John (IV) de Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 5th Baron Mowbray, 6th Baron Segrave (1 August 1365 – 12 January 1383), was an English peer. Born 1 August 1365 at Epworth in the

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, John de Mowbray was the elder son of

John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray John (III) de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray (24 June 1340 – 19 October 1368) was an English peer. He was slain near Constantinople while en route to the Holy Land. Family John de Mowbray, born 25 June 1340 at Epworth, Lincolnshire, was the son o ...

, and Elizabeth Segrave. He had a younger brother,

Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, KG (22 March 136622 September 1399) was an English peer. As a result of his involvement in the power struggles which led up to the fall of King Richard II, he was banished and died in exile in Venice. B ...

, and three sisters, Eleanor, Margaret and Joan (for details concerning his siblings, see the article on his father,

). He was styled 'cousin' by

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. At the death of his mother in 1368, Mowbray is said to have become

Baron Segrave Baron Segrave (Seagrave) is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ in 1283 for Nicholas de Segrave, and the title is drawn from a village in Leicestershire now spelled Seagrave. The 6th Baron Segrave had previously succeede ...

. However he had little financial benefit from his inheritance as a result of the very large

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which had been awarded to Elizabeth Segrave's mother,

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, who lived until 1399. In 1368 he also succeeded to the barony of Mowbray when his father was slain by the Turks near

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while en route to the

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. In April 1372, custody of both John and his brother Thomas was granted to Blanche Wake, a sister of their grandmother,

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. On 23 April 1377, he was knighted in company with the future

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and the future Henry IV when the latter two noblemen were made

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. When Richard II was crowned on 16 July 1377, Mowbray was created

Earl of Nottingham :''See also Earl of Winchilsea'' Earl of Nottingham is a title that has been created seven times in the Peerage of England. It was first created for John de Mowbray in 1377, at the coronation of Richard II. As this creation could only pass to ...

. As joint tenants of the estates of William Beauchamp of Bedford, he and

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successfully claimed the right to serve as

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at the coronation. Mowbray died before 12 February 1383, aged seventeen and unmarried, and was buried at the Whitefriars in

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. The earldom of Nottingham became extinct at his death. He was succeeded in the barony of Mowbray by his younger brother,

, who subsequently became

on 12 January 1386 by a new creation of the earldom.

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