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Savile, John (1415 - 1482)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1415
Death Date: 1482-06-15

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1452
    Vacated: 1482-06-15

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Chief Steward & Master Forester, Yorkshire: West Riding -12 -16
Constable, Yorkshire: North Riding -12 -16
MP, Yorkshire 1450 1451
Sheriff, Yorkshire 1454 -11 -4 1455 -11 -4
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1455
Sheriff, Yorkshire 1460/1 -3 -6 1461 -11 -7
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1461
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1461
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1467 1468
MP, Yorkshire 1467 1468
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1469/70
Constable, Yorkshire: West Riding 1471 -7 -5
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1471/2
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1471/2 1473
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1480

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Thornhill, Yorkshire: West Riding
    Patrimony

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir John Savile's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir John Savile's Minstrels Savile, John (1415 - 1482) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936