Gilbert Segrave

Gilbert Segrave (1266 – 1316) was a medieval Bishop of London. He was the son of Nicholas Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave.

Gilbert Segrave
Bishop of London
Elected	17 August 1313
Term ended	18 December 1316
Predecessor	Ralph Baldock
Successor	Richard Newport
Orders
Consecration	25 November 1313
Personal details
Born	1266
Died	18 December 1316 Pons, Poitou
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Segrave obtained the living of Kegworth, Leicestershire in 1279. He was then, with a dispensation for plurality, given the livings of both Harlaxton, Staffordshire in 1282 and Aylestone, Leicestershire in 1292.

Segrave was elected as Bishop of London on 17 August, that election confirmed on 17 September and consecrated on 25 November 1313. Having obtained letters of safe-conduct from Louis IX, his party started home through Poitou early in September, in company with John du Plessis and William Mauduit. The party was treacherously seized by the citizens of Pons in Poitou; Segrave died in captivity on 18 December 1316.[1]

Citations

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
•  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Segrave, Gilbert de (d.1316)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: C. L. Kingsford (1885–1900). "de Plessis, John (d.1263)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ralph Baldock	Bishop of London 1313–1316	Succeeded by Richard Newport