Sir Hugh Segrave or Seagrave (died c. 1387) was a
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and
Treasurer of England under
Richard II of England
Richard II (6 January 1367 – ), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan, Countess of Kent. Richard's father die ...
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After the death of Edward III in 1377, Segrave became steward of the household of Richard II and was appointed to a de facto council of regency, serving until 1378. After the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 and the beheading of the Lord Chancellor by the rebels, the king temporarily entrusted Segrave with the Great Seal and then appointed him
Treasurer. He resigned the post in 1386 and died the following year.
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1387 deaths
Lord High Treasurers of England
Year of birth unknown
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