John 2nd Baron de , Sir SEGRAVE

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Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by FrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.,, 58-31
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles MosleyEditor-in-Chief, 1999, 2025
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                   John de Segrave, 2nd Lord (Baron) Segrave; born c1256; undertook militaryservice in Wales by 1285, Ireland by 1287 and Scotland by 1291, also1297-1322; Keeper of Scotland by Feb 1302/3 (and again March 1308/9),when briefly taken prisoner by Scots; Keeper of Nottingham Castle c1308;Keeper of the Marches with Scotland in Cumberland 1313; captured by theScots at their victory over the English of Bannockburn 1314; married1269/70 Christian, daughter of Hugh de Plessis, and died by 4 Oct 1325.[Burke's Peerage]

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John de Segrave, 2nd baron, b. 1256, summoned to parliament from 26August, 1296, to 6 May, 1325. This nobleman, in the lifetime of hisfather having been taken prisoner in the wars of Scotland (9th Edward I)[1281], obtained from the king, in consideration of his services there,the grant of 100 towards the liquidation of his ransom. He wassubsequently much engaged in the Scottish wars, and in the 24th of thesame reign, was constable of the English army in that country. The nextyear he was by indenture retained to serve Roger le Bigod, Earl ofNorfolk, with six knights, himself accounted, as well in time of peace asin war, for the term of his whole life, in England, Wales and Scotland;viz, in the time of peace with six horses, so long as the earl shouldthink fit, taking Bouche of Court for himself and his knights, and forhis esquires, hay and oats; as also livery for six more horses and wagesfor six groom and their horses; likewise for himself two robes yearly, aswell in time of peace as war, as for a banneret; and for his fiveknights, as for his other bachelors, viz., two yearly. Moreover, in timeof war, he was bound to bring with him his five knights with twentyhorses, and in consideration thereof, to receive for himself and hiscompany, with all those horses, 40s. per day, but if he should bring nomore than six horses, then 32s.; it being likewise agreed that the horsesshould be valued to the end that a fair allowance might be made for anywhich should be lost in the service. For the performance of thiscovenant, he had a grant of the manor of Lodene, co. Norfolk.

In the 26th Edward I [1298], his lordship was again in Scotland and had aprincipal command at the battle of Falkirk. In three years after, heobtained license to make a castle at his manor house of Bretteby, co.Derby, and he was next constituted governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed, asalso warden of Scotland. Subsequently, we find him with King Edward atthe celbrated siege of Caerlaverock. After the accession of Edward II[1307], he was again made warden of Scotland and within a short timeattending the king into that usual theatre of war, was amongst theworsted in the great defeat sustained by the English arms at Bannockburn,and was made prisoner by the Scots, who detained him for a year until hewas exchanged for Thomas de Moram and other prisoners of that realm whowere incarcerated in London. His lordship eventually lost his life inGascony whither he was sent by the king, who had conceived somedispleasure against him for the escape of Roger Mortimer out of the Towerof London, under pretence of defending those parts with Edmund, Earl ofKent, and others, where, being a great mortality, he d. anno 1325. Hislordship m. in the lifetime of his father, in 1270, Christian, dau. ofSir Hugh de Plessetis, Knt., by whom he had issue, Stephen. [Sir BernardBurke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke'sPeerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 485, Segrave, Barons Segrave of BartonSegrave]