Hugh Segrave 1296-1387

Paternal Family Tree: Segrave

In 1270 [his father] John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave [aged 14] and Christiana Plessey Baroness Segrave were married.

In 1296 Hugh Segrave was born to John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave [aged 40] at Seagrave, Leicestershire.

In 1300 William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 27] was created 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby. [his half-sister] Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby [aged 18] by marriage Baroness Ferrers of Groby.

Before 4th May 1315 [his half-brother] Stephen Segrave 3rd Baron Segrave [aged 30] and [his sister-in-law] Alice Fitzalan Baroness Segrave were married. She by marriage Baroness Segrave. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel and Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel.

In 1318 [his half-sister] Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby [aged 36] died.

On 4th October 1325 [his father] John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave [aged 69] died at Chacombe Priory [Map]. His son [his half-brother] Stephen [aged 40] succeeded 3rd Baron Segrave.

Before 12th December 1325 [his half-brother] Stephen Segrave 3rd Baron Segrave [aged 40] died. His son [his nephew] John [aged 10] succeeded 4th Baron Segrave.

In 1381 Hugh Segrave [aged 85] was appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal.

On 10th August 1381 Hugh Segrave [aged 85] was appointed Lord Treasurer.

Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes

Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.

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Patent Rolls. 12th February 1385. Commission to W. Bishop of Winchester [aged 65], Thomas, Bishop of Exeter, Richard, Earl of Arundel [aged 39], Robert, Earl of Oxford [aged 23], Thomas, Earl of Nottingham [aged 16], Hugh de Segrave [aged 89], treasurer of England, Simon de Burley [aged 45], under-chamberlain, Nicholas Brembre, mayor of London, John Clanvowe and Robert Plesyngton, knights, Master Walter Skirlawe, keeper of the privy seal, John Waltham, keeper of the rolls of Chancery, John Appelby, dean of St. Paul's, London, Richard Rounhale and Thomas Bacton, clerks,