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Birth:          ABT 1176 Segrave, Lancashire, England
Death:          9 Nov 1241 Barton, Lancashire, England
Burial:         Leicestershire Abbey

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_le_Despenser_I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_de_Segrave
Stephen de Segrave (or Stephen Sedgrave or Stephen Segrave) (c. 1171 – 9 
November 1241) was a medieval Chief Justiciar of England.
Life[edit]

He was born the son of a certain Gilbert de Segrave of Segrave in Leicestershire, who 
had been High Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire in 1193.

Stephen became a knight and was made constable of the Tower of London in 1220. 
He obtained lands and held various positions under Henry III. From 1221 to 1223 he 
served as High Sheriff of Hertfordshire and Essex, from 1222 to 1224 as High Sheriff 
of Lincolnshire, from 1228 to 1234 as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and 
Buckinghamshire and from 1229 to 1234 as High Sheriff of Warwickshire, 
Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.[1] In 1236, he became castellan of Beeston 
Castle and Chester Castle, jointly with Hugh de Spencer and Henry de Aldithley.[2]

He was given the manor where Caludon Castle was built, at Wyken near Coventry in 
1232[3] or earlier,[4] by Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester. Ranulph also 
granted him Bretby in 1209.[5]

In 1232, he succeeded Hubert de Burgh as chief justiciar of England.[6] He officiated 
at the trial of de Burgh, in November 1232, which has been called the "first state trial" 
in England.[7] As an active coadjutor of Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester, 
Segrave incurred some share of the opprobrium which was lavished on the Poitevin 
royal favourites of Henry III of England. In 1234, he was deprived of his office as 
Justiciar.[6] Soon, however, he was again occupying an influential position at Henry's 
court, and he retained this until his death.

He died on 9 November 1241, and was buried in Leicester Abbey.

Family[edit]

He married twice; firstly to Rohese le Despencer, daughter of Thomas Despenser, who 
bore him a son, Sir Gilbert de Segrave in 1202, and secondly to Ida de Hastings, 
daughter of William de Hastings and Margery Bigod of Norfolk.[8][9] Gilbert died at 
Pons in the Prerogative County of Poitiers (Comte apanage de Poitiers (de Poitou)), in 
the province of Saintonge, in a region controlled by the Kingdom of France, on 8 
October 1254, following his capture during a campaign in Gascony.

His grandson, Nicholas, was 1st Baron, Segrave which is now Mowbray.[10]

Parents
DE SEGRAVE Gilbert ()
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Siblings
DE SEGRAVE Stephen (ABT 1176 - 9 Nov 1241)

Marriage To LE DESPENCER Rohesia (ABT 1185 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
LE DESPENCER Thomas (ABT 1159 - ABT 1207)
DE FOIX Rohese (ABT 1165 - )

Children by LE DESPENCER Rohesia ABT 1185 - 
DE SEGRAVE Gilbert (ABT 1202 - 8 Oct 1254)

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