de Segrave · ◉ direct ancestor
♂John de Segrave
Died 1353.
John de SegraveW (died 1 April 1353) was an English knight and the fourth Lord Segrave, of Barton Segrave and of Bretby in Derbyshire, whose lands passed to his only heir, a daughter. He was the twentieth great-grandfather of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006), through his daughter Elizabeth de Segrave (born 1338).
Marriage and family
John de Segrave and Margaret of Norfolk married before 15 December 1338. Margaret is said to have been the eldest daughter of Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of NorfolkW, a younger son of King Edward I. Their daughter and heir, Elizabeth de Segrave, was born on 25 October 1338 and baptized the same day at Croxton AbbeyW. A papal dispensation dated 25 March 1349 allowed Elizabeth, then ten, to marry John de Mowbray, then eight.
Death
John died on 1 April 1353. He left no son, and Elizabeth, then fourteen, is said to have become Lady Segrave in her own right. In or shortly before 1354 his widow married Walter MannyW, Lord Manny.
Notes
Sources
John’s knighthood, his title, his lordships of Barton Segrave and Bretby, his death on 1 April 1353, his marriage and his daughter’s birth, baptism and marriage are from Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2005), pp. 601–602, a printed genealogy of the medieval nobility, which calls Elizabeth “Lady Segrave suo jure”. The Complete Peerage (1st edition, vol. 6, 1895, p. 41) gives the marriage as “before 15 Dec. 1338”, says that John died without a male heir, and dates Margaret’s second marriage “in or shortly before 1354”. Margaret’s father is from the same two works.
His title and the date of his death
The Complete Peerage numbers him “3d Lord Segrave”, where Richardson makes him the fourth, and it gives his death as “Easter Tuesday, 1353, aged 38” rather than 1 April 1353.
Family time line
Parents not yet found. This line is still being traced.
Recorded events
| Event | When | Where | Evidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living at 'ELIZABETH DE SEGRAVE, Lady Segrave suo jure, daughter and heiress of John de Segrave, Knt., 4th Lord Segrave, of Barton Segrave, Leicestershire, Bretby, Derbyshire, etc., by Margaret, Duchess and Countess of Norfolk... She...' (Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2005), MOWBRAY 6, p.601 (scan 641)) - compiled, no record seen |
1338 | Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire, England | from a compiled source |
| Death (MCA p.601) |
1 Apr 1353 | from a compiled source | |
| Title (Nobility) Knight; 4th Lord Segrave (Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, MOWBRAY 6-7 pp.601-602) |
from a compiled source |
Sources
- Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005) — Living at, Death, Title (Nobility), about this person, family with Margaret of Norfolk
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