Stephen Segrave, 3rd Baron Segrave

Stephen Segrave, 3rd Baron Segrave (also Stephen de Segrave or Seagrave ) (* after 1270; † between October 4, 1325 and December 12, 1325) was an English nobleman.

Origin and service to the Earl of Lancaster

Stephen Segrave was the eldest son of John Seagrave, 2nd Baron Seagrave and his wife Christine de Plessis , whom he married in 1270. In 1307 Segrave was knighted, and by 1322 he took part in several campaigns during the First Scottish War of Independence . The family belonged to the close followers of Thomas of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Lancaster , and Segrave also entered the service of the powerful magnate . Lancaster rewarded his services with an annual payment of 100 marks , in addition he gave him lands in Lincolnshire and Derbyshire as a fief. In March 1308, his liege lord, the Earl of Lancaster, obtained the crown from a fine of 100 marks imposed on him for several offenses. Until 1322 Segrave took part in several campaigns to Scotland , including 1319 in the wake of Lancaster in the unsuccessful siege of Berwick . During the Despenser War , he took part in the meeting in Sherburn in June 1321 , at which Lancaster tried to win the support of the northern English barons for the rebellion of the Marcher Lords . However, Segrave did not participate in the rebellion and left Lancaster.

Service as Constable of the Tower

In March 1322, the Lancaster rebellion was put down by King Edward II . Lancaster was executed as a rebel. Segrave, on the other hand, served the king as Constable of the Tower in February 1323 . On the evening of August 1, 1323, the rebel Roger Mortimer of Wigmore, imprisoned in the Tower, escaped from the Tower with the help of Gerard d'Ailspaye , Segrave's deputy. Segrave and the other guards got drunk on the occasion of the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula , the patronage feast of the church of St. Peter ad Vincula in the tower . Thereupon Segrave was replaced a little later as constable by Walter de Stapledon , Bishop of Exeter and royal treasurer.

Inheritance and family

After the death of his father in 1325, Segrave inherited his extensive estates and the title of Baron Segrave , but died himself only a few months later. Like his father, he was buried in Chalcombe Priory .

Segrave had married Alice FitzAlan , a daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel and his wife Alasia di Saluzzo . His heir became his son John Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave (1315-1353)

Web links

• Stephen de Segrave, 3rd Lord Segrave on thepeerage.com , accessed October 26, 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 61
2. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 48
3. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 232
4. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 274
5. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 59
6. ^ Ian Mortimer: The greatest traitor. The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Ruler of England, 1327-1330. Pimlico, London 2003, ISBN 0-7126-9715-2 , p. 130
7. ^ Ian Mortimer: The greatest traitor. The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Ruler of England, 1327-1330. Pimlico, London 2003, ISBN 0-7126-9715-2 , p. 132
8. ^ AJ Musson: Seagrave, John, second Lord Seagrave (1256-1325). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

predecessor	Office	successor
John Seagrave	Baron Segrave 1325	John Segrave