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Savile, John (1556 - 1630)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1556
Death Date: 1630-08-31

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: 1586-11-20
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1586-11-20
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 2 additional daughters

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • 1st Baron Savile of Pomfret
    Assumed: 1628-07-21
    Vacated: 1630-08-31
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1597-10
    Vacated: 1630-08-31

Details of Offices

Began Ended
High Steward, Yorkshire
MP, Lincolnshire 1586
Steward, Yorkshire: West Riding 1588
JP, Lincolnshire 1591
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1591
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Yorkshire: West Riding 1594 1615
MP, Yorkshire 1597
Member, Northern High Commission, England 1599
Member, Council of the North, England 1603 -7 1630 -08 -31
MP, Yorkshire 1604
MP, Yorkshire 1614
MP, Yorkshire 1624
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Yorkshire: West Riding 1626 1628
Mayor, Yorkshire: West Riding 1626 -7
MP, Yorkshire 1626
Privy Councillor, England 1626 -11 -8
Vice-president, Council of the North, England 1626 1628
Comptroller of the Household, England 1627 1630 -08 -31

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Howley Hall, Yorkshire: West Riding

Lands

  • Lincolnshire: Barkston
  • Lincolnshire: Doddington
  • Yorkshire: West Riding

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Moot Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland Sir John Savile's Musicians

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir John Savile's Musicians Savile, John (1556 - 1630) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.