John (Mowbray) de Mowbray (1340 - 1368)

Born 25 Jun 1340 in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England

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Descendants

Died 17 Jun 1368 at age 27 in Thrace, Turkey

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John de Mowbray is in a trail badged by the Magna Carta Project to several surety barons (see text below).

Biography

Sir John de Mowbray, 4th Lord Mowbray, of Axholme, Lincolnshire^[1]
Knighted July 1355^[1]

Parents: Sir John de Mowbray, "3rd Baron Mowbray, of Axholme, Lincolnshire, Bramber, Sussex, Burton in Lonsdale, . . . by Joan of Lancaster, daughter of Henry of Lancaster, Knt., Earl of Lancaster and Leicester (grandson of King Henry III of England).^[1]

born at Epworth, Lincolnshire on 25 June 1340^[1][2]

Wife: "Elizabeth Segrave, suo jure Lady Segrave, daughter and heiress of John de Segrave, Knt., 4th Lord Segrave, of Barton Segrave and Chaucombe, Northamptonshire, Segraves (in Penn), Buckinghamshire, Bretby (in Repton), Derbyshire, . . . by Margaret," daughter and co-heiress of Thomas of Brotherton, Knt., Earl of Norfolk, Marshal of England (younger son of King Edward I of England). Elizabeth was born 25 October 1338.^[1]

married by papal dispensation dated 25 March 1349 (they being related in the 4th degree of kindred)".^[1][3]

Children

John and Elizabeth (Segrave) Mowbray had two sons and three daughters:^[4]

• John de Mowbray, Knt., Earl of Nottingham, 5th Lord Mowbray (died unmarried)^[1][5]
• Thomas de Mowbray, KG, 1st Duke of Norfolk, 6th Lord Mowbray, etc., married (1) Elizabeth le Strange, (2) Elizabeth Arundel^[1]
• Eleanor de Mowbray, married John Welles, Knt.^[1]
• Margaret de Mowbray, married Reginald Lucy, Knt.^[1]
• Joan de Mowbray, married (1) Thomas Gray, Knt., (2) Thomas Tunstall, Knt.^[1]

Died 17 June 1368, "slain by the Turks in Thrace near Constantinople"^[1]

• Thought to be first buried in Pera Convent in Constantinople, then reinterred by relatives in England.^[6]
• His will was proved 17 May 1369^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. III, page 658 LUCY #13 Reginald Lucy, Knt.; Vol. IV, pages 183-188 MOWBRAY #5, #6 John de Mowbray, Knt.
2. ↑ born 1326, died at age 43 in A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex: Including the Rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber, with the City and Diocese of Chichester, Volume 2, Part 2, by Edmund Cartwright (title page)
   • Dallaway, J. (1830). "A history of the western division of the county of Sussex" (Vol.2, Part 2, pp. 181). T. Bensley. (Google Books, page 182)
3. ↑ Wikipedia says it was a double marriage involving siblings:
   • John Mowbray married Elizabeth Segrave
   • Blanche Mowbray (John's sister) married John Segrave (Elizabeth's brother)
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, volume III, pages 206-207 MOWBRAY 6.i-v.
5. ↑ Wikipedia: John de Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham
6. ↑ Wikipedia: John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray
7. ↑ Early Lincoln wills: an abstract of all the wills & administrations recorded in the Episcopal registers of the old diocese of Lincoln: comprising the counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntington, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester, and Hertford, 1280-1547, Church of England. Diocese of Lincoln,Gibbons, Alfred W Collections (page 62)

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Flower, W. "Ogle" in The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564. (London, 1881). Online at Google Books, page 233.
• Gibbons, A. Early Lincoln Wills...1280-1547. (1888). Online at Archive.org, page 62.
• Roberts, G.B. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008).
• Roberts, G.B. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2008) Space: The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants.
• Stephen, Sir Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1-20, 22. Indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors, 1921-1922.
• Lewis, Marlyn. Entry for Sir John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray, "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors" (free database online). Useful for leads; see cautions about use on the Magna Carta Project Reliable Sources page.
• Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 3 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011 (page 588). See also WikiTree's source page for Plantagenet Ancestry. Note: The Magna Carta Project does not recommend Plantagenet Ancestry (2005 or 2011 editions) for project profiles, preferring Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edition (2011), which is specific to the project's focus and his more recent Royal Ancestry (2013).
• ThePeerage.com Note: Not considered a reliable source (see the project's Reliable Sources page).

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John de Mowbray is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Barons William de Mowbray, the Clares, John de Lacy and Saher de Quincy and is in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Rowland Ellis (MCA II:110-111 ELLIS): developed in 2018 and badged 1 April 2020. See the trail HERE.
• John Fenwick (MCA II:148-150 FENWICK): badged 18 March 2024. See trail HERE.
• Nathaniel Littleton (MCA III:33-35 LITTLETON): badged in Dec 2017. See the trails HERE.
• Thomas Lloyd: badged in Dec 2021. See the trail HERE.
• Richard More (MCA III:173-175 MORE): trail badged 28 May 2020. See the trails HERE.

John also appears in trails that have not yet been badged (needing work) to the following Gateways:

• Barbara Aubrey: Richardson trail broken, alternate trails need development. See trails HERE.
• William Bladen (MCA I:211-214 BLADEN): trail needs further development. See the trail HERE
• John Oxenbridge (MCA III:289-294 OXENBRIDGE): trails have not yet been developed. See the trails HERE.

John is also a descendant, through his mother, of the Bigods.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".