Gilbert Segrave
Bishop
TitleBishop of London
ReligionRoman Catholic
Elected17 August 1313
Term end18 December 1316
PredecessorRalph Baldock
SuccessorRichard Newport
Consecration25 November 1313
Birth date1266
Death date18 December 1316
Death placePons, Poitou

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

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. Segrave died 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.