John Savage (1524 - 1597)

Born 1524 in Clifton, Cheshire, England

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Died 5 Dec 1597 at about age 73 in Rock Savage, Clifton, Cheshire, England

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Sir John Savage of Clifton and Rock Savage, Cheshire was born in 1524, and was three years and nine months old when his father died on 27 July 1528.^[1]

John was the son of Sir John Savage of Clifton and Elizabeth Somerset, the daughter of Charles Somersett Earl of Worcestershire.^[2]

John had siblings:

1. Henry Savage^[2] of Barrow;^[1]
2. Margaret who was married to Sir Richard Bulkley,^[2] or Buckley of Beaumorris in Wales;^[1]
3. Mary who was married to John Hamden;^[1]

After his father's death, his mother, Elizabeth, married Sir William Brereton, younger son of Sir Randle Brereton of Malpas, and this William was of the bedchamber to Henry VIII and on 17 May, 1536, "beheaded for matters touching Queen Anne".^[1]

Through his mother's second marriage, John had a half-brother, Henry Brereton, gentleman, son of William Brereton esq, and of Lady Elizabeth, late his wife and late wife of Sir John Savage Kt.^[3]

John married twice:

• Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Thomas Maniers Earl of Rutland, about 1547;^[2] and they had children:
  1. John, born 1548, died an infant;^[4]
  2. Sir John Savage, born 1554, created Baronet 1611,^[4] who married Mary Allington;^[2]
  3. Thomas, born 1556, died young;^[4]
  4. Edward, born 1560,^[4] who married Polinex, the daughter of William Grice of Norfolk;^[2]
  5. Francis, born 1562, died young;^[4]
  6. Margaret who was married to Sir William Brereton of Brereton, Cheshire;^[2] Margaret was born in 1549 and Sir William was later baron of Laghlin in Ireland, and they mmarried on 24 January 1561;^[4]
  7. Elizabeth who was married to Thomas Langton Baron of Newton,^[2] Lancashire; Elizabeth was born in 1552 and married Thomas in 1580, Thomas was divorced from Margaret Shirborne on 25 June, 1580, because the marriage was in "impubertate";^[4]
  8. Elenor who was married to Sir Henry Bagnall,^[2] Elinour was born in 1557 and her first husband, Henry, was the son and heir of Nicholas Bagnall, knight, marshal, and they married in 1577, she married secondly Sir Sackvill Trever;^[4]
  9. Mary for whom no marriage is recorded at the 1580 Visitation,^[2] was born 1563, and married to Sir Richard Milles in Hampshire;^[4]
  10. Frances, born 1567, married Thomas Wilkes in the county of Surrey, esq;^[4]
• Elinour Cotgrave, the daughter of John Cotgreve of Stubbs, widow of Sir Richard Pexsall, about 1572 at Clifton, Cheshire, England, and they had no children;^[2]

John's first wife, Elizabeth, died at Frodsham on 8 August 1570.^[4]

His second wife, Elinour, was bequeathed by her first husband, Sir Richard Pexhull of Beaurepair in Southhamptonshire, lands in the counties of Southampton and Wiltshire, which her second husband, Sir John settled on his younger son, Edward, and Edward's heirs by Polyxena, the daughter of William le Griz, of London, gent, and his wife, Katherine who was the natural sister of Sir John's second wife, Dame Elinour.^[4]

Sir John assumed for his coat of arms six lions Sable and the lion's paw Sable erected for his crest, where before he had borne the Daniell's coat of arms.^[4] He built the house at Clifton, called Rocksavage and from 17 Elizabeth, started styling himself of Rocksavage at times and sometimes of Clifton, but from 21 Elizabeth he styled himself only as John Savage of Rocksavage.^[4]

On 3 October, 1558, Henry Brereton, gentleman, son of William Brereton esq, deceased, and of Lady Elizabeth, late his wife and late wife of Sir John Savage Kt, also deceased, quitclaimed to Sir John Savage Kt, son and administrator of the said Lady Elizabeth, of all suits and actions etc. which he has or may have against the said Sir John as such administrator, and of his share of the goods, chattels etc: of the said Lady Elizabeth, in consideration of an annuity of 20 marks.^[3]

Sir John Savage was sheriff of Cheshire seven times between 1560 and 1591, mayor of Cheshire three times between 1569 and 1597.^[4] He was the seneschal of Halton Castle, and also served at various times as a member of parliament for Cheshire.

On 30 December, 27 Elizabeth [1584], Sir John Savage of Rocksavage, knight, granted to John Egerton of Olton, esquire, the wardship and marriage of Thomas Venables son and heir of Robarte Venables late of Antrobus, Cheshire, gentleman, and the custody and wardship of the lands &c. of which Robert died seised and which came to Thomas as his heir; the lands &c. are held of Sir John Savage by knight's service of ¹/100 part of one knight's fee; the indenture of the grant was endorsed: Delivered to Edward Savage, gent, to the use of John Egerton, esquire, in the presence of Francis Savage, Richard Gregge and Edward Nangreve.^[5]

Sir John Savage of Rocksavage died in October 1597,^[2] or he died on 5 December, 1597 and was buried at Macclesfield on 24 January, 1597/8.^[4] A description of the funeral arrangements is reproduced in the introduction to Cheshire and Lancashire Funeral Certificates, A.D. 1600 to 1678.^[6] His tomb together with that of his first wife can be found in the Savage Chapel of St Michael's Church in Macclesfield.

Sir John Savage of Clifton & Rock Savage (b c04.1519, d 05.12.1597) m1. (c1547-8) Elizabeth Manners (d 08.08.1570, dau of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Helsby, 1882, p. 715.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} Rylands, 1882, p. 204 accessed 4 July 2015.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The National Archives Website: Discovery: DCH - CHOLMONDELEY OF CHOLMONDELEY: ROCKSAVAGE & CLIFTON SECTION: DCH/E/299 - QUITCLAIM by Henry Brereton, gentleman, son of William Brereton esq., deceased, and of..., https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/e3f894a3-acdd-4037-a492-8df0771103e6 : accessed 22 October, 2022.
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15} Helsby, 1882, p. 716.
5. ↑ A Story Maskelyne, comp., "Series A. (Exchequer: Treasury of the Receipt.)" A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office. Volume V, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte, (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1906), 109. e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descriptivecatal05greauoft/page/109/mode/1up : accessed 16 March, 2023). A. 11205.
6. ↑ Rylands, J P., Cheshire and Lancashire Funeral Certificates, A.D. 1600 to 1678. United Kingdom: Record Society, 1882, pages vii-x [3] (accessed 21 October 2023)

• Ormerod, Cheshire i pp.528-9
• Helsby, Esq, Thomas, eds. "Containing the Introduction and Prolegomena, the county of the city of Chester and Bucklow Hundred", The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian MSS, Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal, and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities, 2nd Edition. Compiled by George Ormerod, Esq, LLD, FRS & FSA. I. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882.
• Rylands, John Paul, eds. "The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580 made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy king of arms, with numerous additions and continuations, including those from the visitation of Cheshire made in the year 1566, by the same herald. With an appendix, containing the Visitation of a part of Cheshire in the year 1533, made by William Fellows, Lancaster Herald, for Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux king of arms. And a fragment of the Visitation of the City of Chester in the year 1591, made by Thomas Chaloner, deputy to the Office of arms". The Publications of the Harleian Society. XVIII. London: Harleian Society, 1882. https://archive.org/stream/visitationofches00glov#page/n9/mode/2up.