Gilbert was born at Segrave, Leicestershire, England [1] and presumably died before Michaelmas in 1201. [2]
Gilbert the son of Hereward Segrave and (Unknown). [3]
Gilbert de Segrave of Segrave, High Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire in 1193, father of Stephen de Segrave (c. 1171 – 1241) Chief Justiciar of England. [4]
Gilbert de Segrave, "held four parts of one knight's fee" from William Earl of Warwick.
In 1166 he held half a fee of William, Earl of Warwick. [5]
Sources
↑Our Royal, Titled, Noble and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins database online, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis. Gilbert de Segrave, Lord Segrave (does not give a name for the wife of Hereward, mother of Gilbert).
↑ Cokayne, George Edward and Geoffrey White ed. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. XI: Rickerton to Sisonby, 2nd edition. (London, 1949), at FamilySearch.org (Archive.org not yet available) link courtesy Joe Cochoit, his Internet site. Page 596 - 597 "GILBERT DE SEGRAVE, s. of Hereward of Segrave" [does not give mother for Gilbert] .
↑Medieval Lands, database online, (accessed 31 March 2015), Charles Cawley and Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Gilbert de Segrave see #1 [states specifically that the name of Hereward's wife is not known].
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We need to uncover a source for Wilburga being the wife of Hereward and mother of Gilbert, or we need to remove the connection, please.