Stephen de Segrave Justiciar of England

✓ Stephen de Segrave, s. and h. of Gilbert; custos of the Crown pleas for Leicestershire 1206; 'From Jan. 1217/8 he was constantly engaged in judicial duties'; a King's proctor against Alexander of Scots 1218; custody of Sauvey, the Tower of London (1221), Hedingham (1221/2), Hertford (1223/4); sheriff of Essex, Herts, Lincoln, Bucks, Beds, Worcester, Leicester and Northampton at various times; Chief Justice 1229; when Hubert de Burgh fell, 'In 1232 Stephen was made Justiciar' (29 July); 'with Piers Bp. of Winchester and Robert Passelewe, he was advising the King on all matters of state'; in 1234 the King reproached him for the charges against Hubert de Burgh and his own misdeeds, he fled to Leicester Abbey, was removed from the Council and the justiciarship and deprived of his castles - Matthew Paris's 'vir in legibus regni nulli secundus', who 'prius a clericatu ad militiam per arrogantiam confugerat' - reconciled on a heavy payment 1234/5, received into favour 1236, 'recalled to the Council' 1239 and 'in spite of his years, becoming the King's chief counsellor'; executor of the Earl of Chester 1237; acting justiciar of Chester 1237. 'He m., 1stly, Rohese, sister of Hugh Despenser, and 2ndly, Ida, sister of Henry de Hastings. He d. in 1241 at Leicester Abbey. His widow m., without licence, Hugh Peche. She d. shortly before 2 Mar. 1288/9, and was bur. in the church of the Grey Friars, London' (CP XI 'Segrave' pp.597-601). His eldest son John (m. Emma de Cauz) d.v.p. 1229; Gilbert (d. 1254) succeeded. CP does not say which wife bore Gilbert: on chronology (Gilbert m. 1231) Rohese, the 1st wife - entered at ~. Source: Complete Peerage 2nd ed. vol. XI (1949), 'Segrave' pp.596-608 and notes (page images supplied by Aynsley, read 27 Oct 2026). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 27 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]