thathouse. Nevertheless, upon second thoughts, he braved the storm andappeared at court under the archbishop's protection, where the kingcalled him a wicked traitor, and told him that it was under his advicethat he had displaced Hubert de Burgh from the office of justiciary andcast that eminent person into prison, nay, that had he gone the fulllength of his council, Hubert would have been hanged, and divers of thenobility banished. In twelve months subsequently, however, Stephen deSegrave made his peace by paying 1000 marks to the king, and heafterwards grew again into such favour that, in the 21st Henry III[1237], he was the means of reconciling the king with some of his mosthostile barons. Subsequently he was made justice of Chester and theking's chief councillor, and "being now," says Dugdale, "advanced inyears, deported himself by experience of former times with much moretemper and moderation than heretofore."

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