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Richard SEGRAVE

Male 1358 - 1427  (69 years)


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  • Name Richard SEGRAVE  [1] 
    Birth 1358  County Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Property Event 1389  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    "King Richard committed to Richard Segrave the custody of all the estates in Ireland of Edmund de Mortimer, late Earl of March. Edmund de Mortimer was implicated in the Lancastrian conspiracy but escaped to Paris, where in 1325, he intrigued with Isabella of France, wife of Edward II, for the deposition of her husband. He commanded the Queen's forces on the descent on England in 1326 and, after the deposition and death of King Edward II in 1337, became, with his paramour the Queen, virtual ruler of the Kingdom during teh minority of Edward III. He was overthrown by the young King, who caused him to be condemned by Parliament as a traitor. He was hanged on November 29th, 1330." 
    Property Event 1390  Athboy, County Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    "Richard Segrave had a grant from Richard II of the custody of the estate of Milo de Mandeville, and those of Robert Browne, situated at Athboy, County Meath." Athboy is a small agricultural town located in County Meath about 25 miles northwest of Dublin. 
    Property Event 2 Jun 1391  Kyllary, County Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    "Richard Segrave witnesses a deed of assignment of Andrew Flemynge, Lord of Kyllary, County Meath." 
    Legal actions 3 Apr 1394  Westminster, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    "To the Sheriffs of London. Order..to 'take surety' of Richard Walden of London and Richard Segrave of Ireland to set free William Hammond Chaplain and Thomas Bunebury imprisoned in teh city prison in teh Sheriff's custody...and teh said Richard Segrave and Richard Walden have...'given bail' to have them before the Justices of gaol delivery at the next delivery of Neugate gaol." 
    Property Event 1399  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    "Henry IV in the first year of his reign committed to the Constable of the Castle Carlow [Richard Segrave of the County Meath was accepted as surety for said Constable] the custody of all manors, lands, services, etc. in the Counties of Carlow, Kildare, and Wexford, which had belonged to Margaret, late Duchess of Norfolk..." 
    Employment 11 Jul 1399  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Richard Segrave was made Clerk of the Hanaper."
    "Clerk of the Hanaper became an office in the department of the chancery, now abolished. The clerk, also known as warden of the hanaper, was paid fees and other moneys for the sealing of charters, patents, writs, etc., and from which issued certain writs under the great seal." 
    Employment 20 Jan 1401  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    "he [Richard Segrave] was made Baron of the Exchequer, and...dated 1423 he was made Chief Baron of the Exchequer" 
    Property Event 17 Mar 1402  Irishgrange, Coly, County Louth, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    "By Letters of Parent of Henry IV...Richard got a grant of two carucates of land in Irishgrange...which had belonged to the Abbot and Convent of Newry, in the King's hands by their rebellion....Provided always that he [Richard] should build a stone castle sufficiently strong for the aid and safety of teh country, within four years." 
    Property Event 1403  Coly, County Louth, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    "King Henry IV made a grant to him [Richard Segrave] and the heirs of his body begot, of a house and sixty acres of land in the new town of Coly, County Louth, forfeited by Christopher Whyte." 
    Property Event 1404  Meath and Louth Counties, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    "he [Richard Segrave] had the custody of all temporalities of the See of Armagh, situated in Meath and Louth, during teh absence of the Archbishop in attendance on the King in England." 
    Property Event Nov 1404  Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    "the Manor and Town of Carlingford, which adjoins Coly in the County of Louth, was granted to Richard Segrave by Henry IV." 
    Property Event 1410  Coly, County Louth, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    "D'Alton in his History of Drogheda, says:
    'In 1410 on the memorial of Richard Segrave, Baron of the Exchequer, jointly with the Provost, Bailiffs, and Commons of the Town of Carlingford, and other tenants of his Lordship of Coly, representing that the said Town lay in the valley between the mountains and the sea in front of the marches of County Louth, and contained only twenty carucates of lowland, and by reason of this, its exposed state, it was often pillaged and plundered and burned by the Irish and Scotch. The King granted, for a certain number of years, that the borough should be free from all subsidies, tillages and military services." 
    Death 1427  [1] 
    Person ID I6841  Seagraves Database
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2019 

    Father John de SEGRAVE,   b. Est 1300, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1360, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Unknown UNKNOWN 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Unkown UNKNOWN 
    Children 
     1. Patrick SEGRAVE,   b. Est 1375, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1453, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)  [Birth]
     2. John SEGRAVE,   b. Est 1380, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F2462  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1358 - County Meath, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty Event - "King Richard committed to Richard Segrave the custody of all the estates in Ireland of Edmund de Mortimer, late Earl of March. Edmund de Mortimer was implicated in the Lancastrian conspiracy but escaped to Paris, where in 1325, he intrigued with Isabella of France, wife of Edward II, for the deposition of her husband. He commanded the Queen's forces on the descent on England in 1326 and, after the deposition and death of King Edward II in 1337, became, with his paramour the Queen, virtual ruler of the Kingdom during teh minority of Edward III. He was overthrown by the young King, who caused him to be condemned by Parliament as a traitor. He was hanged on November 29th, 1330." - 1389 - Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty Event - "Richard Segrave had a grant from Richard II of the custody of the estate of Milo de Mandeville, and those of Robert Browne, situated at Athboy, County Meath." Athboy is a small agricultural town located in County Meath about 25 miles northwest of Dublin. - 1390 - Athboy, County Meath, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty Event - "Richard Segrave witnesses a deed of assignment of Andrew Flemynge, Lord of Kyllary, County Meath." - 2 Jun 1391 - Kyllary, County Meath, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLegal actions - "To the Sheriffs of London. Order..to 'take surety' of Richard Walden of London and Richard Segrave of Ireland to set free William Hammond Chaplain and Thomas Bunebury imprisoned in teh city prison in teh Sheriff's custody...and teh said Richard Segrave and Richard Walden have...'given bail' to have them before the Justices of gaol delivery at the next delivery of Neugate gaol." - 3 Apr 1394 - Westminster, Greater London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty Event - "Henry IV in the first year of his reign committed to the Constable of the Castle Carlow [Richard Segrave of the County Meath was accepted as surety for said Constable] the custody of all manors, lands, services, etc. in the Counties of Carlow, Kildare, and Wexford, which had belonged to Margaret, late Duchess of Norfolk..." - 1399 - Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmployment - Richard Segrave was made Clerk of the Hanaper." "Clerk of the Hanaper became an office in the department of the chancery, now abolished. The clerk, also known as warden of the hanaper, was paid fees and other moneys for the sealing of charters, patents, writs, etc., and from which issued certain writs under the great seal." - 11 Jul 1399 - London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmployment - "he [Richard Segrave] was made Baron of the Exchequer, and...dated 1423 he was made Chief Baron of the Exchequer" - 20 Jan 1401 - London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty Event - "By Letters of Parent of Henry IV...Richard got a grant of two carucates of land in Irishgrange...which had belonged to the Abbot and Convent of Newry, in the King's hands by their rebellion....Provided always that he [Richard] should build a stone castle sufficiently strong for the aid and safety of teh country, within four years." - 17 Mar 1402 - Irishgrange, Coly, County Louth, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty Event - "King Henry IV made a grant to him [Richard Segrave] and the heirs of his body begot, of a house and sixty acres of land in the new town of Coly, County Louth, forfeited by Christopher Whyte." - 1403 - Coly, County Louth, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty Event - "he [Richard Segrave] had the custody of all temporalities of the See of Armagh, situated in Meath and Louth, during teh absence of the Archbishop in attendance on the King in England." - 1404 - Meath and Louth Counties, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty Event - "the Manor and Town of Carlingford, which adjoins Coly in the County of Louth, was granted to Richard Segrave by Henry IV." - Nov 1404 - Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty Event - "D'Alton in his History of Drogheda, says: 'In 1410 on the memorial of Richard Segrave, Baron of the Exchequer, jointly with the Provost, Bailiffs, and Commons of the Town of Carlingford, and other tenants of his Lordship of Coly, representing that the said Town lay in the valley between the mountains and the sea in front of the marches of County Louth, and contained only twenty carucates of lowland, and by reason of this, its exposed state, it was often pillaged and plundered and burned by the Irish and Scotch. The King granted, for a certain number of years, that the borough should be free from all subsidies, tillages and military services." - 1410 - Coly, County Louth, Ireland Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S854] Charles W. Segrave, Segrave Family, The, 1066-1935, (Novello & Co., London, 1936).

    2. [S1085] Wikipedia.