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Baron Segrave (Seagrave) is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by
Baron Segrave (Seagrave) is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ
In common law, a writ (Anglo-Saxon ''gewrit'', Latin ''breve'') is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction; in modern usage, this body is generally a court. Warrants, prerogative writs, subpoenas, a ...
in 1283 for Nicholas de Segrave
Nicholas Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave (also Seagrave; c. 1238 – bef. 12 November 1295) was an English baronial leader. Nicholas was grandson of Stephen de Segrave.
Segrave was one of the most prominent baronial leaders during the reign of King He ...
, and the title is drawn from a village in Leicestershire now spelled Seagrave.
The 6th Baron Segrave had previously succeeded to the title of Baron Mowbray, and thereafter, the two baronies have remained united, apart from a period of about a hundred years. For several generations they were subsidiary titles of the Dukes of Norfolk, and in 1777, they both went into abeyance with the death of the 9th Duke of Norfolk.
The second creation, by writ was for Nicholas de Segrave of Barton Segrave in the County of Northampton in 1295, becoming extinct on the death of his daughter Maud in 1335.
In 1831, a new Barony of Segrave was granted to Colonel William Berkeley, later created first Earl FitzHardinge, but this creation became extinct when he died without an heir in 1857.
Despite this interlude, the original barony of Segrave was still in existence, and in 1878, it was called out of abeyance for Alfred Stourton, 23rd Baron Mowbray
Alfred Joseph Stourton, 20th Baron Stourton, 24th Baron Segrave, 23rd Baron Mowbray (28 February 1829 – 18 April 1893) was the son of the nineteenth Baron Stourton and Mary Lucy Clifford, daughter of the 6th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh and his ...
, some two weeks after he had similarly recovered the barony of Mowbray. The titles have remained united since.
Barons Segrave, of Segrave (1283)
* Nicholas Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave (d. 1295) * John Segrave, 2nd Baron Segrave (1256–1325) * Stephen Segrave, 3rd Baron Segrave (d. 1326) *John Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave
John Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave (4 May 1315 – 1 April 1353) was an English peer and landowner in Leicestershire and Yorkshire. His family title of Baron Segrave is drawn from a village now spelled Seagrave, which uses a coat of arms imitated fro ...
(1315–1353)
* Elizabeth Segrave, 5th Baroness Segrave (d. 1375, or bef. 1368, or c. 1399)
* John de Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 6th Baron Segrave (1365–1379)
*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 ...
, 7th Baron Segrave (1366-1399)
*Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk
Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 8th Baron Segrave, 7th Baron Mowbray (17 September 1385 – 8 June 1405), English nobleman and rebel, was the son of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and Lady Elizabeth F ...
, 8th Baron Segrave (1385-1405)
* John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, 9th Baron Segrave (1392-1432)
* John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, 10th Baron Segrave (1415–1461)
* John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk, 11th Baron Segrave (1444–1476)
* Anne Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk, 12th Baroness Segrave (1472–1481)
*''In abeyance''
*John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (c. 142522 August 1485), was an English nobleman, soldier, politician, and the first Howard Duke of Norfolk. He was a close friend and loyal supporter of King Richard III, with whom he was slain at the Battl ...
, 13th Baron Segrave, c. 1425–1485
*''Forfeit''
*''For further Barons Segrave, see Baron Mowbray''.
Barons Segrave, of Barton Segrave (1295)
*Nicholas de Segrave, 1st Baron (d. 1321) *Maude de Bohun, 2nd Baroness (d, 1335)Barons Segrave, of Berkley Castle (1831)
* William Berkeley, 1st Earl FitzHardinge (1786-1857), created Baron Segrave of Berkeley Castle in the County of Gloucester in 1831References
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