Letters Patent - Granting the Barony of Segrave After the Termination of its Abeyance [1878-01-18]

VICTORIA BY THE GRACE OF GOD of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith and so forth TO all Archbishops Dukes Marquesses Earls Viscounts Bishops Barons Knights Provosts Free men and all others Our Officers Ministers and Subjects whatsoever to whom these presents shall come Greeting WHEREAS Our right trusty and welbeloved Alfred Joseph Lord Stourton of Stourton in Our County of Wilts hath by his Petition humbly represented unto Us That the Petitioners Ancestors the Lords Segrave were Lords of Parliament and Barons of the Realm in and from the reign of King Henry the Third That the Petitioners Ancestor Nicholas de Segrave the son and heir of Gilbert de Segrave was a Baron of the Realm in the early part of the reign of Henry the Third was summoned to Parliament in the forty ninth year of His reign and in the twenty third year of the reign of Edward the First and was present in Parliament as a Lord of Parliament in the eighteenth year of the reign of Edward the First That Nicholas Lord Segrave died in the twenty third year of the reign of Edward the First and was succeeded by his Son John Lord Segrave who was summoned to Parliament from the twenty fourth year of the reign of Edward the First to the eighteenth year of the reign of Edward the Second and who sat in Parliament in the twelfth year of the reign of King Edward the Second and died in the year one thousand three hundred and twenty five leaving his Grandson John de Segrave the only son of Stephen de Segrave his eldest son his heir and that the said John Lord Segrave was summoned to Parliament as Lord Segrave from the tenth to the twenty fifth years of the reign of King Edward the Third and sat in Parliament as a Lord of Parliament That John Lord Segrave married Margaret Countess of Norfolk the daughter and sole heir of Thomas of Brotherton Earl of Norfolk a younger Son of King Edward the First and had issue by her an only Daughter and heir Elizabeth who married John Lord Mowbray and that John Lord Segrave died in one thousand three hundred and fifty three leaving the said Elizabeth his heir That John Lord Mowbray the husband of Elizabeth Lady Segrave was summoned to Parliament as Lord Mowbray from the thirty sixth to the thirty ninth year of the reign of King Edward the Third and had issue by his said wife two Sons John Mowbray his eldest Son and Thomas Mow bray his second Son and that he died in the year One thousand three hundred and sixty nine That John Lord Mowbray and Segrave the son and heir of the last named John Lord Mowbray and Elizabeth Lady Segrave was whilst under age created Earl of Nottingham by King Richard the Second at his Coronation on the sixteenth July One thousand three hundred and seventy seven and died without issue in the year One thousand three hundred and eighty three when his title of Earl of Nottingham became extinct That Thomas Lord Mowbray and Segrave the Brother and heir of John Earl of Nottingham was created Earl of Nottingham on the twelfth February One thousand three hundred and eighty three and Duke of Norfolk on the twenty ninth September One thousand three hundred and ninety seven That the said Thomas Duke of Norfolk had issue two Sons Thomas Lord Mowbray and John Mowbray and two Daughters Margaret the wife of Sir Robert Howard Knight the Petitioners ancestor and Isabel who married James Lord of Berkeley and was the ancestor of the Lords and Earls of Berkeley and that the said Thomas Duke of Norfolk was banished the realm in the year One thousand three hundred and ninety seven and died at Venice in the year One thousand three hundred and ninety nine That Thomas the elder Son of the said Thomas Duke of Norfolk bore the titles of Earl of Nottingham and Lord Mowbray and Segrave but under the misapprehension of his rights did not assume the title of Duke of Norfolk and that he died without issue in the year One thousand four hundred and five That John Lord Mowbray and Segrave Earl of Nottingham the second Son of Thomas first Duke of Norfolk was declared by Parliament in the year One thousand four hundred and twenty four entitled to the dignity of Duke of Norfolk under the Grant made to his father and that he died in the year One thousand four hundred and thirty two That John Mowbray Duke of Norfolk Earl of Nottingham and Lord Mowbray and Segrave the only son of the last named John Duke of Norfolk died in the year One thousand four hundred and sixty one leaving an only Son John Duke of Norfolk who died in the year One thousand four hundred and seventy five leaving an only Daughter and heir Anne Lady Mowbray and Segrave who was an infant of tender years at her father's death and was contracted in marriage to Richard Duke of York the second Son of King Edward the Fourth who was upon his marriage also created Duke of Norfolk but that she died in childhood That on the death of the said Anne Lady Mowbray and Segrave Duchess of York and Norfolk the Baronies of Mowbray and Segrave fell into Abeyance between Sir John Howard created Lord Howard in the year One thousand four hundred and seventy and Duke of Norfolk in the year One thousand four hundred and eighty three as the Son and heir of Lady Margaret Mowbray the elder Daughter of Thomas Mowbray first Duke of Norfolk and William then Viscount and Baron of Berkeley the eldest son of Isabel the younger Daughter of the said Thomas Mowbray first Duke of Norfolk That the Abeyance of the Baronies of Mowbray and Segrave was previously to the month of September One thousand four hundred and eighty four determined in favour of the said John Lord Howard who had been previously created Duke of Norfolk That John the first Duke of Norfolk of the Howard family his Great Grandson Henry Howard Earl of Surrey and Thomas Duke of Norfolk the son of the said Earl of Surrey and Philip Earl of Arundel the Grandson of the said Earl of Surrey were severally attainted of High Treason That Thomas Howard the son of Philip Earl of Arundel was by Act of Parliament in the year One thousand six hundred and four fully restored in blood and to the dignity of Earl of Surrey and to the Baronies which had been vested in his Grandfather Thomas Duke of Norfolk before his attainder and the said Thomas Howard having succeeded to the dignity of Earl of Arundel became on the passing of the said Act of Parliament Earl of Arundel and Surrey and Lord Mowbray Segrave Braose of Gower and Howard and that he also held the four Baronies united to the Earldom of Arundel That Henry Howard the Son and heir apparent of the said Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey was summoned to Parliament in his father's Barony of Mowbray in the year One thousand six hundred and forty and took his seat in Parliament as Lord Mowbray on the sixth of April in that year and was placed at the head of the Barons bench and that he succeeded his father as Earl of Arundel Surrey and Norfolk and as Lord Segrave in One thousand six hundred and forty six and died in One thousand six hundred and fifty two That Henry Lord Mowbray Segrave and Howard Earl of Arundel Norfolk and Surrey had five Sons of whom Bernard the youngest was ancestor of the present Duke of Norfolk That Thomas the eldest son was restored to the dignity of Duke of Norfolk by Act of Parliament in One thousand six hundred and sixty and died without issue in One thousand six hundred and sixty seven Henry the second son of Henry Earl of Arundel Norfolk and Surrey and Lord Mowbray Segrave and Howard succeeded his Brother in all his dignities and had two Sons Henry his successor and Thomas Howard who died in the lifetime of his elder Brother leaving issue two elder Sons Thomas Howard and Edward Howard successively Dukes of Norfolk and Philip Howard his third Son the Petitioners Ancestor That Henry Duke of Norfolk died in the year One thousand six hundred and eighty four That Henry Howard the eldest Son and heir apparent of the said Henry Duke of Norfolk was summoned to Parliament in the year One thousand six hundred and seventy seven and was placed in his Father's Barony of Mowbray and under a decision of the House of Lords at the head of the Barons bench and that he succeeded his Father in the year One thousand six hundred and eighty four That Henry Duke of Norfolk and Lord Mowbray Segrave Braose of Gower and Howard died without issue in the year One thousand seven hundred and one and was succeeded by his nephew Thomas Howard the eldest son of Lord Thomas Howard the second son of the before named Henry Duke of Norfolk and that Thomas Duke of Norfolk died That Edward without issue in the year One thousand seven hundred and thirty two Howard the Brother and heir of the last named Thomas Duke of Norfolk succeeded to the dignities of Duke of Norfolk and Lord Mowbray Segrave Braose of Gower and Howard and to the other honours of his family in the year One thousand seven hundred and thirty two and died without issue in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven That Philip Howard the third Son of the before named Thomas Howard and the younger Brother of Thomas and Edward successively Dukes of Norfolk died in the year One thousand seven hundred and fifty having been twice married and leaving issue by his first marriage an only daughter Winifred the wife of William Lord Stourton and the ancestor of the Petitioner and by his second marriage an only daughter Anne the wife of Robert Edward Lord Petre and the ancestor of William Bernard now Lord Petre That on the death of Edward Duke of Norfolk the Dignities of Lord Mowbray and Lord Segrave and of Braose of Gower and Howard fell into abeyance between Charles Philip Lord Stourton the Son and heir of the said Winifred Lady Stourton and Robert Edward Lord Petre the Son of the said Anne Lady Petre and that the said Dignities are now in abeyance between the Petitioner as the Great Grandson and heir of the said Charles Philip Lord Stour ton and William Bernard Lord Petre as the Grandson and heir of the said Robert Edward Lord Petre and are at Our disposal That the Petitioners Father Charles the eighteenth Lord Stourton died on the twenty third of December One thousand eight hundred and seventy two leaving the Petitioner his eldest son and heir and that the Petitioner has taken his seat in Parliament as Lord Stourton That the Petitioner in May One thousand eight hundred and seventy six presented to Us his humble Petition praying that We would be graciously pleased to determine the abeyance of the Barony of Mowbray in his favour but inasmuch as the dignities of Mowbray and Segrave have been united together for more than five hundred years and have been invariably borne by the Petitioners ancestors the Mowbrays and Howards Dukes of Norfolk the Petitioner humbly hoped that We would be graciously pleased to determine the abeyance of the dignity of Lord Segrave as well as that of Lord Mowbray in his favour the Petitioner therefore most humbly prayed Us to be graciously pleased to determine the abeyance of the Dignity of Lord Segrave in his favour and to summon him to Our Parliament as Lord Mowbray and Segrave AND WHEREAS the said Petition having been referred to our Attorney General for his opinion and subsequently upon his report to the House of Peers to examine the allegations thereof as to what related to the Petitioner's title and to inform Us how the same should appear to their Lordships it WAS upon the twenty seventh day of July now last past resolved and adjudged by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled That the Barony of SEGRAVE is an ancient Barony in fee That it was proved by the Writ of Summons addressed to Nicholas de Segrave in the eleventh year of Edward the First and the other evidence adduced on behalf of the Petitioner that the Barony of Segrave was in the reign of Edward the First vested in Nicholas de Segrave That the Barony of Segrave descended in succession to the son and to the Great Grandson of Nicholas Lord Segrave That on the death of John Lord Segrave the Great Grandson of Nicholas in the twenty seventh year of Edward the Third the Barony of Segrave descended to his daughter Elizabeth who was then the wife of John Mowbray who succeeded his father as Lord Mowbray in the thirty fifth year of Edward the Third That the Barony of Segrave is now in abeyance between the coheirs of Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey Lord Mowbray and Segrave That the Petitioner and William Bernard Lord Petre are now the coheirs of the said Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey and Coheirs to the Barony of Segrave And the said resolution and judgment of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal having been submitted to Our Royal consideration We have approved thereof and the said ancient Barony in fee is consequently at Our disposal NOW KNOW YE that we being graciously pleased to gratify the Petitioner in his request and following the example of Our Royal Predecessors in cases of the like nature and having resolved that the title and dignity of so ancient a Barony shall not any longer continue under abeyance by virtue of Our Royal Prerogative are graciously pleased to terminate the same by granting and confirming unto Our said right trusty and welbeloved Alfred Joseph Lord Stourton and to the heirs of his body the said Barony of Segrave KNOW YE therefore that We of our especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion Have declared and by these presents Do declare that the said Alfred Joseph Lord Stourton is and shall be BARON SEGRAVE and that he the said Alfred Joseph Lord Stourton and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten and to be begotten for ever shall be named and called Barons and Baronesses Segrave and shall have and enjoy the said ancient Barony of Segrave together with all the rights titles privileges preeminences precedencies immunities and advantages whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining AND we have given granted and confirmed and do by these presents for Us Our heirs and successors give grant and confirm unto him the said Alfred Joseph Lord Stourton the said ancient Barony of Segrave together with all the rights titles privileges preeminences precedencies immunities and advantages whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said ancient Barony of Segrave together with all the said rights titles privileges preeminences precedencies immunities and advantages to him the said Alfred Joseph Lord Stourton and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten and to be begotten in as full and ample manner to all intents and purposes as the said Edward Duke of Norfolk or any of his ancestors Barons Segrave held and enjoyed the same LASTLY We will and by these presents for Us our heirs and successors do grant to the said Alfred Joseph Lord Stourton that these Our Letters Patent or the Inrolment thereof shall be sufficient and effectual in the Law for the dignifying investing and really ennobling him the said Alfred Joseph Lord Stourton with the title state dignity and honour of Baron Segrave aforesaid and after his decease for the dignifying investing and really ennobling the heirs of his body aforesaid with the title state dignity and honor of Barons and Baronesses Segrave aforesaid and this without any investiture rites ornaments or ceremonies whatsoever in this behalf due and accustomed which for some certain reasons best known to Us We could not in due manner do and perform any ordinance use custom rite ceremony prescription or provision due or used or to be had done or performed in conferring honors of this kind or any other matter or thing to the contrary thereof notwithstanding We will also and by these presents grant to the said Alfred Joseph Lord Stourton that he may and shall have these Our Letters Patent duly made and sealed under Our Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland without fine or fee great or small to be for the same in any manner rendered done or paid to Us in Our Hanaper or elsewhere to Our use IN WITNESS whereof We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent WITNESS Ourself at Westminster the eighteenth day of January in the forty first year of Our reign

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