Savile, John (1556 - 1630)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

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

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Willoughby, Katherine (1551/2 - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: before 1586-11-20
  2. Carey, Elizabeth (1568 - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1586-11-20
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 2 additional daughters

Offspring

From Carey, Elizabeth (1568 - )

  1. Male offspring: Savile, Henry (b. 1588)
  2. Male offspring: Savile, Edward (1589 - 1603)
  3. Male offspring: Savile, Thomas (b. 1591)
  4. Male offspring: Savile, Robert (n.d.)
  5. Male offspring: Savile, Edmund (n.d.)
  6. Female offspring: Savile, Anne (n.d.)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Howley Hall, Yorkshire: West Riding

Lands

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1618-1618 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

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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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)