Gilbert of Seagrave

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Sir Gilbert of Seagrave (also Segrave ) († before October 8, 1254 in Pons , Poitou ) was an English nobleman, administrator and lord judge .

Origin and advancement under Heinrich III.

Gilbert of Seagrave was the second son of Stephen of Seagrave and his first wife Rohesia, a daughter of Thomas Despenser. After the death of his older brother John, he became his father's heir in 1231. Through his father, who from 1232 as justiciar of King Heinrich III. served, Gilbert also came into the service of the king. He probably took part in the unsuccessful French campaign of Henry III in 1230 . part. In 1233 he served as a conduit for the tax receipts from Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire , which had been approved by Parliament as the Tax of the Fourteenth . Seagrave directed the funds from Northampton to Gloucester . After the death of Earl Ranulf of Chester , Gilbert was appointed administrator of Newcastle-under-Lyme Castle in December 1232 . In 1233 the king thanked him for his services by transferring Burton and parts of Horncastle . However, when his father was overthrown as justiciar in May 1234, Seagrave had to stand trial and give up his office as administrator of Newcastle-under-Lyme Castle . His father was able to regain the favor of the king until 1236, but Seagrave apparently had no greater importance until his father's death in 1241.

Service as judge of the king

After his father's death, Seagrave inherited his estates in Leicestershire , Worcestershire , Warwickshire , Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire . The king waived the fee for this inheritance. In May 1242 Seagrave was appointed judge for the royal forests south of the Trent , which he remained until at least October 1245. In 1248 he paid the king 100 marks , with which all claims of the king to his tenure as forest judge were settled. From 1242 to 1244 Gilbert was also in command of Kenilworth Castle .

In 1251 Seagrave served as a judge of the King's Bench , as a judge he received complaints from the City of London . In August 1253 he took part in the king's expedition to Gascony , where Henry III. had to put down a rebellion. In south-west France Seagrave again served as a judge until the King sent him back to England in January 1254 with the task of asking Parliament for additional funds for his army. Before June 16, he returned to Gascony. Shortly after September 7th, the king sent him back to England from Bordeaux . In England Seagrave was supposed to be the Scottish King Alexander III together with Simon de Montfort . convince them to support the candidacy of Heinrich's son Edmund as King of Sicily . Gilbert traveled overland through France with John de Plessis, 7th Earl of Warwick and his son-in-law William Mauduit , for which the French king had assured them safe conduct . Yet they were treacherously captured and imprisoned by the citizens of Pons in Poitou . Seagrave fell ill in prison and died before October 8th. His son-in-law and the Earl of Warwick were only released the following year on payment of a ransom.

Family and offspring

Before September 30, 1231 Seagrave Amabilia († after 1282), the daughter and heiress of Robert of Chalcombe married. He had at least two children with her:

Since his son and heir Nicholas was still a minor at his death, the heir to the throne Lord Eduard became his guardian and took over the administration of the lands of Seagrave.

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SURNAME Seagrave, Gilbert of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Segrave, Gilbert of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman, administrator and lord judge
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH before October 8, 1254
Place of death Pons (Charente-Maritime)