EARLY SAVILLE FAMILY - LINKED TO BUTLER OF SKELBROOK

[David Hepworth]

Dear John et al

Firstly, thanks for your additions to the Butler strand John. I think
that Baildon missed the note you picked up as a result of how he
searched records. He was a barrister based at Lincoln's Inn in London
- hence his passion for legal records. You will notice that apart from
a few YAS volume entries, he uses few other sources. This is true
throughout most of his work.

Here's the earlier part of the same article (this time volume 28 of the
YAJ). It has been scanned using OCR then checked once - I will post it
as it stands, but will then double check it tonight. Hopefully this
will be of interest to those interested in Saville as a family, since
it covers the known early period. I will do the same exercise with
Clay's father's paper on the later Saviles.

Best wishes
David

"NOTES ON THE EARLY SAVILLE PEDIGREE
AND THE BUTLERS OF SKELBROOK AND KIRK SANDAL.
BY THE LATE W. PALEV BAILDON, F.S.A.
PREFATORY NOTE.
In Vol. xxv of this Journal my father gave an account of the main line
of the Savile family. He had previously dealt with someof the
younger branches, including Savile of Copley and Savile of New Hall, in
his edition of Dugdales Visitation. His interests lay for the most
part in that period of our history for which the evidence afforded by
wills and the parish registers is available; and he did not endeavour
to give detailed information about the Savile family I before the era
of Sir John Savile, who married the Eland heiress in the middle of the
fourteenth century. But in the course of his
- investigations he was in close touch with Mr. Baildon, who for many
years had been collecting notes, mainly from the Plea Rolls, with
regard to the origin and early generations of this distinguished
Yorkshire family; and he was hopeful that Mr. Baildon would in due
course publish the result of his researches to form a prologue to his
own paper. Mr. Baildon found that the information available was far
greater than he had originally anticipated; and .the connection with
the Butler family was of such as to justify a considerable addition to
his original scheme. But at the time of his death, in 1924, he had
practically finished his task, and the present paper was almost ready
for publication in the Journal. He was only waiting, I remember him
telling me, for the opportunity of " running through the Assize Rolls
of Divers Counties," though he was not sanguine of finding any
additional information of material value; and it appears that he was
still working on one or two points arising out of the later generations
of the Butler pedigree. But the paper is so complete in its present
form that its publication will, it is anticipated, not only be welcomed
by members of the Society, but will provide an additional memorial to
Mr. Baildon's unrivalled powers of research. The work of editing has
been negligible. A few references to printed books left unchecked by
Mr. Baildon have been added; some of his loose notes have been inserted
in the place for which he clearly intended them; and the sketch
pedigree which accompanies Section II has been compiled from his own
unfinished draft. Any footnotes of an editorial kind are inserted in
square brackets.

Mr. Baildon bequeathed to the Bradford Public Library his extensive
collection of notes on Yorkshire families; and the thanks of the
Society are due to the authorities of the Library for their kindness in
making this paper available for publication.

CHARLES CLAY.
SECTION I.-INTRODUCTORY.
The early generations of the Saville pedigree, as given in Watson's
Halifax, Foster's Yorkshire Pedigrees, and elsewhere, are quite
untrustworthy. Many of the persons named are creatures of the
imagination, while others are ante-dated or post-dated or otherwise
misplaced in the usual reckless manner of Elizabethan pedigree mongers.
It would be waste of time and space to point out all the obvious
errors; I will only mention two, others are dealt with below. The sixth
generation has "Sir John Savile, knt., of Tankersley," and his son,
grandson, great-grandson, and great-great-grandson, all Johns, are all
described as " of Tankersley." As a matter of) fact, the Tankersley
property did not come to the Savilles until thej marriage of the
last-mentioned John with Isabel, the heiress of; Thomas de Elland.
Henry Saville, said to be the younger brother i of this last John, is
said to have married Ellen Copley "about 1300 "; Ellen was a mere
child at her father's death in 1370, and her husband was the son of
Henry Saville of Thornhill.

It has frequently, if not generally, been assumed that the name was
derived from Saville Hall in Dodworth, and accordingly the old
pedigrees start off with "Sir John Savile of Savile Hall."

Whitaker, in his best ex cathedra manner, makes the statement boldly,
though giving neither argument nor evidence in support.

" Passing by the fond tradition, which is altogether inconsistent with
the grounds of English etymology, that this family are descended from
the Savelli of Italy, suffice it to say that they spring from Savile
Hall, in Dodworth, near Barnsley, which gave name to them, and not they
to it " (Loidis et Elmete, p. 311).

Hunter seems to have leaned to this view, though not saying so in so
many words.

" In this township [Dodworth], about half a mile south of the principal
vill, is Savile-hall, an antient estate of inheritance lying near the
northern branch of the Dove. This estate belonged, in the reigns of
Henry III, Edward I and Edward II to a family of the name of Savile, of
whom there was the following ^structive deed, among the evidences of
Sir Gervase Cutler,' at Stainborough " (South Yorkshire, vol. 2, p.
260). Here follows the grant of " Seyvile Hall " made in 1311 by Thomas
son of Baldwin de Saville (see below). I cannot accept this view.
Saville Hall I take to be the name given to a house by its builders.
The piactice was not common in the north, whereas in the south very
many of the small sub-infeudated manors were called after their owners1
; but even in Yorkshire there are several unmistakeable examples, such
as Thornhill Hall in Wath upon Dearne, Lascelles Hall in Lepton,
Thurnham or Turn-ham Hall in Cliffe, near Selby, and no doubt others.
Moreover, Saville Hall apparently never belonged to the main line of
the family. The first reference to it, so far as any evidence is known,
is in the grant just mentioned, and the Thomas de Saville who granted
it was the son, and possibly the heir, of Baldwin de Saville, a younger
son. If it had ever been the principal seat of the main line, we should
expect to find some earlier reference to it,

The series of returns known as the Testa de Nevill, under date 1242-3
(new edition), has an entry which at first sight suggests that there
was some place or estate in the Lacy fee called " Seyvill " ; we read "
Seyvill, tercia pars unius militis " (Part II, p. 1103). The adjoining
entries, however, are names of persons, not of places; Richard Foliot
precedes and Baldwin Teutonicus follows, which suggests that a
Christian name has been omitted. Mr. Farrer accordingly prints the
entry thus: " [ - de] Seyvill " (Early Yorks. Charters, vol. 3, p.
401), and he is certainly right.

There is no trace of any ville, hamlet or manor called Saville, or
anything which could have become Saville, in Yorkshire or any other
county, to be found in any early document, and the form of the name is
distinctly French. The theory that there is a connection with the Roman
family of Savelli has nothing but the similarity of the name to support
it. There ca|L,be little joubt that the
^
II, as so many French
families did, the Courtenays being a notable example. Watson's
statement on this point is as follows: " Others suppose them to have
come with Geoffry Plantaginet, because there are two towns of this name
on the frontiers of Anjou, both which were annexed to the crown of
England, when the said Geoffry married Maud, daughter and heiress of
Henry I " (Halifax, p. 209). 1 Chequers Court may be instanced, of
which we have heard much lately.

This statement has been frequently copied, but without any additional
information as to the locality of these " two towns/' There are several
towns and villages in France which have names approximating to Saville.
The official Dictionnaire des Posies et des Telegraphes has five places
called Savel, one Saveille, two Sauville, one Savilly, one Sevelle, one
Sevielle, and one Sevilly. Most of these are too remote from the sphere
of Anglo-Norman influence, and there is^jo indication, so far as I
know, from which of the others the Savilles take their name. Perhaps
the most likely are (i) the two villages of #os_ajid[Haiti Sevielle, in
the Department of Seine et Marne ; (2) La Sevelle, in the Department of
Eure, but against this is the fact that the family are never called de
la Saville; (3) Sevilly in the Department of Orne; and (4) Sauville,
in the Department of Ardennes. Nos. i or 3 seem to me the most likely.

Apparently all the deeds relating to the original family properties are
lost or destroyed; at any rate they cannot now be found, as Mr.
Lipscomb, Lord Savile's agent, has kindly informed me. Those printed in
the volumes of Yorkshire Deeds issued in the Record Series refer to
later-acquired properties, such as that at Smeaton. This is a great
misfortune and a most serious handicap. Fortunately, there was a
considerable amount of litigation in the thirteenth century, the
records of which have been of great assistance.

One of the chief difficulties lies in the absence of any date of birth
by which we can test the generations both up and down, The early
Savilles no lands in chief, and consequently there are no inquisitions
to give us the age of an heir; such a document in the late thirteenth
or early fourteenth century would have been invaluable. The only
available inquisition, that on Peter de Saville in 1286, is not post
mortem, though it was formerly included in that series, as were also
the inquisitions ad quod damnum; it was in the nature of a de lunatico
inquirendo, and therefore there was no finding as to the heir, but the
writ mentions a wife and children, and we may fairly make certain
useful inferences as to Peter's age. * In the first place, he had an
uncle, William Saville, then living; so that Peter cannot have been a
very old man. We shall see presently that Peter left a widow, and a son
and heir, John, who was of age in or before 1301. Now if this John had
been of age in 1286, when the inquiry was made as to his father's
mental condition, we might reasonably expect that he would have been
appointed at least a joint guardian of his father's person and
property. As he was not so appointed it is a fair assumption that he
was under age, as he was certainly born not later than 1280. If we
assume 1275 for the approximate date of John's birth, we shall see that
it fits admirably with the pedigree, both up and down.

I think there can be no doubt that it was this John Saville who married
Margery de Rishworth, and we can test the date suggested above by
considering some Rishworth dates. Margery was one of the three
daughters and coheirs of Henry de Rishworth, who were all married
before 1306, when Henry himself was dead. He was, as to part of his
lands, a tenant of the manor of Wakefield, and his name occurs
frequently in the Court Rolls. The earliest extant date is in 1275, and
the last in 1298; his widow, Alice, occurs in 1307 (\Yakefield Court
Rolls, Record Series., vol. i, p. 108; vol. 2, pp. 48, 88). He was
clearly of age in 1275, which gives 1250 as the approximate date of his
birth. The three daughters who survived him (there may have been other
children who died young) were therefore probably born between 1270 and
1275, or thereabouts. Having thus arrived, not by evidence, it is true,
but by fair inference and deduction, that John son of Peter Saville
and, his wife were both born somewhere about 1275, I have used that
approximate date in checking the generations, both up and down, and
what follows, apart from actual evidence, is mainly based on that
assumption.

The Saville and Butler charters printed in the Pontefract Chartulary
threw a new and unsuspected light on the early Saville pedigree; the
fact that the father of Richard de Sayille was called Hugh the Butler
(Pincerna) was, to say the least of it disconcerting, (and clearly
called for a careful investigation. This I undertook at the request
of the late Mr. J. W. Clay, F.S.A., as an introduction to his article
on the Saville Family which he was preparing for the Yorkshire
Archaeological Journal (subsequently printed in vol. xxv), but I felt
that a thorough investigation of the early Fines, Assize Rolls, and
other records, was necessary before any satisfactory result could be
attained, and the removal of these documents from London during the war
delayed my researches. The absence of any family deeds adds greatly
to the difficulty of arriving at a satisfactory conclusion, and there
are several points in the pedigree which may have to be modified if
further evidence should be discovered.
However, the result, though to some extent inconclusive, enables us to
present for the first time a pedigree supported by documentary
evidence.
The Pontefract documents are nearly all undated, and with a few
exceptions do not state the relationship between the various Savilles
and Butlers mentioned in them. To arrange these in approximate
chronological order and to affiliate the individuals with whom we are
concerned, is a matter of great difficulty, and I quite recognise that
others might arrive at conclusions differing from those which follow; I
have given my reasons on all material points. I find myself unable to
accept the late Mr. Holmes's conclusions as to dates and
identifications in many cases; these, I think, are all pointed out.
The main difficulty is to settle the relationship between the Savilles
and the Butlers, and to decide whether the later Savilles were
descended from the Richard de Saville who tells us that his father was
Hugh Butler.
The two earliest Savilles mentioned in the Pontefract Chartulary are
Ralph and Henry.
I agree with Mr. Holmes that Ralph and Henry de Saville]
were probably brothers (Record Series, vol. 30, p. 401), though I do
not agree that Avice de Saville, wife of Hugh Pincerna, was their|
sister, nor with the suggestion made in another place (ibid., p. 411!
that she was their cousin. '
I find no trace of their father or any earlier ancestors. When they
came into Yorkshire, how and why, and whence they derived their
surname, are problems as to which, in the absence of evidence, we can
only make guesses.
One piece of deliberate invention (for so I regard it) must be! noticed
before we begin the documentary evidence. The chronicle \ attributed
to John Brompton, Abbat of Jervaulx, printed by; Twysden in
1752, states (p.ii58) that Richard de Savill was one of seventeen
barons at the coronation of Richard I at Westminster in September,
1189. Even if we accept as a possibility that Richard was the
otherwise unnamed father of Ralph and Henry (see below), i he was at
best a small country squire, and certainly had no claim tof attend the
coronation or to be styled a baron. Sir T. D. Hardy; states that
Brompton's chronicle must have been compiled after the middle of the
fourteenth century. The Dictionary of National Biography states "
the work is wholly uncritical, and, having been widely accepted as
authoritative by writers of past times, has been the means of importing
many fables into our history." There can be little doubt that Baron
Richard de Savill is one of the fables.


SECTION II. - THE EARLY SAVILLES.
RALPH DE SAVILLE, 2. A. was probably born about 1160; there is no clue
to his parentage. He made no gifts to Pontefract Priory, and his name
only appears once in the Chartulary, but fortunately in a dated
document.

1222. - Ralph and Henry de Saivile witnessed an agreement between the
monks and Edusa de Barnsley, widow of Hugh de Baghill, being a demise
of a messuage and land in Barnsley (Pontefract Chartulary, Record
Series, vol. 30, pp. 437-8). Ralph's name is immediately before
Henry's, which suggests that he was the elder brother, if brothers they
were.

I have no further notes of this Ralph; he either left the neighbourhood
or died soon after 1222. There is no record of any children.

HENRY DE SAVILLE, 2.B., was, I think, the brother of Ralph; there is no
evidence of their parentage. Besides the charter just referred to,
dated 1222, Henry witnessed a considerable number of undated documents
recorded in the Pontefract Chartulary, though he was not himself a
benefactor. These mostly relate to lands in Barnsley and Dodworth; the
numbers are 267 (about 1210), 336, 347> 355* 3^2, 367 (before 1222),
374, 390 (about 1200 or later), 392, 456, and 522 (late twelfth or
early thirteenth century); the conjectural dates are Mr. Holmes's. In
Nos. 355 and 362 he is called dominits. His name is spelled Saivile
(i), Seiwilla (i), Sevile (3), Sevilla (2), Sewilla (2), and Sevilla
(i).
Undated; about 1212,- Hugh Pincerna and Henry de Sewilla, probably his
father-in law (see below), witnessed a ..charter relating to a charter
to land at Hermitage in Crosland (Record Series, vol. 30, p. 558). A
document of great importance in settling the relationship of Henry de
Saville is printed by the late Mr. S. J. Chadwick, F.S.A., in his notes
on Dewsbury church (Yorks. Arch. Journal, vol. 20, P- 393)* from
Hunter's MSS. in the British Museum. Hunter states that it was " copied
by N[athaniel] J[ohnston] from an original into his history of the
house of Savile." The document is dated in Lent -( the exact day
being somewhat uncertain), 1225, by which John de Dewsbury and Odo de
Richmond, parsons [rectors] of Dewsbury, in consideration of a rent of
22d. a year, grant to their parishioner, Henry de Seyvill, license to
have a chantry in his chapel at Guthlaker [Golcar], situated in his
house (curia), within the bounds of Dewsbury parish. Witnesses, etc. It
is not stated where John-ston obtained this document, and it does not
appear to be among Lord Savile's deeds; but notwithstanding this rather
damaging fact, I am inclined to accept it as genuine, for the following
reasons: The three persons chiefly concerned, and also most of the
witnesses, can be shown from other evidence to have been living at or
about the specified date; the deed does not contain any allegation of
pedigree, and therefore was not a forgery for the purpose of supporting
a fictitious descent, as is sometimes found.
The importance of the document in the present inquiry lies in the
mention of the curia at Golcar. Curia is a word with many shades of
meaning, but here, I think, jt means a house with a court attached to
or held in it, that is, a manor house, a view supported by the fact
that the house was of sufficient size and importance to have the
chapel. I infer, therefore, that Henry de Saville was at that date lord
of the manor of Golcar. Now we shall see presently that in 1286 Peter
de Seyville was lord of the manor of Golcar, so that we have at once a
reasonable ground for concluding that Peter was either a direct or
collateral descendant of Henry. Foster's pedigree states that Henry had
a son Thomas, who had a son John, who was the father of Peter.I find no
trace of any Thomas son of Henry, but John son of Henry was in all
probability Peter's grandfather.

1226, Octave of St. Andrew, II Hen. III.-Fine between Robert, son of
Henry, By Henry de Seiville, plaintiff, and Walter de Went and Alice
his wife, deforciants, third of 2 bovates of land in Thorpe,1: ]
whereof there had been an assize of mort d' ancestor. The meadow of
Hulm is mentioned (Feet of Fines, Yorks., Hen. Ill, file 18, no. 18).
Undated.-Henry de Sevile witnessed a charter of Avice daughter of
Laurence the Clerk of Darrington, relating to lands at Darrington
(Record Series, vol. 25, p. 297). Mr. Holmes dates tin's as about 1239;
* think this is too late, for there is some reason to suppose that
Henry was dead in 1231 (see below, John, 3.C.).
The subsequent pedigree turns largely on the question of Henry's wife
or wives and children. The old pedigrees state that he married Agnes,
daughter and heir of John Golcar, and that he had two sons, Thomas of
Newstead and Baldwin. I have found no trace of any Thomas at this time;
some notes as to Baldwin will be found below, but I have no evidence as
to his parentage.
I can only explain the later facts as to the various properties on the
assumption that Henry was twice married, and that the Golcar property
did in factt come to him by marriage. The only property that apparently
belonged to these early Savilles, apart from Golcar,1 Probably Thorpe
Audlin, near Pontefract.

Was at Silkstone, Dodworth and Barnsley, and perhaps Thurlston, all of
which can be traced in the descendants 'of Henry in the male line. _
Golcar was also owned by Peter de Saville in 1286 (see below), but it
was held, as to three-fourths of it, from the heir of Richard Butler,
who was a descendant of Hugh Pincerna and Avice de Saville. Now this
Avice was, in my opinion, certainly the ofdaughter of Henrv, and not a
sister, as Holmes suggested; how comes it then that the / descendant of
Henry's son held Golcar of the descendant of Henry's daughter ? There
can, I think, be but one answer: Avice must have been the daughter and
heir of Henry's first wife, to whom the GoTcar property belonged, while
John de Saville, Henry's son and heir, must have been by a second wife.
The original Butler property ; was at Armthorpe, Skelbrook, Scawsby,
and else\yhere in .the neighbourhood of Doncaster; Golcar, being near
Huddersfield, was much nearer to the Saville property than to the
Butler property, and Avice de Saville and her husband may well have
settled Golcar on her half-brother and his heirs to hold of herself and
her heirs. This is a guess, pure and simple there is no evidence
whatever of such a grant, but it is the only suggestion I can make
which explains the situation.
On this supposition Henry de Saville was twice married, his first wife
being the heiress of Golcar, whether or no she was Agnes daughter and
heir of John Golcar, as the old pedigrees allege. Avice.
Ydl^LPiJi^L?!1^ this marriage. See Section III, The Butlers.
Of the supposed second wife I have no information ; her children I take
to have been John and Ralph; Ralph was probably the elder son.
RALPH DE SAVILLE, 3.B., was probably the eldest son of Henry, 2.B., by
his supposed second wife (see above). There is no evidence of any \\ife
or children. If he were in fact the eldest son he must have died
without issue.
1216. - Dodsworth notes a charter, " out .of the chest of Roche Abbay
in St. Marye's Tower in York," by Adam de St. Maria, relating to lands
in Swinton and Rawmarsh, dated 18 John, 1216, and attested by Ralph de
Sayvile (Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 17 b).
Undated; about 1230. - Grant by Robert son of Robert de Stubbes to
Ralph son of Henry de Sayvile of all lu's land in Little Smeaton, etc.
Witnesses, (inter alios) John de Sayvile (Lord Savile's deeds, Record
Series, vol. 50, p. 173). Three other \vitnesse^s, William de Bretjton,
Adam de Mirfield, and Jordan de Heton, witnessed the grant to John de
Sayvile, 12 44-47 (see Sir JOHN DE SAVILLE, 3.C., was the son of
Henry, 2.B., and was probably born about 1200. Mr. Holmes thought that
he was the second son of Hugh Butler and Avice de Saville, but this is
clearly a mistake.

John de Saville witnessed several undated charters in the Ponte-fract
Chartnlary, viz., Nos. 346 (p. 442), 388 (p. 470), as John de Sevile or
Seivile, and as Sir John de Saivile (Sevile), Nos. 363 (p. 452), 364
(p. 453), and 376 (p. 461), to none of which does Mr. Holmes assign a
conjectural date.

Undated.-John de Seivile witnessed the grant by Avice de Seyvile to
her son William, of lands at Bolhach in Silkston (post, The Butlers).
He subsequently had a grant from William of the same property. The date
of these documents is probably between 1240 and 1246.

Undated.-Sir John de Seyvile and Walter de Seyvile witnessed a
charter of John son of Elias de Bulehul, relating to land in Bilcliffe,
near Penistone (Lord Savile's deeds, Record Series, vol. 50, p. 38).

Undated.-A rent of \d. due to John de Seyvil from lands in Bullhouse
in Thurlston, near Barnsley is mentioned in a charter of John son of
Robert de Farnley (Lord Savile's deeds, Record Series, vol. 50, p. 53).


Undated; about 1230.-John de Sayvill witnessed a grant of land in
Little Smeaton to his brother Ralph.

1231, Trinity Term.-A day is given to John de Seyville, plaintiff,
and John de Midhope, to hear judgment in a plea of warranty of charter
relating to the tithes of a certain mill, in one month of Michaelmas at
Westminster, or in the counties of Nottingham, Derby or Leicester, if
the justices shall go there (Assize Roll 1042, m. z6d.). The locality
of the mill is not mentioned. Apparently Henry de Saville and his (?
eldest) son Ralph were both dead.
1242, September 4.-Bordeaux. John de Seyvylla had letters of
protection (Patent Rolls, 26-7 Hen. Ill, m. 8).

1242-3.-Lacy Fee. " Seyvill, the third part of a fee1 This is the
entry printed, without date, in the 1807 edition of the Testa de Nevill
(pp. 365, 367). The date is supplied in the new edition (Part II, p.
1103). The Christian name appears to be omitted, and I see no reason to
doubt that Sir John is the person referred to; No place is mentioned.

1243-4, January.-John de Seyvile was a juror on an inquisition as to
the lands of Ralph de Fetherstan (Record Series, vol. 12, p. 2).

Undated; 1244-47.-Confirmation by Roger de Quency, Earl of Winchester
and Constable of Scotland, of a grant by Simon 1 Scorcheboef, to Sir
John de Sayvile of lands in tl Jdll and common fields of Smidhetone
[Kirk Smeaton], at a yearly rent of some iron spurs or $d. at Easter
for all service; for which grant John gave him [? Simon] 43 marks of
silver. Witnesses to the grant, Alan de Farnham, then Sheriff of
Oxfordshire, Walter de Sayvile, [and others]. Witnesses to the
confirmation, Sir William Mauduite, [and others] (Lord Savile's deeds,
Record Series, vol. 50, p. 173). Alan de Farnham was sheriff from 1244
to 1247.

1246, Easter Term.-Henry son of Adam claimed against John
de Seyville 40 acres of land in Aldeham and Smithele,1 as his right.
John said he ought not to answer because the complaint was never
made in the County Court (?; loquela ista nunquam (nit in Com'),
and the writ speaks of 60 acres, whereas he now only claims 40 acres.
John goes without day, and Henry is in mercy (Assize Roll 1045,
m. 24).John de Sayville, juror, re claim to land in Wintewurth (ibid.,
m. 25).

1246, Easter Term.-Assize whether Adam de Holaund had unjustly raised
a foss in Thurueleston [Thurlston] to the damage of the free tenement
of John de Seville there. The jury found for the plaintiff; the foss
was ordered to be pulled down (prosternatur) (Assize Roll 1045, m.
46d.).

There is no clear evidence of the date of Sir John's death, and, as his
eldest son was also named John, there is a doubt whether certain later
notes refer to the father or the son. Sir John probably died in 1250
or earlier; Agnes de Saville claimed dower in 1250, and she was
alleged to be responsible in December, 1250, for a trespass committed
by her sons (see below). She was probably Sir John's widow. There
is no clue to her parentage.

Their children were John, William, and Walter. JOHN DE SAVILLE, 4.A.,
was, there can be little doubt, the son and heir of Sir John, 3.C.,
though the fact is nowhere stated in terms. He is the first to be
mentioned in the Genealogia Savilorum (Harl. MS. 4630, " copied out of
an old MS/'). He is there stated to have had two brothers, Walter
and William, which seems to identify him as the son of Sir John, 3.C.
He is also said to have married..... " filiam et heredem de Gothlaker"
which apparently confuses him with his grandfather, and to have been "
dominum de Savile Hall circa annum 30 Henrici III in Anno Domini 1245,"
which I believe to be an error.

1250, December 7.-Order to Geoffrey de Langley, the justice of the
Forest, to postpone until the Purification next the distraint to be
made on Agnes de Seville for a trespass which her sons had made in Peak
Forest (Close Roll Cal. p. 388).

1250-1, February 7.-John de Seyville and William and Walter, his
brothers, were pardoned all trespasses charged against them before
Geoffrey de Langley in the pleas of the forest in Derbyshire (ibid.t p.
411).

1251, Michaelmas Term.-John de Seyvill was one of four knights in an
action relating to land in Pontefract (Record Series, vol. 44, p. 60).

1251, Michaelmas Term.-Agnes de Seyville complained that Robert de
Thorpe had unjustly disseised her of a third of 20 acres of /land in
Calthoren [Cawthorne, near Barnsley]. The jury found for the defendant.
Agnes is in mercy for a false claim; pledge, her son John (Assize Roll
1046, m. n^.).
The one third clearly points to dower; Agnes must, I think, have been
the widow of John de Saville, 3.C.

1251, Michaelmas Term.-Colin de Seyville1 was summoned to answer
£ehn de Seyville in a plea that he should do the accustomed services
due for the free tenement he holds of John in Calthorne, viz., 80 acres
of land and a mill, by the service of yearly rents of 305. 4^. for the
land and | mark for the mill. John himself received this until 4 years
ago; he claims loos, damages. Colin admits the holding and the service,
but he says that when John set out for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land he
instructed (assignavit) him [Colin] to pay out of the said rents 2os.
$d. to John Haunsard, los. to John de Lungvilers, in respect of the
land, and } mark to the Prior of Bowelton [Bolton] in respect of the
mill. Asked if he has any document (instrumentum) showing this, Colin
says that he has nothing except his " suit," and produces no " suit "
except his own bare word (simplex dictum). It is therefore considered
that he must henceforth pay the rents to John, and be in mercy for the
unjust detention, and pay damages, taxed at [blank]. Pledge for the
amercement, John son of Walter de Preston (Assize Roll 1046, m. i6d.).

1251, Michaelmas Term.-John de Seyvill was one of four knights
appointed to choose a jury in an action relating to land in Briddeshal
(Assize Roll 1046, m. 28).

1251-2, Hilary Term.-John de Seyvill v. the Prior of Pontefract,
Richard de Scauceby, and Stephen the Carter, for disseising him of
common of pasture in Doddewurth which belongs to his free
1 Mr. Baildon thought this a clerical error; but was not Colin the same
man as Nicholas 4.D.? See p. 394.
1 Oldham and Smidley are in WombwelJ.

tenement there, viz., in a certain wood where he ,as always used to
common. The Prior said that there was formerly a dispute (con-tcntid)
between Hugh, sometime Prior of Pontefract, and Henry de Seyville,
John's father, as touching that wood, and it was agreed between them
that the Prior and his successors should essart within the common of
Duddewurth [sic] if they wished, without contradiction or impediment by
Henry or his heirs, but saving to him and his heirs one-fifth part of
the residue not essarted; and if the Prior or his successors made any
new essart, neither Henry nor his heirs should on that account be able
to make any complaint (qnerela), by a certain writing made between
them, which he produced; and he said that there still remained more
than one-tenth of the said pasture not yet essarted. John cannot deny
this. Judgment for the Prior. John is in mercy for a false claim
(Assize Roll 1046, m. 54^.).

This document certainly implies that the plaintiff was the son of
Henry, 2.B.; I think that this is an error, and that for " Henry,
John's father " we should read " Henry, John's grandfather."

1252, Martinmas.-J^Jjjlj^Qiij^ ?alnia demised to John de Seyvill 2\
bovates of land in the field of Smitheton [Kirk Smeatbn] and his rent
in Skelbroke for 16 years, paying yearly i6s. Witnesses, Richard
Foliot, Robert de Stapilton, Robert Butillcr, Reynald Conan. In the
writings of Robert Rockley of Rockley, esq. (Yorks. Arch. Journal, vol.
12, p. 70). J>e>eJ^^cv*--ts*. ,

1252.-John de Seyvill held in Smetheton, for the term of 16 years,
lands of Ralph son of Hugh de Balnia, and rent in Skelbroke [Will's
Sayvill de eodem (Dodsivorth)^. Witnesses, Robert Foliot, Robert Staple
ton, Robert Butiler. In the^wri tings of Robert Rock-ley, esq. (Yorks.
Arch. Journal, vol. 12, p. 68). This appears to be a variant of the
last note, with the curious interpolation from Dods-wortb, which is not
explained by the editor; it is probably one of Dodsworth's numerous
cross-references to other documents, and may refer to Peter de
Saville's inquisition (see below).

1267-8, Hilary Term.-John de Saiville, who brought a writ against
Richard le Botiller that he should take the homage and reasonable
relief from John for a tenement in Guthlacarthes [Golcar] and
Duddeworth [Dodworth], does not prosecute. Therefore he and his pledges
are in mercy, viz., Ralph de Mitton and William de Merston, clerk
(Assize Roll 1050, m. 8).

The importance of homage and relief, as indicating a change of
ownership, is very frequently overlooked. When an heir succeeded to the
estate of his ancestor he had to do homage and become his lord's man
(homo) as an acknowledgment of his tenure. " The lordof the fee for
which homage is due takes homage of every tenant as he comes to the
land or fee " (Jacob's Law Diet.). Apparently it was only done once,
and the acknowledgment implied by the doing of homage passed to an heir
or grantee on any succession to or alienation of the lord's estate;
hence in grants, fines, or other assurances of estates, we frequently
find the clause, " together with the homage and service of " the
various tenants. A relief was payable " on the taking up by the heir of
his ancestor's estate " (Goodeve, Modern Law of Real Property, p. 21),
" by way of fine for taking up the estate after feuds became hereditary
" (Scriven, Copyholds, p. 227). Fealty was the personal pledge of
fidelity from the tenant to the person of his lord, and hence could not
be assigned; it was due not only on a change of tenant, but also on a
change of lord. We consequently get the statement frequently in fines
on an assignment by the lord that the tenant was present and did fealty
to the new lord. Homage and relief are therefore positive proof of a
succession, while fealty is not.

1267-8, Hilary Term.-John de Seyville who brought a writ against
Baldwin de Sayville [sic] to give up a charter which he unjustly
detains, does not prosecute. He and his pledges are in mercy, viz.,
Ralpj^de Mitton and William de Merston, clerk (Assize Roll 1050, m.
5^.).

1267-8, Hilary Term.-Robert de Wambewell claimed against John de
Seyville 3 'bovates of land in Aldham1 as his right. John claimed a
view, and put in his place John de Dighton. A day is given on the
quindene of Michaelmas at Newcastle-on-Tyne (Assize Roll 1050, m.
73^.).

We shall see presently that a John de Dychton, probably, the same man
married Pleasance, sister of Peter de Saville. I have no
further notes of this John; he was clearly dead in 1278.

There is no clue to his wife. His children were, Peter (see below) and
two daughters, Agnes, and Pleasance wife of John de Deighton, both
apparently living in 1286 and mentioned in Peter's inquisition. The
Genealogia Savilorum gives these children, and two other sons in
addition, Robert and Baldwin. I have no notes as to Robert; Baldwin
will be found below. Ralph, mentioned in 1302 (John, 6,A.), may have
been another son.

WILLIAM DE SAVILLE, 4.B., was a younger son of Sir John, 3.6. He is
apparently the William mentioned in the rather puzzling parenthesis in
a document of 1252 (see above, John, 3.C.), and he had a 1 See above,
1246, John, 3.C.lease of land in Smeaton from his nephew, Peter, for 14
years, of which seven had expired in 1286 (see below, Peter, 5.A.).

1250-1.-See above, John, 3.C.

1264, November 20.-William de Sayvile was a juror at an extent of
the manor of Elmsall (Record Series, vol. 12, p. 99). "^1266,
Easter.-John de Scaldewell [sic] abandoned his assize of mort
d'ancestor against William de Seyville concerning a messuage and 3
acres of land in Scadewell [Shadwell] (Assize Roll 1194, m. 8d)

WALTER DE SAVILLE, 4.C., was a younger son of John, 3.0. He is
mentioned with his two brothers, John and William, in 1250-1 (see
above, John, 3.C.). He occurs as a witness to an undated charter to
which Sir John de Saville was also a witness, and also as a witness to
a grant to Sir John himself, the date of which can be fixed
approximately as between 1244 and 1247 (see above, John, 3.C.).

1246, Easter Term.-Walter de Saiville 5f Guthlacarges [Golcar] was a
pledge for Modesta [sic] who claimed dower in Pocklington and abandoned
her writ (Assize Roll 1045, East. 30 Hen. Ill, m. 31).

1251, Michaelmas Term.-William son of William discontinued his assize
of mort d'ancestor against Walter de Seyvill touching 6d. rent in
Thurleston; he and his pledges are in mercy, viz., William de Deneby
and John de Ulfley (Assize Roll 1046, m. 21).

1268.-Staincross Wapentake. Walter de Sayville appealed Robert son of
Henry de Bolehuses and John de Billeclif of blo\vs and breach of the
peace, and Henry of ordering and sending them (de missione et
precepto). He did not come, and was amerced; pledges, Gilbert son of
Henry de Calthorn and Adam son of Hugh de Wyggeflask (Assize Roll 1051,
m. 10^.).
He had a son John, who was living in 1303; see below,

NICHOLAS DE SAVILLE, 4.D.
1251-2.-Nicholas de Seyville, \ mark for an unjust detention; pledge,
John son of Walter de Preston. Fines of the County of York, in the eyre
of Silvester, Bishop of Carlisle, R. de Thurkelby, and their Fellows
(Assize Roll, 1047, m. 22).

BALDWIN DE SAVILLE, 4.E., is stated in the old pedigrees to have been a
son of Henry (see above, Henry, 2.B.). The dates show this to be
incorrect, for Henry must have been born well back in the twelfth
century, probably not much later than 1160, while Baldwin was living in
1309. The Genealogia Savilorum states that he was a brother of Peter
and son of John, 4.A. This seems to me equally impossible, and it will
be noticed that when this John sued Baldwin in 1267-8 (see above), he
does not call him his son. He was probably a brother, and perhaps a
younger son of John, 3.C.

The earliest note I have on him is in 1267-8 ^(see above, John, 4.A.),
and the next in 1274, when he was a surety for Thomas de Burg and John
de Caylly (Wakefield Court Rolls, Record Series, vol 52, p. 83). He
cannot have been much, if any, under 40 at this time, and was probably
older, since his son William appeared in place of his father in 1275
(ibid., p. 102), and William, if not actually of age, cannot have been
far short.

He occurs fairly frequently in the Wakefield Rolls between 1275 and
1309, ] sometimes as a juror or a surety, but more often as essoining
for non-attendance, when, as a rule, one of his sons appeared for him.

1279. - Pleas of the Crown. The jury found that Alexander Lucas,
Steward of the Earl of Warenne in the Court of Wakefield, had been
taking improper amercements in the case of essoins, and that in this
way he had taken (inter alia) \ mark from Baldewin de Seyville (Assize
Roll 1057, m-I5i 1064, m. 13^.).

1279, July 7. - Baldwin de Sayvile witnessed a charter relating to
land in Norland in the parish of Halifax (Record Series, vol. 39, P-
125).

1293, Trinity Term. - John son of Matthew de Doddesworth, cutting
down a tree in the wood of Baldwin de Sevile with an axe, was crushed
by it, and died immediately. Verdict, death by misadventure. The tree
and the axe, worth 4^., are forfeited as deo-dands (Assize Roll 1098,
m. 33).

He was living in July, 1309, when he essoined at the Wakefield Court by
Hugh de Seyville, his attorney (Record Series, vol. 36, p. 220), and in
September, 1309, when he was fined 6d. for default (ibid.), and died
before Trinity, 1311 (see below, Thomas, 5.C.).

There is no clue to Baldwin's wife. He had five sons, William, John,
Thomas, Hugh, and Henry. Beyond the dates at which they first appear,
there are no means of ascertaining their respective seniorities, but
Thomas, although he does not occur so early as the two first -named,
appears to have succeeded to Baldwin's property.

PPETER DE SALVILLE, 5A., son of John, 4.A., was probably born about
1250; he was clearly of age in 1278, or thereabouts, when he granted a
lease of land in Skelbrook (see below). Hunter distinctly states that
he was son of Sir John, 3. C., but, as stated above, I think that
Hunter has omitted a generation. Peter's father was certainly named
John; see below, John, 6.A., 1302.1 This is the latest entry of Baldwin
in the Wakefield Rolls (Record Series, vol. 36, p. 227).


" The first person who can with any certainty be shown to have been an
ancestor of the noble house of Savile is a Sir John Savile, father of
Peter, of whom there is an inquisition of 14 Edw. I while he was still
living. He [Peter] held Golcar, Skelbrooke, Smeaton, Thurlston, or
lands at those places; and there can hardly be a doubt that he was in
direct descent from a Henry de Savile, who owned Golcar in 1225, in
which year he had a grant from the two rectors of Dewsbury, of a chapel
in his mansion there. The probability is that he [Henry] was the father
of Sir John; but there is not, I believe, evidence to prove that he was
so " (South Yorkshire, vol. 2, p. 260). As will be seen above, this
descent is now proved.

1277-8, Hilary. - Peter de seyville complained of master Robert de
Kirkesmetheton [Kirk Smeaton] and Alan de Kirkesmetheton for disseisin
of his tenement in Scelbrock; adjourned for default of the jury (Assize
Roll 1238, m. 6). The plaintiff craved leave to withdraw his writ in
Trinity Term, 1278 (ibid., m. 16).

Sometime in the summer of 1286 the Escheator held an inquiry as to the
mental condition of Peter de Seyville; as there is a full translation
in vol. 23 of the Record Series, p. 51^ it is only necessary to call
attention here to the material points. Peter became mentally incapable
of managing his own affairs between 1279, when he was sane, and 1282,
when he was insane. He held the manor Golcar, as to three-fourths of
the heir of Richard le Botiler · of Sandal, and as to one:fourth of
Sir John de Heton, by the service of 3d. yearly; four years before,
i.e., about 1282, he gave a mill there to his sister, Agnes de
Seyville. He also held 3 bovates of land in Skelbrooke of Sir Ranul| de
Blamustre, by the service of 10s. a year; this he demised to Robert son
of Stephen de Kirby, about 1278, forji term ol 20 years. He also held a
messuage and 4 bovates of land in Smeaton of the Earl of Lincoln, by
the service of suit of court at Ponteiract ; he demised the land to
William de Seyville, his uncle, about 1279, for a term of 14 years. He
also held a rent of 425. in Thurlston and land worth 6os a year in
Aldham1 held of the heir of John de Hoderode and the heir of Roger de
Wombwell respectively.. Peter's sister, Pleasance, wife of John de
Dychton, is mentioned. The two important facts here are the holdings in
Golcar and Skelbrooke, and the reference to Richard Butler in
connection with ^ th£|ormef^acer The King had previously ordered the
custody of Peter's body, lands, etc., to be committed to Peter de Eton
[Heaton] his near relative (Fine Roll, 14 Edw. I, m. 2; Record Series,
vol. 23, p. 51). l Oldham, in Wombwell.

1286, Oct. 23. - Pursuant to an inquisition showing that Peter de
Seyville is mad, the Escheator is ordered to deliver to John de Eton,
Peter's near kinsman, the custody of his body, land and chattels,
taking good security for proper maintenance (Fine Roll Cal., P- 230). ?

Undated; after 1286. - Hugh son of Richard le Butler of Sandal gave
to John de Heton, knt., the homage and service of
Peter de \ Say villa and his heirs, viz., of three parts [i.e.,
fourths] of the ville \ Goulacres [Golcar], with wardships, reliefs,
etc., which in, any way could belong to the grantor and his heirs.
Witnesses, john de [sic] Tyes John Sotehill, William le Fleming, Hugh
de Swillington, William do Bellomonte and John his brother, and John de
Dighton (Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 122, in the collections of . John
Hanson; Yorks. Arch. Journal, vol. 7, p. 262; Harl. MS. 4630, s.n.
Saville).

1302, Thursday before St. Dunstan (probably the Deposition May 19), 30
Edward I. - Peter de Seyville discontinued his assize I of novel
disseisin against Roger son of Thomas de la Wodehalle concerning a
tenement in Wyrkeburg [Worsborough]. He and his I pledges were in
mercy, viz., John Fleming of Walton and Thomas de Bosville (Assize Roll
1294 m 6d)

Peter is not stated to be* suing by his guardian, so it may be presumed
that he had recovered.

1302-3, Hilary Term. - Agnes widow of Nicholas le Cordwaner of York
sued Peter de Sayvill, John son of Walter de Sayvill, and others, for
debt (De Banco, Hil. 31 Edw. I, m. 84).
Peter was dead in 1308, leaving a widow, Maude, and at least one child,
his heir, John. He certainly had other children, since the writ made in
connection with the lunacy proceedings of 1286, and dated May 18 in
that year, directs that Peter and his wife and children are to be well
and honorably supported out of the issues of his lands and tenements
(Record Series, vol. 23, p. 53«.)«

1308, May 31, etc. - Elcok de Lynthayt, charged with seizing the
cattle of Maude widow of Peter de Seyville and driving them from j the
Earl of Warenne's fee to the Earl of Lincoln's fee, admits it, j an3 is
amerced 35. 4^. The cattle were seized at Quarmby, and! driven to
Almondbury. Thomas son of Christiana de Lynthayt, John de Lynthayt,
and John son of Adam de Locwode, were also charged with the same
offence ; the latter was said to be the instigator (\Yakcfidd Court
Rolls, Record Series, vol. 36, pp. 152, 158, 160, JOHN DE SAVILLE,
5.B., was the son of Waltc*, 4.C. He occurs in 1302-3 (see above,
Peter, 5.A.).

THOMAS DE SAVILLE, 5.C., was the son of Baldwin, 4.E. He does not occur
in any of the Wakefield entries relating to his father. His brothers,
William and John, appear considerably earlier than Thomas does,
nevertheless Thomas was much the most important of Baldwin's sons and
may have been the eldest son; he certainly appears to have succeeded to
Baldwin's property.

Undated.-Thomas de Seyvile witnessed a grant by Robert son of John de
Wambcwell to Baldwin del Hill of land in Thurlston (P.R.O., Ancient
Deeds, vol. 2, p. 504, no. C. 2294).

Undated^r-Iiiomas de.Sa^viU witnessed a charter of Adam de Pontefract
of Mirfield to Sirjohnjde Heton, relating to lands in Mirfield
andHopton (MSS. of Col. Gascoigne,JRecord^ Series, vol. 39,

1293, Trinity Term.-Thomas de Sayvile was one of the jurors for
Staincross Wapentake (Assize Roll 1098, Trin. 21 Edw. I, m. 108).

1299.-Thomas de Sayvyle or Sayville was a juror on two inquisitions
(Record Series, vol. 31, pp. 103, 13$).

1305, Easter.-A jury of Staincross Wapentake presented that Thomas de
Seyville led (duxit) the men of Hallumscire with arms, at Barnsley, to
fight Ralph del Haye, and at West Bretton tried to beat Thomas son of
Erkyn in his own house; also that he received and maintains Thomas
Skyreloke, and others unknown, who beat and wounded Matthew del Mersk
and Robert his brother. Thomas pleaded not guilty, and as no one
appeared to prosecute, he was dismissed quietus (Assize Roll 1107, m.
3^.).

Ralph del Haye was charged with having men at Barnsley to lie in wait
for Thomas de Seyville and beat him. No one appeared to prosecute
(ibid., m. 7).

1309, Michaelmas.-See below, John, 6.A.

1309, April 28.-Thomas de Sceayvile witnessed a charter relating to
land at Worsborough (Record Series, vol. 39, p. 184).

1311.-I, Thomas de Savile, have granted to Sir Thomas de
MounteneYand^ConstrinceJiia^YifeJny manor in the vill of Dodworth which
is called Seyvile Hall, together with all my lands in Stayn-burgh, and
a yearly rent of 2s. in the vill of Coldwell,1 which I had of the gift
of Baldwin my father. Dated at Seyvill Hall, the morrow of Holy
Trinity, 4 Edward II (Hunter, South Yorkshire, vol. 2, p. 260, from
Dodsworth MS. 113, p. 201).1 [Mr. Baildon has elsewhere a pencil note,
" Probably the farm in Austonley now known as Call well."]

1313, Easter Term.-Adam son of John de Everyngham, byj \V jj^irT de
Tynton, his ^atdHnTcIainied a messuage and land in\ Staynburgh from
Thomas de Sayvill (De Banco, East* 6 Edw. II, m. i8id.; Hil. 7 Edw.
II, m. 150).

1313, Dec.-Thomas de Seyville essoined at Wakefield Court by William
de Seyville (Record Series, vol. 57, p. 19). There are many entries
relating to him in this volume, but mostly of minor importance.

1314 and 1323.-Thomas de Sayvile witnessed two charters relating to
land in Dewsbury (Record Series, vol. 39, pp. 59, 60).
1315-6, Feb.-Thomas de Seyville was pardoned for not attend-! ing the
Wakefield Court, because he was on the King's service; (Record Series,
vol. 57, p. 100). L

His last appearances, so far as the Wakefield rolls are printed, are in
1316 when in August he sued Master Philip le Waleys on an agreement,
and was a surety in September (Record Series, vol. 57, p. 157) *

1319, April 14.-Inquisition taken after the death of Margaret1 de
Nevill. Wapentake of Stayncliff. Heton1; 3 car. of land held by^ Thomas
(?) de Seyvil by knight's service (Inq. post mortem, Chan-l eery, Edw.
II, file 62).

1325, June 4.-Thomas Sayvill was a juror at the inquisition taken as
to the gift by Adam de Brom and William de Herlaston of the advowson of
Aberford church to the Scholars of the House of St. Mary [Oriel
College], Oxford (Inq. ad quod damnum, file 174, no. 16).

1332, Nov. 4.-Thomas Savill was a juror at the inquisition taken as
to Adam de Batelay's foundation of a chantry in Batley church (Inq. ad
quod damnum, file 221, no. 15).

It is possible that some of these notes relate to another Thomas, but I
have no evidence of any other.

There is no evidence of any wife or children.

WILLIAM DE SAVILLE, 5.D., son of Baldwin, 4.E. He appeared at the
Wakefield Court for his father in 1275, and was then presumably of age
or very nearly so (Record Series, vol. 29, p. 102).

Undated.-William de Sayvil witnessed a grant by Robert de Hoderod to
Baldwin del Hill and Margery his wife of land in Thurle-ston, etc.
(P.R.O., Ancient Deeds, vol. 2, p. 465, no. C. 1941).

1290.-William de Sayville was a juror on an inquisition relating to
the endowment of Rothwell Chapel (Record Series, vol. 23, p. 115).

1313, Dec.-Thomas de Seyville essoined by William de Seyville at the
Wakefield Court (ibid., vol. 57, p. 19).
1 Hetton, near Gargrave,

JOHN DE SAVILLE, 5.E., son of Baldwin, 4.^. ' He appeared at the
Wakefield Court for his father in 1285 (Record Series, vol. 29, p.
194), and again in 1297 (ibid., vol. 36, p. 17).
The only other entry relating to him in the Wakefield Rolls, so far as
they are printed, is in 1316, when he was fined I2d. for not attending
(ibid., vol. 57, p. 120).

HUGH DE SAVILLE, 5.F., son of Baldwin, 4.E., first appears in 1293.
1293, Trinity Term.-Morley Wapentake. Robert son of Peter de Osseut
[Ossett] fell from a cart in the field of Sothill, and died
immediately. Hugh son of B?ldwin de Seyville was attached because he
was present; but has not come. He is not suspected, nor anyone else.
Judgment, misadventure. Price of the cart, 2 horses, and 2 thraves
\irabes) of oats, 7$. Hugh was attached by John son of Henry de
Dewesbery and Henry son of Jul[iana] of the same (Assize Roll 1098,
Trin. 21 Edw. I, m. 25^.).

He appeared at the Wakefield Court for his father in 1297 (Record
Series, vol. 29, p. 259), and as attorney of Baldwin de Seyville in
1309 (ibid., vol. 36, p. 220). The only other entry relating to him in
the Wakefield Rolls, so far as they are printed, is in 1316, when he
was fined 2d. for not attending (ibid., vol. 57, p. 131).

HENRY DE SAVILLE, 5.0., son of Baldwin, 4.E. He only occurs once in the
Wakefield Rolls, in 1306, when Joan daughter of Walter de Heton sued
Henry son of Baldwin de Sayville for trespass (Record Series, vol. 39,
p. 60).
1316, Michaejmas Term.-Fine between Edmund de Dronfcld, plaintiff,
and Henry le [sic] Seyvill and Amabel his wife, deforciants, of 2
messuages, 45 acres of land, i acre of meadow and i acre of wood in
Westbretton; release by Henry and Amabel, for themselves and the heirs
of Henry, to Edmund and his heirs (Feet of Fines, case 270, file 90,
no. i).

JOHN DE SAVILLE, 6.A., son and heir of Peter, 5.A., was born about
1275. We are now getting on to sure ground, since he is certainly the
John who married Margery de Rishworth. It seems equally clear that he
was not the father of Sir John who married Isabel "de Elland and was
Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1380, 1383 and 1388, and who died in 1399, as
stated in Foster's pedigree.

Undated.-John de Savile witnessed a deed of Amabel widow of Sir John
de Beaumont, relating to land in Huddersfield (Yorks. Arch. Journal,
vol. 7, p. 275). At the foot of this document, as printed, is added
this note: "This deed tied to ye former Deed (before 1297)." Whether
the date in brackets is part of Dodsworth's original note or was added
by Mr. A. S. Ellis, who edited the series, does not appear, but in
either case it is misleading, since the former deed is itself undated,
and is only conjecturelly ascribed to " circa 1297."

1300, Michaelmas Term.-John son of Peter de Seyville complained of
William, Prior of Pontefract, and Walter de Sutton, his bailiff, for
distraining him to do suit at the Prior's court of Berneslay
[Barnsley], which he was not bound to do; he said that he held of the
Prior a house and a carucate of land in Dodesworth [Dodworth] by fealty
and the service of los. a year, and he was not bound to do any other
service, and that on the quindene of Michaelmas this year he delivered
to the said Prior at Berneslay a prohibition from the King to the
effect that he was not to distrain the plaintiff; notwithstanding this,
the Prior did distrain him to do service at his court of Berneslay from
three weeks to three weeks; he claimed £20 damages. The Prior said
that the writ was founded on the Statute of Marleberge, and he claimed
judgment, because in the Statute it said " except where he or his
ancestors had been accustomed to do service before the first crossing
of Henry the King's father into Brittany," whereas in the writ it said
" into Gascony." Judgment for the defendant on account of this
variation (De Banco, Mich. 28 Edw. I, m. 179^.; Hil. 29 .Edw. I, m.
33<2.; Record Series, vol. 17, p. 168; South Yorkshire, vol. 2, p.
261).

This" note probably gives the approximate date of John's marriage. His
father was still alive, and the property at Dodworth, and that at
Worsbrough mentioned in the next note, were, I feel little doubt,
settled on John on the occasion of his marriage.

1300-1, Hilary Term.-John son of Peter de Seyville claimed against
Roger Fitz-Thomas (filius Thome) 10 acres of land and 2 acres of wood
in Wyrkesburgh [Worsbrough] as his right (De Banco, Hil. 29 Edw. I, m.
33; Hil. 30 Edw. I (1302), m. 54^d).

1301-2. Hilary Term.-John son of Peter de Sayville v. Elias de
Smytheton of Askerne claimed 20 acres of land, 12 acres of wood, | acre
of meadow and J of a messuage in Calthorn [Cawthorne, near Barnsley]
and other smaller properties there against five other defendants. The
property was taken into the King's hands for default of appearance (De
Banco, Hil. 30 Edw. I, m. 54^., 225; Trin. 30 Edw. I, m. zid.). In
Michaelmas Term, 1302, the defendants appeared, and John said that they
had no entry in the property except after a demise made by John de
Sayville, his grandfather (whose heir he is), to Ralph de Sayville, for
a term which has expired. The defendants said that other persons, not
named inthe writ, were interested. Let them be summoned (De Banco,
Midi. 30-31 Edw. I, m. 45d.).

1303, Michaelmas.-John son of Peter de Seyville sued William, Prior
of Pontefract, complaining that, whereas it was unlawful for anyone to
distrain a tenant to do suit of court unless so bound by his feoffment,
or he or his ancestors holding that tenement had been wont to do so
before the first crossing of Henry III into Brittany, nevertheless the
Prior had distrained John to do suit at his court of Bernesley
[Barnsley]. The Prior did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to
attach him to be at Westminster on the quindene of Hilary (De Banco,
Mich. 31-32 Edw. I, m. 145d.).

1306, Saturday, Eve of the close of Easter, 34 Edward I.-John de
Sayvile witnessed an agreement between Thomas son of Sir John de Heton
and Adam de Pontefracto of Mirheld, relating to lands in Mirfield (MSS.
of Col. Gascoigne).
1306, 34 Edward I.-Hugh son of John de Eland released to , Thomas de
Langfield and Ellen his wife, Jordan de Insula and Isabel ihis wife,
and John de Sayvile and Margery his wife, daughters and heirs of Henry
de Rishworth, the rent of 10 marks for the moiety of the vill of
Barkesland (Harley MS. 797, fo. 6 (Dodsworth's Yorkshire Notes);
Watson, Halifax, p. 85).

This document establishes the fact as to the three daughters and
coheirs of Henry de Rishworth. Thomas and Ellen de Langfield seem to
have been dead in Michaelmas Term, 1322.

1309, Michaelmas Term.-John de Sayville complained of Robert, Prior
of Pontgfract, that,-whereas it is provided by the common counsel of
the realm that none should be distrained to do suit of court, unless
bound to do so by the terms of their feoffments or unless they or their
ancestors had done so before the first passage of Henry III into
Brittany-the Prior had distrained John to do suit of court at
Barnsley; John holds 2 messuages, 112 acres of land, 8 acres of meadow,
and 20 acres of wood in Dodworth, by homage, fealty and the service of
175. 6d. a year for all service, nevertheless the Prior had distrained
him to do suit at the said court, notwithstanding that he, John, had on
the Thursday after Michaelmas, 2 Edw. II [1308], at Barnsley, in the
presence of Robert de Boseville, Thomas de Sayville, Robert de Barneby,
and others, delivered a royal prohibition to the Prior; he claims £20
damages. The Prior says that John's ancestors were wont to do suit for
the said tenements at the Prior's court at Pontefract, before the time
limited in the writ, until [blank], Prior of Pontefract, at the request
of [blank], John's ancestor, granted that suit might be done atBarnsley
instead, because Barnsley was nearer than Pontefract to those
tenements. John denied this. Jury on this issue in 3 weeks of
Easter (De Banco, Mich. 3 Edw. II, m. 316). , 1319, Michaelmas
Term.-Fine between William sonjjf Alan de j Smetheton,plaintiff, and
John de Seyville, deforciant, of 4 tofts, 60 acres of land, and 45.
rent in Skelbroke, to hold to William and hislieirs (Feet of Fines,
case 271, file 93, no. 41).

1319, Michaelmas Term.-Fine between John de Sayville and Margery his
wife, plaintiffs, and Jordan son of Jordan de Insula and Isabel his
wife, deforciants, of 275. rent in Barkesland, Bothamley and Northland,
and of J of the manor of Rissheworth, which Alice, widow of Henry de
Rissheworth, holds for life of the inheritance of Isabel. To hold
(subject to the life interest) to John and Margery and the heirs of
John. Warranty against the heirs of Isabel. Alice was present and did
fealty to John and Margery (Feet of Fines, case 271, file 93, no. 42).

Isabel de Insula and Margery de Saville were two of the three coheirs
of Henry de Rishworth.

1319, Michaelmas Term.-Fine between John de Sayville and Margery his
wife, by Joricius de Clementhorpe put in Margery's place, plaintiffs,
and Jordan de Insula and Isabel his wife, deforciants, of third of the
manors of Rissheton [sc. Rishworth], Barkeland [sic], Northland and
Wyllays, and of ninth of the manor of Skyrcote, which John admits to be
the right of Isabel. Jordan and Isabel grant, for themselves and the
heirs of Isabel, that the third parts of the manors of Northland and
Wyllays, and the said ninth part, which Alice, widow of Henry de
Rissheworth, holds in dower of Isabel's inheritance, and also the said
third parts of the manors of Rissheton [sic] and Barkeland, which the
said Alice holds for life by demise of Jordan and Isabel, shall after
Alice's death remain to John and Margery for their lives, to hold of
the chief lords, and after their deaths shall remain to Henry, their
son, and his heirs. Warranty by Jordan and Isabel for themselves and
the heirs of Isabel. Alice was present and consenting, and did fealty
to John and Margery (Feet of Fines, case 271, file 93, no. 48).

1327.-Pardon to John de Sayvill for the death of Robert de Baldok
(Patent Roll, i Edw. Ill, part i, m. 10).

1328-9.-Court held at Wakefield, 2 Edward III. Order to distrain John
de Savile to do suit of court for tenements in Rishworth late belonging
to Henry de Rishworth (Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 149).

1330, Easter Term.-The King v. John de Seyville, to permithim to
present a parson to the church of Smeti on, which is vacant, the gift
belonging to the King by reason of the wardsliip (custodia) of the
purparty of John de Camoys and Margaret his wife, one of the sisters
and heirs of Richard Foliot, deceased (who held of King Edward, the
King's father, in chief), in the lands and tenements of the said
Richard. The King, by Adam de Fincham, said that Jordan Foliot was
seised of the advowson, and presented one William de Smetheton in the
time of Edward I, who was admitted and instituted, and by whose death
the church is now vacant. From Jordan the right descended to Richard,
as son and heir, and from Richard to Richard, as son and heir, and from
him, who died without heir descended of himself, to Margery and
Margaret, as sisters and heirs; Margaret is wife of John de Camoys and
is within age and in ward to the King; the said advowson belongs to her
share, by consent of Hugh de Hastynges, and Margery his wife, the other
sister and coheir. John de Seyville has unjustly impeded the King in
the presentation, to his damage of 1,000 marks. The defendant, by
Robert de Clayton, admits the facts as stated. Judgment that the King
do recover, and that John be in mercy for the unjust detention. Let
there be a writ of non obstante to the Archbishop of York to admit a
parson on the King's presentation (Coram Rege, East. 4 Edw. Ill, m. 16
Rex).

John was probably dead in 1336, when a John de Sayvill, n*> doubt his
son, did homage (see below). His wife was Margery, daughter and
coheiress of Henry de Rishworth. Their children were:

John; see^ below.

Henry; see below.

? William, Rector of High Hoyland, 1348; see below.
It was originally my intention to stop at this point, having brought
the pedigree down to John Saville, husband of Margery Rishworth, with
whom Mr. Clay's account begins. I decided, however, to continue so as
to include the live successive Johns who headed the family during the
whole of the fourteenth century, in the hope of settling their various
dates. This has proved a matter of great difficulty in the absence of
any inquisitions post mortem, while the fact that the first two Johns
each had a wife named Margery, and the last three Johns each had a wife
named Isabel, is a serious complication. There are no administrations,
and only one will, which mentions neither wife nor children, and is
therefore of very little assistance.

JOHN DE SAVILLE, 7.A., eldest son of John, 6.A., was probablyborn soon
after 1300. The Genealogia Savilorum, copied in Harley MS. 4630, "
from an old MS.," states that he married Joan daughter of Matthew de
Bosco, and had issue John, who married the daughter t and heir of
Thomas de Eland, and Margaret, Prioress of Kirklees. j Foster's
pedigree transposes the wives of this John and his father, 1 and
makes Sir John who married Isabel de Elland the son of Margery de
Rishworth; he further states that Sir John (who died in1399) had a
brother Henry, who married about 1300 ! l

1336, Friday after Michaelmas.-Inquisition taken at the Court at
Wakefield, 10 Edward III. John de Sayvell did homage, etc., for lands
in Guldeker-Heton [sic] (Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 146; Yorks. Arch.
Journal, vol. 7, p. 262). See note on homage, ante, p. 392. The curious
form, " Guldeker-Heton," is explained by the next note.

1336, Friday after St. Luke the Evangelist, 10 Edward III.- John de
Seyville did fealty during the minority [of the heir] of John de Heton,
and acknowledged that he holds of the said heir the manor of
Guldekerres [Golcar] and 4 bovates of land there, by homage and fealty
and the service of $d. yearly at Martinmas (Wakefield Court Rolls;
Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 146).

1343.-Pontefract Rolls. John de Sayvill did fealty, and acknow- I
ledged that he held the moiety of a knight's fee in Smytheton [Kirk /
Smeaton] and Grymston, by homage, suit of court, etc., and a white farm
(pro alba firma) of 35. jd. (Yorks. Arch. Journal, vol. 12,
P- 75).

1344-5, Hilary.-Hugh de Coppelay claimed as his right 155. '*
rent in Barkesland against William de Langfeld, and 155. rent there
against John Sayvel and Margery his wife, and 155. rent there against
Alice de Rishworth (De Banco, Hil. 18-9 Edw. Ill, m. 163).

1346.-Aid of 405. to marry the King's eldest daughter. From Agnes de
Cronessele, John de Quernby, John Savill, . . . . de Riche-worth, and
John Withet, for 3! camcates in Gretton [sc. Bretton], Querneby,
Gouthlokeres [Golcar], and Cumberworth, where 12 carucates make a
knight's fee, us. Sd. The previous owner is not mentioned (Exch. K.R.,
Misc. Book 3, fo. 72).

1346.-Aid of 40s. to marry the King's eldest daughter. From John
Savill for one eighth of a knight's fee in Smehton [Kirk Smea- \ ton],
of the fee of Skerchebeuf, 5s. (Exch. K.R., Misc. Book 3, fo. 83).
There is no evidence when thisJJohn died; the later notes which might
conceivably relate to him seem to fit better for his son John, ; but
this is by no means certain as to all of them.

His wife was Margery (called Joan in the Genealogia Savilotum, ante, p.
405), said to have been a daughter ui Matthew Wood (de Bosco).
He had issue John, see below, and Margaret, Prioress of Kirklees.

Henry DE SAVILLE, 7.B., son of John, 6.A., is mentioned as the
remainderman to the Rishworth property in the fine of 1319 (see above).
I assume that the later notes relate to the same person, but this is
not certain.

1344, Dec. 8.-John, Abbat of Roche, granted the wardship and marriage
of William, son and heir of William de Ryley, to Adam de Heley of
Burton, Henry de Seyvyle, and William de Heley (Record Series, vol. 63,
p. 65).

1358 and 1361.-See below, John, 8.A.
WILLIAM DE SAVILLE, 7.0., Rector of High Hoyland, was probably a
younger son of John, 6.A. The only notes I have of him are the
following.

1334-5.-Dodsworth has a note, from the charters of Francis Burdet of
Birthwaite, that William de Say vill was rector of a mediety of High
Hoyland, but gives no details (Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 19).

1347-8.-William de Say vill, parson of Heghholand, was surety for
Richard de Cornewaill, chaplain, indicted for helping Guy Tyas, who
killed John son of John de Rothersfeld at Skelmersthorpe on Monday
after the Epiphany, 21 Edward III, 1347-8 (Controlment Roll 9, m. 47).
Guy and Richard were pardoned (Coram Rege, Midi. 23 Edw. Ill, m. 2
Rex).

Sir JOHN DE SAVILLE, 8.A., eldest son of John, 7.A., was probably born
about 1325. In September, 1386, he gave his age as 60 and upwards.
1353, Trinity, and 1354, Easter.-Fine between Hugh de Brerelay and
Maude his wife, plaintiffs, and Robert de Neville of Hornby, chivalcr,
deforciant, of the manor of Brerelay [Brierley, near Barns-ley] ; to
hold to Hugh and Maude and the heirs of Hugh, together with the homage
and service of (inter alios) John de Seyville of Tankersley and Isabel
his wife (Record Series, vol. 52, p. 45).
1355-6, March 23.-John Tours and John de Sayvyll acknowledged that
they owed William de Mirfeld, clerk, £10; to be levied, in default of
payment, on their lands and chattels in Yorkshire (Close Roll CaL,
1354-60, p. 305).
1357-8, Feb. 24.-Pardon, for good service to the King and Henry, Duke
of Lancaster, done by Thomas del Wocleheved of Barkeslond, in Brittany
in the Duke's company, to the said Thomas who was indicted for the
death of Thomas son of John de Saurby; John de Sayville has testified
that it was done in a hot conflict and not of malice (Patent Roll CaL,
1358-61, p. 13).
1358.-John and Henry de Seyville witnessed two charters relating to
Rastrick (Record Series, vol. 63, p. 93).

1361, July 6.-Partition of the estates of Henry, Duke of Lancaster.
To John, Earl of Richmond and Blanche his wife (inter alia) the manor
of Marchesden, held for life by John Seyville (Patent Roll CaL,
1361-64, pp. 50, 86).

1361.- John son of Eve granted his manor of Toothill to Henry de
Sayville and others; John de Sayville a witness (Record Series, vol.
63, p. 94).


1364, Nov. 15.-Joh'n Sayvill was one of a commission of oyer and
terminer, touching all conspiracies, confederacies, collusions, and
false alliances in Yorkshire (Patent Roll Cal., 1364-67, p. 73), and on
Feb. 10, 1364-5, on another commission to inquire as to the complaint
of Elizabeth widow of Sir Nicholas de Wortelay (ibid., p. 140).

1367-8, Jan. 13.-The Prior of Monk Bretton, going beyond seas by the
King's license, appointed John de Sayvill, and others, his attorneys
for one year (Patent Roll CaL, 1367-70, p. 44).

1371, June 2.-John Sayvill was appointed on the commission of the
peace for the West Riding (Patent Roll CaL, 1370-74, p. 106). His
reappointment occurs frequently, and also on commissions of array and
of oyer and terminer.

1371. Tuesday after Trinity.-At Sprotborough, John Fitz-William,
knt., found pledges, John Sayville, knt., Thomas de Reresby, knt. (and
others), in £300, that he would not cause nor procure hurt or harm to
John de Staynton (Close Roll CaL, 1369-74, p. 308).

1372. Trinity.-Fine between Geoffrey de Warburton, chivaler, and
Aline his wife, plaintiffs, and John Sayville^ of jEland, chivaler, and
jsabel his wife, deforciants, of the manors of Brighouse and Car^nghow;
to hold to Geoffrey and Aline for the life of Aline, of John and Isabel
and the heirs of Isabel, paying yearly a rose at the Nativity of St.
John Baptist for all service to them, and doing all service to the
chief lords; remainder to Thomas son of Sir John de Eland, and the
heirs of his body; reversion to John and Isabel and the heirs of Isabel
(Record Series, vol. 52, p. 162).

1372, Trinity.-Fine between Thomas son of John de Eland, plaintiff,
and John Sayville of Eland, chivaler, and Isabel his wife, deforciants,
of a moiety of the manor of Tankersley; to hold to Thomas and the heirs
of his body, of John and Isabel and the heirsof Isabel, paying yearly a
rose at the Nativity ^*. St. John Baptist, for all service to them, and
doing all service'to the chief lords; reversion to John and Isabel and
the heiis of Isabel (Record Series, vol. 52, p. 162).
1372 Michaelmas.-Fine between John Sayville of Elland, chivaler, and
Isabel his wife, plaintiffs, and John de Brampton, parson I of the
church of Badsworth, deforciant, of the manor of Elland and j a moiety
of the manor of Tankersley; to hold to John and Isabel \ for their
lives; remainder to John the son of John, and the heirs of ; his body;
remainder to Henry, brother of John the son, and the \ heirs of his
body; remainder to the right heirs of Isabel (Record 1 Series, vol. 52,
p. 157).
This John was the first of the family to take a prominent part ·
in public affairs. In 1374 he occupied the arduous post of escheator
in Yorkshire, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland, which
he resigned in the latter part of 1375 (Close Rolls).

1375 he was one of the Knights of the Shire for Yorkshire, and in July,
1376, he and his fellow M.P., Sir Robert de Boynton,were paid £34 8s.
for 86 days' attendance, at the rate of 4s. a day (Close Roll Cal.,
1374-77, p. 428). He was again M.P. for Yorkshire in 1382, 1384, and
1390.

Sir John served as Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1380, 1382, and 1387. 1375,
June 5.-Mandate to John Sayvill, Escheator in co. York, to deliver
the temporalities of the Archbishopric of Canterbury within his
bailiwick to Simon [de Sudbury], late Bishop of London, now translated
to Canterbury by the Pope (Patent Roll Cal.t 1374-77, p. 118).

1384, June 17.-Exemption, for life, of John Sayvill, knt., from being
put on assi/es, juries or recognisances, or from being made mayor,
sheriff, escheator, coroner, etc., or other minister of the King,
against his will (Patent Roll Cal., 1381-85, p. 415). f In 1385
and again in 1388 Sir John was appointed Commissioner I of Array for
the West Riding (Patent Roll Cal., 1381-85, p. 590; i 1385-89, p. 475).

1386, Sept. 17.-Sir John Sayvyll, aged 60 years and upwards, gave
evidence in favour of Sir Richard Scrope in the Scrope and Grosvenor
dispute (vol. i, p. 112; vol. 2, p. 303).

1390.-Sir Robert Neville of Hornby and Sir John Saville were paid
£22 8s. for 56 days' service as Knights of the Shire for Yorkshire, at
the rate of 45. a day (Close Roll Cal.t 1389-92, p. 178).

1391.-Sir John Sayville the elder was one of the feoffees ofJames le
Boteler, Earl of Ormonde, for the manor of Shipley (Close Roll Cal.t
1389-92, p. 525).
1392, June 16.-Supersedeas, on the pledge of Thomas Fairfax and
others, addressed to the Sheriff of Yorkshire, in favour of Guy de
Roucliff, clerk, at the suit of John Sayville, knt., for detinue of
£249 (Close Roll Cal., 1389-92, p. 564).

1395-6, Jan. 20.-John Sayvill, knt., John Sayvill, knt., his son, and
Henry Sayvill, esq., witnessed a deed relating to property at Rastrick
(Record Series, vol. 63, p. 94).

1396, Friday before Pentecost.-Inquisition taken at Pontefract. It is
not to the damage of the King or anyone else if license be granted to
John Herle, Parson of Tankereslay, John de Wath, Vicar of Hoderesfeld,
John de Disshford, chaplain, and William de Heton, to found a chantry
for one chaplain in the chapel of Eland, annexed to the parish church
of Halifax, and to assign to the chaplain a messuage in Eland, a yearly
rent of 8 marks out of the manor of Wyke near Okenschagh, and a
messuage, 200 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow and 6 acres of wood in
Hymmesworth, to sing divine service in the said chapel for the good
estate of John, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, and of John Sayville,
knt., and Isabel his wife, and of their children, and for their souls
when they die, and for the souls of Henry, late Eari of Lancaster, and
of John Sayville and Margery his wife (parents of the said Sir John),
and of Thomas de Eland and Joan his wife (parents of Isabel), and of
John de Rylay, and of their friends and benefactors and of all faithful
departed (Inq. ad quod damnum, file 426, no. 36).

Mr. Clay's footnote on page 5 of his article is rather misleading. He
says, " In the same Chantry Surveys, p. 292, Sir John Savile is said to
have founded a chantry at Thornhill with rents of lands in Brigehouse
by will Xmo Decembris, Edward iiij XXmo. This is not in, nor agrees
with, the above will.1' The founder of the chantry at Thornhill was Sir
John Saville of Thornhill, whose will, dated November 23, 1481, and
proved June 21, 1482, is printed in Test. Ebor. (vol. 3, p. 270), and
also by Mr. Clay. The will makes no provision for any chantry; the
document mentioned in the chantry certificate as dated December 10, 20
Edward IV, i.e. 1480, may have been a deed and not a will.

1396, July 20.-Sir John Sayville, knt., paid £20 for the license in
mortmain in respect of the chantry at Elland (Patent Roll Cal.f

1396-99. P- 9)-

1396, Trinity.-John Sayvell, knt., Constable of Pontefract Castle,
sued Adam de Bekwyth of Clynt, Richard de Bekwyth ofKylynghall, and
John de Bekwyth of Clyi 'for 20 marks each, probably due on a joint and
several bond (De Banco, Trin. 19-20 Ric. II, m. 242^.).

? 1399.-^ iU °f Sir John Sayvelle of Elland, undated. The only
member of his family mentioned is John Sayvelle of Shelley, who was
given 6 silver spoons, a silver covered cup, some corn, a bed and
coverlet, and a brass pot formerly his father's. He leaves money for
his poor tenants at Golcar, and for the poor at Elland and Tan-kersley.
He leaves money to the chaplains of St. Clement's Chapel in Pontefract
Castle, if he should happen to die there. Executors, John Kyng, Vicar
of Halifax, John de Wath, Vicar of Hudderslield, John de Heton, John de
Bollyng, William de Heton, and John Sayvelle of Shelley. Proved
September 23, 1399, by the two last named, power reserved to the others
(Halifax, Wills, vol. 2, p. 216).

Sir John Saville, father of Henry, who married Elizabeth Thorn-hill,
died on June 13, 1393, according to a memorandum of Dods-worth's quoted
by Whitaker (Loidis, p. 322), " obiit dominiis Johannes Savile, miles,
apud Castmm de Sandal!, Junii 13, 1393, ct in crastino die deductns
apud Wake field, ct apud Thorn hi! I ins igniter tumulatus." This is
clearly an error, since in a note to the will of Sir John Savile of
Thornhill (Test. Ebor., vol. 3, p. 270), we are told that he died at
Sandal Castle on the morrow of the feast of St. Basil (June 14), 1482;
his corpse was carried through Waketield, and was sumptuously interred
at Thornhill (citing Hunter's Notices of Lupset, p. 17).

Sir John married Isabel, daughter and heir of Thomas de Elland, through
whom Elland and Tankersley came to the Savilles.

Only two children are recorded, John and Henry, but Thomas, the
Serjeant at Arms (see below), was probably another son.

1399, Nov 17 --Isabel, widow of Sir John Saville, knt., took the vow
of chastity, in the chapel within the manor of Newstead, near Nostell
Priory (Test. Ebor., vol. 3, p. 317; Clay, p. 5).

Undated; about 1400.-Isabel Sayville filed a bill of complaint in
Chancery, alleging that she was seised in her demesne as of fee of the
manor of Tankeresley at the time of the last passage of the King to his
Duchy of Normandy, and since then until one Richard Wortley ousted her,
with the strong hand and against the King's peace, and he still holds
it, to her great damage and " final disheriteson," for which she has no
remedy by assize. She prays for a writ of subpoena, directing Richard
to come to be examined on the matter before the Chancellor in the
Chancery, and also for restoration and damages. Pur dieii et en oeuvre
de charitee. Her pledges for the prosecutionwere Robert Eland and Simon
Louthe, both of Lincolnshire,
gentlemen (Early Chancery, bundle 69, no. 383).

1406, Michaelmas.-John Kyng, Vicar of Halifax, John de Wath, Vicar of
Hudrisfeld, John de Heton, John de Bollyng and William de Heton,
executors of the will of John Sayville, knt., the elder, sued John de
Bollyng for a debt of £40 (De Banco, Mich. 8 Hen. IV, m. 234d.).

1406, Michaelmas Term.-Robert Eland v. Isabel widow ot John Sayvile,
chivaler, claims half the manor of Tankersley by a writ of formedon (De
Banco, Midi. 8 Hen. IV, m. 363d.).

1408, Easter.-John Kyng, Vicar of Halifax, (and the others, as
above), executors of the will of John Seyvell of Eland, knt., sued
Robert son of Thomas de Eland for a debt of £20 (De Banco, East. 9
Hen. IV, m. 56).

Sir JOHN SAVILLE, 9.A., was the son and heir of Sir John, 8.A., and was
probably born about 1355 or a little earlier.

1391.-See below, Thomas, 9.C.

Sir John was living on January 20, 1395-6, when he and his brother
Henry and their father witnessed a deed relating to property m at
Rastrick (Record Series, vol. 63, p. 94).

1399, Nov. i3.--Grant for life to John Sayville, chivaler, of the
Wapentake of Strafford, with the fees and emoluments belonging to it
(Patent Roll Cat.,
1399-1401, p. 95).

1399, Dec. 18.-John Sayville, chivaler, was on the Commission of
Array for the West Riding (Patent Roll Cal., 1399-1401, p. 213).
In 1402 he was Sheriff of Yorkshire.

1403, June 20.-Grant for life to the King's knight, John Say-vylle,
of the Wapentake of Strafford, not exceeding the value of 40 marks
yearly, from Nov. 13, I Henry IV, in lieu of a former grant of that
date (Patent Roll Cal., 1401-5, p. 236).

1405, May 2.-Inspeximus and confirmation of Edward of York, Earl of
Rutland and Cork, dated at London, Nov. 20, i Hen. IV (1399),
confirming for life to Sir John Seyville or Sayville letters patent of
his father, Edmund, Duke of York, granting for life to John the office
of Chief Forester of Sowerbyshire and Holmefirth, with the keeping of
the park of Ayreingden, etc. (Patent Roll Cal., 1405-8, p. 15).

Sir John died in 1405, between May 2 and August 10 (see next note).
There does not appear to be any will or administration. His wife is
said to have been Isabel, daughter of Sir Robert Radcliff of Radcliff
Tower, Lancashire. The Visitation of 1563-4 states thathe " weded also
the doughter of Balderstone," ana that of 1612 gives him one wife only,
Margaret Barderston.
He had two children, John and Isabel.

1405, Aug. 10.-Grant for life to the King's knight, John Luttil-bury,
of the Wapentake of Strafford, with all fees, etc., as John Sayvel,
knt., deceased, lately had it (Patent Roll Cat., 1405-8, p. 56).

1405, Aug. 10.-Grant to William de Holand of the office of Master
Forester of Ayrendon and Sowerbyshire (ibid., p. 50).

HENRY SAVILLE, g.B., was the second son of Sir John, 8.A.

1375, Easter.-Fine between Henry Sayville of Rishworth, plaintiff,
and William Smyth of Newall and Isabel his wife, deforciants, of a
messuage and lands and los. rent in Crosland; to hold to Henry and his
heirs (Record Series, vol. 52, p. 185).

1391.-See below, Thomas, Q.C.

1395-6, Jan. 20.-See above, John, 8.A.

1397-8, 21 Richard II.-Henry, Duke of Hereford, took into his service
Henry Savile, esq., to serve him in war and in peace, at the wages due
to an esquire. After he was made king he granted Henry an annuity of
£10 for life (Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 159 b).

1401-2.-Aid in the Honour of Pontefract for marrying the King's
eldest daughter. Henry Sayvill for one fourth of a knight's fee in
Thornhill, formerly of John de Thornhill, 5$. (Duchy of Lancaster,
Knights' Fees, bundle i, no. 18, p. 151).

1403, Aug. 15.-Henry Sayville was on the Commission of Array for the
West Riding (Patent Roll CaL, 1401-5, p. 284).

He died in 1412, having married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Simon
de Thornhill, by whom he left a son and heir, Thomas, and a younger
son, Henry.

THOMAS SAVILLE, 9.0., serjeant at arms, was nearly related to the main
line of the family, and was probably a younger son of Sir John, 8.A.

1375-6, Hilary.-Fine between Robert de Ursewyk, plaintiff, and Thomas
Sayville and Elizabeth his wife, Edmund de Folifayt and Adam de
Haywode, deforciants, of the manor of Braddesworth [? Brodsworth, near
Doncaster], and of 135. 4^. rent in Pontefract; to hold to Robert and
his heirs. Release and warranty by Thomas and Elizabeth, Edmund, and
Adam, for themselves and the heirs of Edmund (Record Series, vol. 52,
p. 193).

1380, June 25.-Simon Flemyng of Almondebury to Thomas Sayville, the
King's serjeant at arms, recognisance for 80 marks, to be levied, in
default of payment, on his lands and chattels in Yorkshire (Close Roll
CaL, 1377-81, p. 458). 1389.-Thomas Sayville was a serjeant at arms
(Close Roll CaL, 1389-92, pp. 44, 79). He is also mentioned in 1390 and
139^ (ibid.,
PP. 150, 375).

1391.-Thomas Sayville, serjeant at arms, was one of the feoffees of
Alexander Brown as to property in Wythyngton [Widdington, par. Little
Ouseburn] and Nunnemonketon. Sir John Sayvylle and Henry Sayvylle were
two of the witnesses (Close Roll CaLt 1389-92, pp. 316, 318).

1399 and 1401--Thomas Seyville was on the Commission of the Peace for
Warwickshire (Patent Roll CaL, 1399-1401, p. 565), and also on the
Commission of Array for the same county (ibid., p. 210).

1400, Feb. 19.-Inspeximus and confirmation to Thomas Sayvylle of
letters patent dated July 19, 15 Richard II (1391), granting to him for
life £21 135. 4^. yearly (Patent Roll CaL, 1399-1401, p. 200).

Undated (1416).-To our most sovereign and most gracious Lord the
King, prays your most humble liege esquire, Thomas Seyville of the
County of York, that whereas the noble Lord, the Duke of York (whom God
assoile) by his letters patent granted to your suppliant for life the
office of Master Forester of Aryngden, within the lordship of Sowerby
in the said county, may it please your most gracious Lordship to ratify
and confirm to the said suppliant by your gracious letters in due form,
according to the purport of the said letters of the said Duke. Pur dieu
et en oeuvre de chantee (Ancient Petitions, no. 11411).
John Saville, who was on the Corrimission of Array in Warwickshire in
1403 (Patent Roll CaL, p. 286), may have been his son.

JOHN SAVILLE, xo.A., son and heir of Sir John, g.A. If we may trust to
a very confused note of Dodsworth's, he was under age at the time of
his father's death in 1405, which would place the date of his birth as
later than 1384.
John Sayvell (son of John Sayvell, knt., the younger, son of John
Sayvell, knt., the elder) was during his minority seized into the hands
of John de Heton for his wardship and marriage, because his j father
died seised of Bothomhall and in the service of the said John j de
Heton; which John Sayvell died without issue, and the property \
descended to Isabel his sister, who was seized by the said John de \
Heton, as above. She also died without issue, and so the inheritance
descended to Henry, brother and heir to John Savile, knight, the
younger, and from Henry to his son Thomas; etc. (Dodsworth MS. 117,
lo. 155).

I think this must be the John Saville of Shelley named in thewill of
Sir John, 8.A., in 1399 (see above), but no relationship is stated.
I have no further information about this John. He is said to have
married Isabel, daughter of Sir William Fitzwilliam, and to have died
without issue. His heir was his sister Isabel, said to have married
Thomas Darcy; she also died without issue. If Dods-worth's statement,
cited above, is correct, viz., that Hemy Saville succeeded on Isabel's
death, then both John and Isabel died before 1412.

This really ends my task, but I take the opportunity of placing on
record three notes as to Sir Thomas Saville of Elland, Thornhill, etc.
(see Mr. Clay's article, p. 6), and several thirteenth and fourteenth
century references to various Savilles whom I cannot place in the
pedigree.

1416, June 29. - Confirmation to Thomas Seyvile of Thornhill of his
appointment by Edward, late Duke of York, dated May 22, 2 Henry V
(1414), as Master Forester of Aryngden in Sowerby, for life (Patent
Roll Cal.t 1416-22, p. 38).

1423, June 25.- Fine between Isabel widow of John Sayville, km., and
Thomas Sayvylle of Thornhill, esq., plaintiffs, and Thomas Eland, son
and heir of Robert Eland of Carlynghaowe, deforciant, of 20 messuages
and lands in Eland, South Owrom, Ryssheworth, Bothomley, Bersland,
Gretland, Steynland, Northland and Hyper-hom, and a moiety of the manor
of Tankersley. Release to Isabel and Thomas and the heirs of Thomas ;
they gave Thomas Eland 500 marks (Feet of Fines, case 28, file 155, no.
3). The identity of this Isabel is doubtful. I think she was probably
Isabel Radcliffe, widow of Sir John, 9. A.

1425. - Thomas Sayvell holds the manor of Grenehall in Thornell, late
of Brian de Thornell, and pays yearly los. Free rents of the Honour of
Pontefract (Duchy of Lancaster, Misc. Book 106, fo. 4).

1298, Michaelmas Term. - John son of Peter de Arches and James de
Saville sued William de Bateley and Dionisia his wife in a plea of
land; and John son of Peter de Smetheton [Smeaton] and James de
Seyville sued the same defendants, also in a plea of land (De Banco,
Mick. 26-7 Edw. I, m. 51, 144). I have no further information about
this case, but the land was no doubt in Smeaton (see below, Ralph,
1335).

1321, Martinmas. - Richard Saivel of Thurgerland witnessed a lease of
the manor of Denby by Richard son of Sir John de Thorn-hill (Lord
Savile's deeds, Record Series, vol. 50, p. 62). 1335, Easter
Term.-Ralph de Seyville of Little Smetheton v. Isabel de Arches of
Little Smetheton, John de Arches of the same, and Robert de Arches of
Kirk Smetheton, for disseising him of two parts [thirds] of a messuage,
a bovate and 2 acres of land in Little Smetheton. John says that he
claims no interest in the property. Isabel and Robert say that the
property is only a messuage and a bovate of land less 2 acres, and that
the whole of it was in the seisin of one Herbert de Arches, who gave it
to one Herbert son of Herbert an^L the heirs of his body, with
reversion to the said Herbert de Arches and his heirs; from which
Herbert son of Herbert issued one Adam, who died without heir of his
body, and whose wife now holds £ thereof in dower; from Adam the said
two parts reverted to Herbert de Arches as the donor/ and from him
descended to William as son and heir, and from William to Isabel,
Margery, and Dionisia as daughters and heirs; from Isabel her share
descended to one James as son and heir, and from James to the plaintiff
as son and heir; Margery's share descended to one Isabel as daughter
and heir, and from her to one John as son and heir, who is not named in
the writ; Dionisia's share descended to Isabel the defendant and one
Mabel as daughters and heirs, and from Mabel to Robert the defendant,
as son and heir; the John who is not named and the plaintiff are seised
of their shares together with the others, and at their wish (pro
volnntate sna) they claim judgment whether Ralph ought to have an
assize as to the whole of the two parts. Adjourned to Trinity Term.
Jury (De Banco, East. 9 Edw. Ill, m. 23^.).
This involved story requires a pedigree to make it clear.

1337-8.-Fine between Roger de Thornton, plaintiff, and Adam de
Bollyng, chaplain, deforciant, of the manors of Thornton andDeneholme
in Bradforddale; to hold to Rogei ior life; remainder to Robert son of
John de Bollyng and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of their bodies;
remainders to two sons and a daughter of Thomas de Thornton; remainder
to Adam son of John de Sayvill of Farnley and the heirs male of his
body; remainder to the right heirs of Roger (Record Series, vol. 42, p.
126).
1356.-Robert del Skyrys of Womb well sued John Sayville of Chickenley
and Maude his wife, Adam Sayville of Chickenley and Agnes his wife,
John son of James de Thurgerland, and Ralph de Wodhall, for novel
disseisin of property in Wombwell and Holand near Wynteworth [Upper or
Nether Hoyland, near Barnsley] (Assize Roll 1130, m. 4).
1356-7, Hilary.-Robert de Wombwell, merchant, sued John Sayville of
Chekynlay for a debt of £20 (De Banco, Hil. 30 Edw. Ill, m. 123).
1362, Michaelmas.-Presentment before Thomas Clarell, the Coroner,
that Robert son of James de Hunshelf, Adam son of John Sayvill of
Chikynlay, and Thomas Flecok, son of Thomas Sayvill, feloniously killed
Robert son of Robert de Skyres of Wombewell, and that John Sayvill of
Chikynlay and Maude his wife, Agnes wife of the said Adam, John son of
John Sayvill, chaplain, and Agnes daughter of John de Skires, aided and
abetted. Robert, Adam and John were dead, and had not been convicted
(Coram Rege, Mich. 36 Edw. Ill, m. 17 Rex).
1377, March i.-Will of Henry Sayvill; to be buried at Hudders-field;
mentions sons John and Thomas and daughters Joan and Alice; no property
or place of residence mentioned; proved April 7 following (Halifax
Wills, vol. 2, p. 215).

[David Hepworth]

Here's the later Savile family from the article by JW Clay in YAJ vol
25, 1920 - again from OCR

"THE SAVILE FAMILY.
BY THE LATE J. W. CLAY, F.S.A.
The early history of the Saviles1 [FN 1: There, are various ways of
spelling
the name Savile, Savill, Seyvill] is clouded in mystery. In the
Elizabethan times when every family wished to trace their origin
as far back as possible the genealogists tried to claim a descent from
the Savelli, an Italian family. This idea cannot be entertained. Mr.
Joseph Hunter, F.S.A., says,'" The family, like others of those which
are now accounted the best and most ancient families in Eng¬land,
began early with small possessions, probably in the parish of
Silkstone."

There are no complete printed pedigrees of this great family, which has
occupied a large place in the West Riding history, except the one in
Foster's Yorkshire Families. That is in the pedigree form which allows
so little space for many details. Mr. Hunter, who seems to have taken
great interest in the family, has, in South Yorkshire, given several of
the branches: that of the main line of Elland, Tankersley, Thornhill,
in vol. i, 300; that of Newhall in vol. i, 67; that of Thribergh in
vol. i, 46; and that of Mexborough in vol. ii, 393. There are also
sketch pedigrees in Watson's Halifax, and in the Heralds' Visitations.2
[FN2: There is also information in Mr. Hunter's charming
Antiquarian Notices of Lupset and Hallamshire; Sheard's Batley;
Cooper's Savile Correspondence; Foxcroft's Life of the Marquis of
Halifax; Dictionary of National Biography.]

Since these have been printed much additional information has been
obtained. We have the Wills at York and London, which are more
accessible by the indexes in the Yorkshire Record Series, the
Inquisitions at the Record Office, the parish registers at Elland,
Halifax, Batley, Horbury, Dewsbury, Wakefield, etc., which can be
better examined, so it seems possible to throw more light on this
family, and the works of Hunter are costly and scarce, and there are
few dates in Watson and in the Visitations, so that perhaps the
following paper may be useful to the readers of The Journal.

The earliest printed notices we have of the Saviles appear to be as
follows:-

1225 (9 Henry III). John de Dewsbury and Odo de Richmond granted to
Henry de Seyvill, our parishioner, a chantry in the chapel of Guthlaker
(Chadwick's Notes on Dewsbury Church, 26).

1251-2 (36 Henry III), Assize Rolls. Sir John de Seyvill sum¬moned
concerning a messuage in Pontefract (Record Series, xliv, 60).

1274-1307. Wakefield Court Rolls. Baldwin de Seyville and his three
sons, William, John, Hugh, are mentioned without place of abode.

1286 (Edw. I), 20 July. Lunacy Inquisition of Peter de Seyvell at the
Record Office.

Inq. Petri de Seyvell taken before Thos. de Normenvill at York pursuant
to a writ dated 20 July, 14 Edw. I (1286). Peter de Seyvill is clearly
mad and an idiot, incapable of managing his land. He holds the manor of
Goullackarres, viz. three fourth parts of the inheritance of Ric. le
Botiler of Sandale, and the fourth part of Sir John de Heton for a
service of 3d. yearly. The manor is worth £8 yearly. Thereof Peter
gave to Agnes de Seyvell, his sister, one mill worfh 30s yearly 4 years
ago when he was insane. Peter holds in Skelebrok 3 ½ oxgangs of land
from Sir Ran. de Blamustre for the service of 10s yearly; it is worth
46s. 8d. yearly; he demised this land to Robert son of Stephen de
Kirkeby for 20 years at a rent of 26s. 8d., of which term 8 years are
elapsed. The same Peter holds in Smetheton one messuage and 4 oxgangs
of land of the Earl of Lincoln by suit of court at Pontefract every
three weeks, worth £4 yearly, none of it is alienated except that
Peter while sane demised the land to William Seyvill, his uncle, for 14
years, whereof 7 are elapsed; in Thurleston 42s. of rent of assize from
the heir of Hoderode, whereof nothing is alienated; in Holdeham 60
shillings worth of land from the heir of Roger de Wamwell which he
demised while sane to John de Wamwell for 20 years, whereof 6 are
elapsed, for a sum of money beforehand and 4 marks yearly. The
execution of the writ was delayed owing to John de Dychton to whom the
escheator had committed the custody of the said Peter and his land
being unequal to the management and also weak (who has to wife
Pleasance Peter's sister).

1338 (Edw. III). Yorkshire Fines. Adam son of John de Sayvill
mentioned.

1353-4 (Edw. Ill), 1372 (Edw. III). John Sayville of Eland and Isabel
his wife, John son, and Henry his brother regarding the manors of Eland
and Tankersley.

1377, 1 Mar. (51 Edw. III). Will. Henry Sayuill. To be buried in the
chapel of the blessed Marie of Hoderfeld. To John my son xli. To Johan
my daughter x marks. To Alice my daughter x marks. If any residue among
my children. I make Thomas and John my sons executors (Reg. Alex.
Nevell, i, 23).

There have been many attempts at bringing the early accounts of the
family into proper order by the heralds and other authorities, some of
which are as follows, but they are all incorrect and not worth
reprinting:-

Flower's Visitation, taken 1563 and 1564 (Harleian Soc., xvi). Glover's
Visitation, taken 1584 and 1585, edited by Joseph Foster. Whitaker's
Loidis and Elmete, no authority given. Foster's York¬shire Families,
no authority given. Watson's History of Halifax, which is often quoted
and is very amusing.

He says "it is a family of great antiquity supposed to be de¬scended
from the Sabelli or Savelli of Rome. Some were consuls at Rome before
our Saviour's time, and it is said to have existed for 3,000 years.
The first I meet with is Sir John Savile of Savile Hall, Dodworth, who
married a daughter of Syr Symon de Rockley, by her he had Sir Walter
and John. Sir Walter married a daughter of Adam Everingham of
Stainborough, by whom a daughter Elizabeth mar¬ried to Sir John
Everingham. John, brother of Sir Walter, married about 1240 Agnes
daughter and heir of Sir Roger Aldwark, and by her had Henry, who
married Agnes daughter and heiress of John Golcar of Golcar, by whom
Thomas, who married .... daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Tankersley
of Tankersley, by whom Sir John, Henry, and Alice wife of .......
Lockwood. Sir John of Tankersley married Agnes daughter and heiress
of ...... Rochdale, by whom he had John of Tankersley (Peter by
Foster), Elizabeth wife of Thomas Kay, and Margery wife of John
Thornton. John Savile of Tankersley married Isabel daughter of Sir
Robert Latham, by whom Sir John and Jane wife of ...... Ashton of
Lancashire. Sir John married Jane daughter of Mathew de Bosco (or
Wood), by whom John and Margaret, Prioress of Kirklees 32 Edw. Ill
(1358-9). Sir John married Margery daughter of Henry Rush worth of
Rushworth, by whom Sir John Savile, who married Isabel de Eland."

Watson, of course, is quite wrong, as Tankersley did not come to the
Saviles till the Eland marriage.

The best account appears to be in the "Autobiography of Sir John
Savile' Baron of the exchequer, copied in the Yorkshire Archaeological
Journal, xv, 421, where he states that his ancestor, Henry Savile of
Copley, was a younger son of Henry Savile of Thornhill, brother of John
Savile, Kt., and cousin and heir of Isabell the sister and heiress of
John Savile, who was the son and heir of the aforesaid John Savile, who
was the son of Sir John Savile, Kt., who was son of John Savile and
Margaret his wife, daughter of Henry Rishworth.

Notwithstanding all these various accounts, we can only say that the
Saviles originally started with lands in Shelley and Golcar, near
Huddersfield, which they might have obtained through an heiress, as
they quartered the Golcar arms, but that, of course, may have been an
after-consideration. Their real rise was by for¬tunate marriages with
heiresses. The first one with the Eland heiress brought in the Elland
and Tankersley manors, and soon after the great Thomhill property came
in. All these estates still remain to the present owner.

It seems impossible to start the pedigree properly before the Rishworth
marriage, till there is more information, which can only probably be
obtained if there are some early deeds at Rufford,1 [FN1: I believe
that Mr. W Paley Baildon has the offer of looking at the deeds at
Rufford, and if he succeeds in finding anything important that he will
bring it forward at a future date] which have never been properly
examined. We therefore propose in this paper to begin with Sir John de
Savile who married Margery de Rishworth as follows.

THE PEDIGREE OF SAVILE OF THORNHILL.

I. SIR JOHN DE SAVILE, Knt., of Golcar and of Rishworth, by his
marriage; mar. Margery, daughter and coheir of Henry de Rishworth, of
Rishworth2 [FN2: All the authorities agree about this match, but it is
a pity we have no dates. This marriage took place certainly before 1306
and probably in 1300. The other coheirs were Ellen, wife of Thos. de
Lang-field, and Isabel, wife of John de Insula. The general account is
that his son mar¬ried Isabel de Eland, but Mr. Baildon is confident
there must have been a genera¬tion between. The Rishworth property has
always been held by the family, and the moors there still afford much
sport of grouse to the present lord] probably dead in 1337. They had
issue -

II. SIR JOHN DE SAVILE ; did homage 1337; dead 1353 ; mar.
Margerie. They had issue-

III. SIR JOHN SAVILE, Knt., of Golcar. and of Elland and Tankersley,
by his marriage; was High Sheriff of York¬shire 1380-83-88; Knight of
the Shire 1375-82-84-89.

He founded a chantry at Elland church by licence, 10 Julv, 1396, to
pray for John, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, Sir John Sayvill
and Isabella his wife and their children, Henry, late Earl of
Lancaster, John Sayvill and Margaret his wife, the parents of the said
Sir John, Thomas de Eland and Joan his wife, parents of the said
Isabella (Chantry Surveys, Surtees Soc., ii, 298J.1 [FN1: In the same
Chantry Surveys, p. 292, Sir John Savile is said to have founded a
chantry at Thornhill with rents of lands "in Brigehowse by will xmo
Decembris Edward iiij, xxmo] Inq. ad quod damnum, file 436, no. 36.

Will.-2 [FN2: Mr. E. W. Crossley found this long Latin will at York,
and copied it in Halifax Wills, ii, 216, but nothing further relating
to the savile family is in his extract] No date, proved 23 September
1399 (BIHR, Reg. Scope, f 157); he desires to be buried at Elland; he
gives many legacies to sundry people, to his tenants at Golcar and
Tankersley, and only mentions John Savile of Shelley, who was executor
and proved his will.

There seems no Inquisition. Mar. Isabel, daughter of Thomas de Eland,
Esq., of Elland and Tankersley, before 1353, which manors she brought.

1399. Nov. 17, in the chapel within the manor of Newstead, near the
Priory of St. Oswald's of Nostell, William, Bishop of Pharos, the
suffragan of the archbishop, received the vow of chastity of Isabella,
widow of Sir John Saville, knt., and gave her the ring and mantle
(Reg. Scrope, 21 a).
They had issue-
Sir John Savile, of Elland, Knt., High Sheriff 1402; mar. Isabel,
daughter of Sir Robert Radclyffe, of Radclyffe Tower (Whitaker's
Whalley). They had issue-

Sir John Savile, Knt., died s.p.; mar. Isabel, daughter of Sir
William Fitzwilliam.

Isabel, mar. Thomas Darcy, second son of Philip, Lord Darcy.

HENRY (IV).

IV. HENRY SAVILE, ESQ., of Elland and of Thomhill, by his marriage;
died 1412 (Hunter); mar. Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Simon, son
and heir of Sir Brian Thomhill, Knt., of Thomhill. They had issue-

Sir THOMAS (V).
Henry, mar. Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Copley, Esq., of Copley (A quo
the Saviles of Copley, Hullinedge, Newhall, Methley, etc.)

V. SIR THOMAS SAVILE, Knt., of Thornhill, and heir to his cousin,
Isabel Darcy, to Elland and Tankersley, etc.; M.P. Yorkshire 1439.

Will.-In the feast of St. Edmund, Archbp. of Canterbury, after the
feast of St. Martin in Winter, 1449, I, Thomas Savyll, knight, sound of
mind, make my testament. First I bequeath my soul to God, the Blessed
Mary, and St. Michael and all Saints, and my body to be buried in the
parish church of Thornhill near the grave of Margaret my wife. I
bequeath for my mortuary my best horse with the better trappings; to
the church of Thornhill one suit of vestments, viz. for priest, deacon
and subdeacon, of yellow cloth, with a cap; to the fabric and repair of
the bridge of Horbery xls.; to each order of Friars, viz. to the Friars
of Pontefract xiiis. viiid., and to the Friars of Tikhill vis. viiid.,
and to the Carmelites of Doncaster vis. viiid.; and to the Friars
Minors of Doncaster vis. viiid.; to the house of St. Robert of
Knaresburgh with my land iiis. iiiid. I bequeath to buy a table for the
high altar xls., to the light before the crucifix xls., for my funeral
and burial and to make a tomb over me and my wife iiii marcs, for a
chaplain to celebrate for me, my wife and ancestors in the church of
Thornhill1 [FN1: Dodsworth says there was the fol¬lowing inscription:
" Orate pro anima Thome Sayvill, militis, qui hanc capellam fieri
fecit ..... anno Domini 1447."] on the altar of St. Mary near my tomb
for vi years after my decease xxiiiid.; to the Recluse at Beston iiis.
iiiid. The residue I bequeath to my son and heir John, knight, whom I
constitute my executor. Proved by John Netiltown and Richard Whitley,
16th December, A.D., abovesaid, at York (Reg. Test., ii, 204).

Mar. Margaret, daughter of Sir John Pilkington, Knt., of Bradley; bur.
at Thornhill. They had issue-
Sir JOHN (VI).
Margaret, (?) mar. Sir John Hopton, of Swillington.
Alice, (?) mar. Conan Aske.
Elizabeth, (?) mar. Sir John Harrington.

VI. SIR JOHN SAVILE, Knt., of Thornhill, Elland, etc.; High Sheriff
of Yorkshire 1455 and 1461; M.P. Yorkshire 1450, 1467. Mr. Hunter says
" he was chief steward of the manor of Wakefield, connected with which
office was the custody of the castle of Sandal. The castle thus became
his occa¬sional residence, where he died on the morrow of the feast of
St. Basil, 1482. He was carried through Wakefield and sumptuously
buried at Thornhill'

Will.-Nov. 23, 1481. Johannes Savile, miles. Corpus meum
loco sepulturse patris in eccl. St. Mich. de Thornhill. Margaretae
Savile, filiae mese, xlli. Lego ad distribuendum inter servientes
meos secundum eorum merita et servitia, xli. Johanni Savile pro le
heirelomes, j lectum pendentem cum pertin., j librum vocatum Missale,
cum calice et vesti-mento, cum pannis ornament is altari pertinentibus,
j cra-terem argenti stantem et coopertum, j craterem stantem et
deauratum cum quibusdam signis argenti, j mappam cum tuello, j
salsarium argenti et coopertum, j par de awndeirenes, cum tabulis et
formis, tristellis, ct cathedris, ij ollas aenneas, j stantem in le
fournes, aliam sine fournes, j pate 11am, j pelvim cum lavacro de
masselyn, ij veruta ferrea, vj cocliaria argenti, ij plumba, et iij le
worteledes, j maskefat, j gilefat, j stepefat cum carteris vasis
ligneis pandoxatorio pertinentibus, j cili-cium j plaustrum j aratrum
cum cultura et vomere, ij herpicas. Item Willelmo Savile, filio meo, xx
marcas. Thomas Savile, filio meo, xx marcas. Henrico Savile,
filio meo, xls. Ricardo Savile, filio meo, xls. Nicholao Savile,
filio meo, xls.

(As to estates, in English.) Wife Alice, if she survives me, to have
for her life the manor called Bothamhall and all those lands, etc., in
Risshworth and Goulkery which Thos. Savile, knt., my father, by his
deed gave to me and Alice my wife at our marriage. Wife to have also
for life the capital mes¬suage of Coldeby with the lands thereto
belonging in the Isle of Axholmc, and lands in Estrington and in
Thurleston in the parish of Penyston, which the said Thos. Savile,
knt., by his deed gave to us after our marriage. Wife to have also
for life the manor of Thornhill and lands in Ovenden, Waddesworth and
Skircoittes, which Wm. Gascoigne, knt., and others granted
to me and Alice my wife by deed dated 1 July, 28 Hen. VI. My
feoffees to grant by deed, with power of distress on non-payment, to my
son Henry an annual rent of £4 out of the manor of Hundesworth for his
life. And like annuities to my sons Richard and Nicholas. And to
my son, William Savile, a moiety of the manor of Hundesworth in tail
male, with remainder to his brother Thomas, And to my son, Thomas
Savile, the other moiety of the said manor in tail male, with remainder
to his brother Wm. And after the death of the said Henry, Nicholas,
and Richard, the said William and Thomas Savile to have the said manor
free from the said annuities. After wife's death my feoffees to
convey all my lands, etc., to my right heirs according to my deed.
Residue of my goods to wife Alice and son William, extrix. and exor.
Witnesses, John Cooke, vicar of Sandall, John Porter, rector of High
Holand, and Robt. Chaloner, literate.
Proved June 21, 1482, by widow, power reserved for son William, the
other exor. (Reg.Test.,v, 66; Halifax Wills.i, p.21).

Mar. Alice, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne, Knt., of Gawthorp,
extrix. of her husband's will. On July 3, William, Bishop of Dromore,
was commissioned to veil Alice, widow of Sir John Savile (Reg.
Rotherham, 236). On Jan. 14, 1493-4, Sir John Waterton, Knt.,
administered the effects of Lady Savile (Ibid., 3616). They had
issue-

JOHN (VII).
Henry, in his father's will.
William, exor. of his father, of Grays Inn, enlarged the choir of
Thornhill church.1 [FN1: There was in Dodsworth's time in the east
window of the choir the follow¬ing inscription: Pray for the gude
pros¬perity, mercy and grace of William Say-vile, one of the Company
of Grayse In, and for the Sowles of Sir John Sayvile and Dame Alice his
wief, fadyr and modyr to the said William, and also for the gude
prosperity, mercy and grace to Sir John Sayvile and Dame (Alice) his
wief. The which William Sayvile en-lardged this quyer att his cost, att
the oversight of the said Sir John, his nephew, wherwith pray we all
that God be pleased, the which werke was finished the yere our Lord
1493.] Richard, in his father's will. Nicholas, in his father's will.
Thomas, of Lupset (see Savile of Lupset, p. 15). Elizabeth, mar. 1st,
Sir Robert Waterton, of Walton;
2ly, Thomas Savile, of Hullinedge. Adm. Jan. 14, 1493-4, to John
Waterton, Knt. (BIHR, Reg Rotherham, i, 61).

Isabel, mar. Oliver Mirfield.
Anne, mar. ist, John Butler, of Lancashire (Tonge); 2ly, Ralph Snaith2
[FN2: There is a long will of Ralph Snaith, ii March, 1472, proved
York, 23 March, 1472-3 (Test. Ebor., iii, 203), mentioning his wii'e's
brother, Win. Savile, and sister, Waterton.] 3d, Sir Roger Hopton.3
[FN3: ? of Arkworth. Sec engraving of a memorial slab in the church
there to him and his wife Anne (Banks, Wakefield Walks)] . Margaret,
had xl/i. in her father's will.

VII. JOHN SAVILE, died vi. pa.; mar. Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas
Harrington, of Brierley, Knt., and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas,
Lord Dacre (Hunter's South York¬shire, ii, 402). They had issue-

Sir JOHN (VIII).
Alice, wife of Sir William Calverley, of Calverley; will, 10 Sept., 14
Henry VIII (1522), proved Sept. 25, (?) 1522; to be buried in
Calverley church near her husband (Reg. Test., ix, 235; Thoresby
Soc., ix, 174).

VIII.'SiR JOHN SAVILE, Knt., of Thornhill; High Sheriff of Yorkshire
I Henry VII (1486), the year of the battle of Bosworth. He
probably died on Palm Sunday, 20 Hen. VII (1504)

Will1 [FN1: Mr. E. W. Crossley found this will in the State Papers,
which does not appear to have before seen the light.] -The last day
of March A.D. (1503), 18 Henry VII, I Sir John Sayvell, Knight. Soul to
God, body to be buried in church of Thornhill, debts to be paid.
Whereas by indenture between William Calverley, the elder, now deceased
and me, of the marriage of Sir William Calverley, the elder, his son
and Alice my sister, it is lawful for me, if my sister inherit my
lands, to do with lands of the yearly value of 100li what my will is,
or shall be; also if I die without issue the same William immediatly
after my decease shall pay 100li. yearly to my executors, till 800
marks be fully paid; I will that if he and my sister and their heirs
peaceably suffer my executors to occupy and minister according to this
my last will, the same sum of 800 marks be not asked of the said
William (his) heirs or executors. Immediately after my decease my
feoffees, viz. Thomas, earl of Surrey, Sir Raynold Bray, George
Tailbois, Sir Thomas Wortley, Knts., William Fayrfax, John Cut, Richard
Chumley, John Chaloner, and Robert Fryston, shall make a lease of all
such lands and advowsons and chantries, to take such profits of, to my
son Henry or to such as there happen to be next heir, if he or they be
at the age of twenty years, he or they finding sufficient surety to my
executors to pay them yearly 100/2. during ten years next after my
decease at Whitson and Martinmas equally, Provided that the said lease
be not prejudicial to my wife in such lands as her jointure or to any
other grant by me made in this my last will; and if he or they to whom
the said lease be made, be under twenty, or refuse to find the said
surety, then I will that my executors take the profits of all my lands*
which should . . . the said lease, till such time as the sum of
1,000li. be received; if my said heir or heirs being at the age of 20
trouble my executors, I will that my feoffees sell the lordship of
Thornhill with the advowson and lands to the yearly value of 100li. to
the King of England for the time being after the price of xiiiith yere
purchase to be paid in iiii yerez day; and if his higness refuse to buy
it, then my executors to sell it at their pleasure and ther with
perform this my last will. Provided if my son Henry or other issue of
my body, be within the age of twenty years at the time of my decease,
then my feoffees shall suffer my executors to take the whole profits of
my lands during the nonage of my said heir, my wife's jointure
excepted, and if the said profits shall content the King's grace 1,000
marks, so that his highness suffer my lady his mother, the said earl of
Surrey, Sir Henry Vernon, Master Robert Frost, Chancellor to the prince
and Sir Thomas Pek, parson of Thornhill, or such of them as shall be
then living, to have the ward, marriage and governance of my said son
and heir; if it be a daughter or daughters, his Grace to have 1,000li;
either sum to be paid in (three) years after my decease; and if his
Grace refuse the said sum or sums then I will that his Grace have the
governance of my said heir or heirs and 20li. a year for finding
thereof or they come to the age of twenty years, to be paid yearly by
my executors; executors to suffer wife to have all her apparel and all
such goods as was her father's, and over that of my goods to the value
of 100 marks in such stuff as she think con¬venient, to be delivered
and appraised by Master Robert Frost, chancellor to the prince, if
living, and if not by Sir Thomas Pek, parson of Thornhill; my house
to be kept as it is at my costs twenty weeks after my decease; if son
under age at my death live to age of twenty, executors to account to
him, and my debts paid and will performed, the residue over costs and
charges to be to the (use of such) son; on coming to his age of sixteen
son to have 100li yearly for his finding, if the King suffer him to be
married by such as I have assigned before, and that he be in such place
as life may go to school till he be fourteen years old and it at the
discretion of them that have the ordering of him as is aforesaid, and
if it be a daughter or daughters it to be disposed by my executors and
if or they (to have) nothing at the age of twenty years but my lands
and the 20li to their finding as is aforesaid, the 1000li. aforesaid
received, anything behind to be received after she or they be twenty
after the some of 100li. a year, as above. At Michaelmas after my
decease my executors shall meet at the abbey of St. Oswald's and the
prior for the time being, calling to him John Chaloner, William Eleson
and William Amyas, is to take account of my executors, and yearly at
Michaelmas, or within twenty days, the said prior to have 40s. at the
finishing of the account and 5li. for the costs of the audit, if he
will be content and the audit to be at my charges; pro¬vided always
that every of my executors exceed not the number of eight hcrses and
the auditor four horses; and I will that the said John Chaloner,
William Eleson, and William Amyas to have 40s. for their reward at
every audit when they have made and engrossed their books, and such as
minister of my executors to have 10 marks yearly during their
(ministering) over their reasonable costs; if they all die within ten
years such other persons to act as shall be assigned by the said earl
of Surrey and Sir Reynald Bray, or if they die the said prior for the
time being to put in such as he shall think meet. If any of my
executors fail in coming to the audit, if he send his accounts he is to
be rebated 5 marks of his reward, if he neither come nor send his
account, the said prior is forthwith to sue him by the church law and
compel him thereto, the said prior so doing to receive 5 marks over the
said costs; and if the said John Chaloner, William Elleson, and
William Amyas or any of them fail in coming to the audit, they shall
lose their reward for that year, if they die the prior shall put in
other as aforesaid. At the three years' (end) (the executors) to
bring or send the accounts then finished to the said carl, Sir Raynald
Bray and Marmaduke, now Abbot of Fountains, and John Cutt to
comp(t)rolle the said accounts, whether it agree with my will and
thereupon to subscribe it with their hands, the earl and Sir Reynald
receiving 100s. each and the abbot and John Cutt 46s. 8d., etc. At
the ten years' end the ac¬counts to be engrossed and sent to the
archbishop of York under the seals of the earl and the others and of
the said prior of St. Oswald's and the archbishop to make acquittance
to the executors. Anything doubtful in the will to be construed by
Master Robert Frost, one of my executors or the said Sir Thomas Pek.
Servants to have a year's wages, etc. Executors, Sir Harry Vernon,
Knight, Master Robert Frost, chan¬cellor to my lord prince, and Sir
Thomas Pek, parson of Thorn-hill. Witnesses, Robert Fryston, William
Levet, and Richard Breres.

The said John Sayvell, Knight, died on Palm Sunday, 20 Henry VII. Henry
Sayvell is his son and heir and was aged at the time of his father's
death six years and more.

Cal. of State Papers. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII, vol. ii, p. 511, No. 803.

There is an Inquisition, very dilapidated. Mar. 1st, Alice, daughter of
William Vernon, Esq., died s.p. ;_mar. 2ly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
William Paston, Knit., by Jane daughter and coheiress of Edmund
Beaufort, Duke of Somefset who was slain at the battle of St Albans,
1455, and cousin german to the Countess of Richmond, mother of King
Henry VII. Mr. Hunter calls this the most splendid marriage of any of
the earlier Saviles, as the son was thus a partaker of the royal
blood.1 [FN1: Mr. Hunter says she remarried ist Sir Richard Hasting,
2ly Sir Edward Poynings, sd Robert Gargrave. If so, she kept the
Savile name.]

Her will, 1 July, 33 Hen. VIII (1542). Called Elizabeth Savile of
Tankersley, widow. To be buried in the Lady quire in Thornhill church.
To Edward and Dorithie, children of my son Henry Savile, each a spoon.
To my daughter, Lady Anne Thwaites, my daughter, Lady Elizabeth
Conyers, each a goblet. To Margaret Wortley a goblet. To Chris¬topher
Conyers, son of Sir Christopher Conyers, knt., 2 silver salts. To
William and Isabell Thwaites, children of the aforesaid Anne, to
Michaell and Frances Sotehill, children of the aforesaid Elizabeth
Conyers, each a spoon. To Elizabeth Lacie, wife of Richard Lacie, a
spoon and a pair of beads. To Katherine Thwaites, daughter of Lady
Anne, a pair of coral beads. To Richard Lacie and Henrie Thwaites, sons
of the Lady Anne, each a spoon. All other goods to Isabell Thwaites and
Frances Sotehill equally. The Lord Talbote, Earl of Shrewsbury, and
Henry Savile, knt., super¬visors. Proved 12 Jan., 1541-2, by Lady
Elizabeth Conyers, Lady Anne Thwaites, the other executrix, renouncing
(Reg. Test., xi, 591).

They had issue-

Sir HENRY (IX).
Anne, mar. Sir Henry Thwaites, of Lund.
Elizabeth, mar. 1st, 18 July, 2 Hen. VIII (1519), Sir Thomas Conyers,
of Sockburn, Knt., who died June, 1520; mar. 2ly, Thomas Sothill, Esq.,
of Sothill.
Margaret, mar. 1st, Thomas Wortley, of Wortley, Esq., cov. 7 June, 13
Hen. VIII; mar. 2ly, Richard Corbet, Esq., of Wortley, whose will is
dated 5 Oct., 1564, proved London, 20 Aug., 1566 (Crymes, 22; North
Country Wills, Surtees Soc., cxxi, 42).

IX. SIR HENRY SAVILE, Knt., of Thornhill, etc., and of Sothill, ju.
ux.; High Sheriff of Yorkshire I537-41; a verv important man in the
reign of Henry VIII, to whom he steadfastly adhered at the time of the
Pilgrimage of Grace -a great supporter of Robert Holdsworth, Vicar of
Halifax, and an enemy of Sir Richard Tempest, Knt., of Bolling.1 [FN1:
He had an illegitimate son whom he entail as much as was possible of
his allowed to bear the name of Savile, whose mother was Margaret
Barkston one of the waiting maids of Lady Savile. estate, that he might
establish a family, in this son was centred the talent of the family,
and . it was a great object to release out entail as much as possible
of his estate, that he might establisha family in posterity of this son
called Robert (Hunter's Lupset) See the Savilles of Howley. the
posterity of called Robert In this son (Hunter's Lupset). See the
Saviles arid Howley]. He died 25 April, 1558 (Dewsbury Reg.), but
probably bur. Thornhill.

Will.-Feb. 15, 1555. Henrye Savyle, of Thornehill, knyghte. I wyll
that my bodye be buryed at Thornehill if I die wythein the countij of
Yorke, the same buryall and funralles expenses there of to be done by
the dystression of my executrix. I wyll that Dorythe Savyle, my
dowghter, shall have all my manors, landes, tenementes and heridamentes
in the countie of Yorke or ells where wythein the rcalme of Englande,
and shall tayke all the yssues of all the manors, &c., unto the end of
fyve yeres next, and that she shall pay all my lawfull debtes and
performe all my gyftes, &c., in my will. Also I gyve to Elizabethe my
wyffe all my corne in Dewsburye and Emlay peryshes, also all mauer of
my goodes there, my playtt onelye except, which playtte wythe all my
goodes wythein the peryshes of Thornhill and Tankersley I gyve to
Edwarde Savyle, my sonne, my corne at Thornhill bothe grovynge and in
the lay the excepted. Also I gyve to John Byrkes all money as he no we
owe the me, except suche money as he owethe me for corne. An,d I wyll
that my sayde exectrixe shall appoynt Henrye Bayt to keipe the courtes
wythein all my lorde shippes and manors, and yf he dye, wyche God
defende, then Henrye Gryce to enyoye the same offyce. I gyve unto the
sayde Henrye Batte one yerelye annuyte of fortye shil-linges to be
payde to hime durynge his lyfe. I gyve Henrye Gryce one yerelye annuyte
of fortye shillinges. I gyve unto Henrye Payge all somes of money as he
dyd owe me at the fourte clay of Aprill last past. I wyll that my
executrix shall pay unto George Savyle one hundrethe markes in fyve
yeres. I gyve the profyttes of all the landes belongynge to yonge
Claton to my cosyn Thomas Savyll of Kyrkbye, he honestlie kepingc the
sayde Rycherde in lerneynge. I gyve to the sayde Rycherde his maryage
so that he do not marye but by the consent of John Birkes, John Claton
of Dewly (? Denby) grannge, and Robert Wheatley, or two of them. Also I
dyscharge all wardes dew to me at this day of there mayages I wyll that
all my landes whiche I have com-mytted in maryage in the indentors of
Henry Savyll of Lup¬sett, my wyll fulfylled, yf anye thinge chance to
Edwarde Savyll, my son, wythe oute yssew mayle to remayne treulye
accordyngc to the same commyttes, and also all landes as I have
couynanted in maryage in the indentors of couynantes of Robert Savill
shall remayne to the true intent of the same couinanttes. Also I gyve
unto my dowgter Dorythe my leasses of Waythe and Bolton frome the terme
of Ester next to the end of thos yercs that I nowe have in the same so
that she suffer my son Thomas Wcntworthe and his uncle Thomas
Wentworthe durynge the same terme to haue that that they do occupye at
this present day paynges lyke rentes for the same as they do to me. And
I wyll my dettes and bequestes be truly payd wythe reasonable charges
for execution of my wyll. And all the rest of the revynes to be re say
ved durynge the sayde fyve yeres I gyve to Dorythe Savyle, my dowgter,
for the avauncement of hir maryage. Also I gyve Geffray Barmeby and
Fraunces his Wyffe all my leas and terme I haue of the Lady Brandon
durynge there lyves, and yf they dye durynge the sayd yeares I gyve the
rest of the sayde terme to the heyres malle of there two bodyes lawf
ull ye be¬gotten. I do mayke the abouesayde Dorythe, my dowghter, my
hole executrix. Thes beynge wytnes, Alverye Coppelay, esquyer, Thomas
Cockson, preist, Henrye Batte. I mayke the supervisors of my wyll Sir
Thomas Gargrave, Sir John Nevyle, and Sir Wyllm Caluerlay, knyghtes,
and every one of them to have twentye nobylls for there paynes. No
probate annexed (Reg. Test., xv, ii, 387).

Inq. p. m.-25 Aug., 5 and 6 Phil, and Mary (1558). This Inquisition
is very imperfect, but a little information can be extracted. It was
taken at Pontefract before Thos. Gargrave, ..... Nevile, Knt., Francys
Frobisher, Wm. Hawmond. The Jury say he was seised with his wife
Elizabeth in her right in the manors of Soythyll, Rowtonstall, Laxton,
Hadle-say, Daryngton and Emley, and of 10 watermills, i windmill, .....
acres of pasture, 80 of wood, 4,000 of heath and furze, £20 rent in
the above and in Chydsell, Myrfeld, Stansfeld, Dewsbury and Ovenden,
and the advowson of the parish church of Emley, with remainder to
Edward Sayvell, their son and heir, and in default of his issue to
Elizabeth and her heirs.

Sir Henry before his death, in consideration of a marriage between
Henry Sayvell of Lupset, Esq., his kinsman, and Margaret Fuller, one of
the daughters and heiresses of Thos. Fuller, late of Islington, Esq.,
granted an estate in Hunsworth to the said Henry, Knt., and heirs, and
in default of issue to the same Henry Sayvell, Esq., and heirs, in
default to Robert Sayvell and heirs, remainder to Sir Henry Sayvell. By
the same deed he would make sufficient estate. In consideration of a
marriage between Robert Sayvell and Anne Thymbleby, widow, he granted
to Humfrey Browne, Knt., and Francis Ascough, Knt., he would have an
estate made in the manors of Elland, etc., to the use of Sir Henry,
Knt., remainders to Robert Sayvell, the heirs of Thomas Sayvell, late
of Lupsett. In consideration of a marriage between Edward Sayvell, his
son and heir, and Mary, one of the daughters and heiresses of Richard
Leigh, Knt., he granted to said Edward and M£ry and their heirs the
manors of Tankersley and Southourome, the park of Southourome called
Eland Park, and ..... of Myrfeld, Thurleston, and Estryngton, with all
his lands in the said places by deed 3 Feb., 2 and 3 Phil, and Mary
(1555-6), by virtue whereof they are still possessed.

He died 23 April last. These manors are held of the King and Queen as
of their lordship of Wakefield, now parcel of the Duchy of
Lancaster-Wadsworth and Stansfeld by rent of 2s. yearly, worth £30.
Ovenden by rent 5s., worth £26 10s. Skircote and Halifax, rent 2s.
worth £13 6s. Sd. Shelf by rent 2s., worth £8.
Ryshcworth, Shakelton, Heptonstall and Northland, Northowrome,
Hunshelfe by rent 2s., worth £22. Brygehouse in free socage by
fealty only, worth 8s. beyond a rent of £5 6s. 8d. (to the chantry
priest of Thornhill). The manors of Eland, Southowram and Gretland,
and messuages there, are held of the King and Queen of their honor of
Pontefract, parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster, for the third part of a
knight's fee and rent of 6s., worth £56. The manor of Myrfeld for
20th part of a knight's fee, worth £5. The manor of Thornhill by 4th
part of a knight's fee and rent of 16s. 8d., worth £80. The manors
of Gylcerr and Bothomley, worth..... Haddlesey, worth £3. Darton
manor, worth £13. Thurleston, worth £4. The manor of Wyke held
of the King and Queen of their manor of Bradford, parcel of the Duchy
of Lancaster, and that an annual rent of £5 6s. 8d. was paid yearly,
having been granted by the ancestors of said Henry to a chantry priest
in Elland church, worth £5 6s. 8d. The manor of Estrington
is held of the Bp. of Durham, worth £29. Huns-worth is held of
Henry and Ellen Tempest of their manor of Tonge, worth £80. Laxton
held of the Bp. of Durham, worth (?) £33. Hanging Heaton, Chydsell
of the manor of Wakefield, worth £5- Stainland, Barkisland, and Over
Lyndley, worth £61.[FN1: Mr. Whitaker has printed a list of the
estates in Loidis and Elmete, p. 312, not quite corresponding with the
above. He makes the total £489 145., consisting of 300 messuages, 300
tofts, 10 water mills, and 22,080 acres, not including the extensive
wastes and commons perhaps amounting to as much more.]

Mar. Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Sothill, of Soothill;
remar. Thomas Gascoigne, of Barnbow, Esq. They had issue-
Edward Savile,2 [FN2: He lived in obscurity, and it is said he was
under the influence of the Earl of Shrewsbury. A settlement of the
es¬tates was made 28 Sept., 1559, which transferred them at Edward's
death to the Lupset Saviles] of weak intellect, aged 20 years 20 weeks
and 12 days at his father's death; bapt. Dewsbury, 16 Feb., 1538-9;
bur. 16 Feb., 1603-4, Thornhill; mar. ist, Mary, daughter and heiress
of Sir Richard Leigh, Knt., of St. Albans, before his father's death in
1555; she was divorced; mar. 2ly, Elizabeth, daughter of Geoffrey
Barnby (Whitaker).

Dorothy,1 [FN1: The daughter is almost the only lady of the great
Yorkshire houses of the six¬teenth century who has been handed down as
having sullied the honour of her family (Hunter's Lupset). She is said
to have had seven illegitimate children.] mar. John Kaye, of Okenshaw;
executrix of her father's will, but she renounced that post.

Jul. 28, 1558. Dorothy Savile, the sole executrix in the will of Sir
Henry Savile of Suttihall, par. of Dewisburye, Knight, her father,
appeared in person in the Exchequer of York before the commissary, and
exhibited the will of the deceased written on paper, and then publicly
refused to take upon herself all execution of the will, and afterwards
Lady Elizabeth Savile, relict of Sir Henry, appeared personally and
sought administration of the goods of her husband, and the lord
committed it to the said Elizabeth, and a bond is entered sealed by the
said Lady Elizabeth Savile, Henry Grice, and Henry Batt, etc.
(ActBook).

John, died young.

THE LUPSET (after of Thornhill) SECOND BRANCH.

I. THOMAS SAVILE, of Lupset, younger son of Sir John Savile, Knt., of
Thomhill (VI), and Alice, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne, of
Gawthorpe, Knt.; valet of the Crown.
Will.-Dec. 17, 1505. Thomas Sayvill of Lopished, Esq. I bequeath my
body to be buried in the parish church of Wake-field in the Quire of
St. Katherine. Also to the Curate of the same church for tithes
forgotten iijs. iiijd. I will that Margaret my wife have for her own
use for life the hall of Lopished and a close called Bachrode;
remainder after her decease to John and Ralph my sons, to be equally
divided. I will that Johanna and Alice my daughters have that
mes¬suage in the " graifship of Allerthorp " with the croft and all
its appurtenances. I will that George, James, Robert, Thomas, and
Percival, my sons, have that messuage built in Thornes and another
messuage built in Dewisbery with appurtenances, and the said messuages
to"remain to the sur¬vivor of them. To Elizabeth my daughter one
heifer. The residue I give to Margaret my wife and to Alice my
daughter, making them my executrices. Witnesses, Leonard Reidknap,
Robert Bedforth, and Eliz. Boiling. Proved 20 February, 1505-6, by the
executrices (Reg. Test., vi, 224).
Mar. Margaret, daughter and heiress of Thomas Bas-worth, licence 21
Aug., 1482, in Wakefield church (Reg. Rotherham; Test. Ebor., iii,
346). They had issue-
JOHN (II).
George, of Grantham (see Savile of Grantham, p. 36).
James.
Ralph.
Robert.
Thomas, of Wakefield (see Savile of Wakefielcl, p. 38).
Peicival.
Johanna.
Alice.
I Elizabeth.

II. JOHN SAVILE, Esq., of Lupset. '
Died 16 Jan., 21 Hen. VIII, according to the Inquisition 30 June, 25
Hen. VIII (1533), taken at Wakefield before Sir Brian Hastings and
Anthony Awkwood, Esq. He was seised in his demesne of 4 acres of land
called Gylbert's Rodde in Lupsett in the township of Stanley, also in
one messuage and three acres of land in Stanley called Lupsett. The 4
acres are held of the King in socage as of his manor of Wakefield by
fealty and a rent of 4d. yearly, and are worth yearly 2s. The said
messuage and 3 acres in Lupsett are of like tenure, rent 71/2 d.
yearly, and are worth yearly 2s. 8d. The said John was seised in his
demesne as of fee tail, viz. to himself and the heirs male of his body,
reversion to Henry Savile, Knt., for ever of one messuage, 100 acres of
land, 60 of meadow, 100 of pasture, 20 of wood, in Hunsworth, Byrley,
and Clakheton, and of one water mill in Clakheton, and so seised he
died. The premises in Hunsworth are held of the said Henry Sayvyll by
reason of the said reversion by what tenure the jury know not, and are
worth yearly 10li. clear. The said John died 16 Jan., 21 Hen. VIII,
Henry Sayvyll, son and next heir, was then aged 12 years and more.
Mar. Anne, daughter and heiress of William Wyatt; re mar.
Leonard Bate. They had issue- HENRY (III).

III. (HENRY SAVILE, Esq., of Lupset and Barrowby, ju. ux.
Surveyor of the Crown for the Northern Provinces, commonly called "The
Surveyor"; M.P. Yorkshire 1558;
High Sheriff 1567; one of the Council of the North; Will 5 Jan.,
1568-9, proved 16 May, 1569 (Reg. Test., xviii, ii York, and
Sheffield 2, P.C.C.); Inq. p. m. 7 Sept.,12 Eliz. (1570).

Will.- 1st Jan., 1568. Henry Savile of Lupsett, Esquier. My body to
be buried in the parishe churche, where it shall please God to call me,
onlesse it be in the Countie of Yorke or Lincolne, then I will that my
body be buried in the parishe churche of Thornehill or Baroughby by my
ancestores at Thornehill, or at Barowghby where Johan, my late wief,
lieth, decentlie and coiiielie as to my executor slialbe thought most
mete. I will that my house at Wakefelde bridge and called the Chauntry
house, of the yerelie value of xxvjs. viijd., and the messuage over
against the same wherein John Roo dwellith, of the yerely value of
xxiiijs., and my cotages lieng nere and those closes nere to Hernes (?)
feilde in the parishe of Wake¬felde, of the yerelye rent of .....
belonging to my Chauntery, and all that messuage in Wakefelde, of the
yerlie value of xxs., which latelie belonged to the late Chauntery of
our Lady in Wakefelde, and all my houses belonging to my late Chauntery
to Sir William Cordell, knight, Mr. of the Rolles, Leonard Bate,
gentleman, William Savile of Humby, Esquier, Henry Bate, gentleman, and
William Savile, gentleman, my servaunt, and to their heires, upon
condicon that they with the said landes make an hospitall at the bridge
ende at Wake¬felde, in suche order as the said Mr. of the Rolles shall
devise, in the names of me and Dorothie my wife, the said Leonard Bate
and Anne his wife, being my naturall mother, who I trust will augment
the same according to their promyse unto me for six pore people
contynuallie for ever to pray for all Christian people, the which
hospitall I will shall be erected within thre yeres after my death,
which I do most hartelie require my wife and Mr. Bate and my mother to
consent unto, and to suffer the promttes of the premisses to be
bestowed there on as my full trust is they will do. I give to Sir
William Cordell, Leonard Bate, William Savile, Henry Bate, and
Wil¬liam Savile for the building of the hospitall, and to make
con¬venient romes for every of the six pore folkes with gardeyns, as
shalbe convenient, Sortie poundes, and do chardge George Savile, my
sonne and heire, upon my blessing to agree to the same foundacon, and
to make assueraunce of the premisses asmuche as in hym is, and to
augment the same to his power for his duetie to Almyghtie God, and to
be thankefull to hym for the greate benefites that he hath received at
his handes. To Dorothie, my wife, the occupacon and profnttes of my
parsonages of Wakefelde and Dewisburie, whiche I have for terme of
yeres, according to the covernauntes at our mariage, she paieng the
yerlie rent, and after her decease I gyve my lease to George my sonne
upon condicon that he shall suffer Doro¬thie, my wife, to have during
her life all the mannors and landes in the parishe of Barowghby, late
the enheritament of William Vernon, Esquier, and the Lady Bozome, his
wife, which I now holde as tenaunte, she paieng to hym as shall
hereafter be appointed by this my will, and if my sonne George do not
suffer my wife to enioye the Mannors in the said parishe during her
life, then I will that after the death of my wife my sonne, ffraunces
Savile, shall have the lease of the parsonages. I give the manor of
Crumwell, in the Countie of Nottingham, which I latelie purchased of my
cosen Dorothie Savile, to my wife during her life, and after her
decease to Cordell Savile, my thirde sonne, and the heires of his body
upon this condicon hereafter expressed, and for defaulte of yssue to my
right heires. I bequeath the occupacon of the parsonage of Crumwell
unto my wife, and after her decease to Cordell Savile. To George
Savile, my sonne, my lease of my farme at Whissendine in the Countie of
Rutland, which I have of the grannie of Thomas Cony of Bassingethorpe,
Esquier, my stocke of c shepe and two mares in Castrooppe feilde, in
the parishe of Barowghbie, and the tythes of Newboo, he paieng yerelie
to my wife for the shepe gates xls., and for the tyth iiijs. iiijd.
I will that within a convenient tyme all my cattell, corne, horses,
mares, cowltes, and shepe being upon the demesnes of Barowghby,
Whissondyne, Wyvell, Hough ton, and Lynly, in the Counties of Lincoln
and Notting¬ham, and Hatfield gate and Hooke in the Countie of Yorke,
and Epworthe and Crowle (excepte suche legaces bequeathed out of the
same), shalbe solde towardes the payment of my funeralles, debtes, and
legaces. I gyve all my housholde and ymplementes of husbandry at
Barowghbie unto my wife, and I will that she enioye to her use during
her life all the said mannors in Barrowgbiie, paieng my sonne
George foertie pouudes yerelie, and the parsonage of Baroughbie and
landes, and after the death of my wife my sonne George shall have all
the parsonage and said landes and my interest of the patent and office
which my Lorde Admyrall, the Lorde Clynton, and I have graunted to us
by the Quenes Matie of thoffice of Hat-feilde and Thorne Meare, and all
my householde stuffe, &c., at Hatfeilde, my leases of the Mannor house
of Epworth, and landes of the manor of Wrotte, upon this condicon, that
he suffer my wife to have during her life the said mannor, and if he
refuse, then I gyve them to my sonne, Cordell Savile. To my wife all
my housholde stuffe, cattell, horses, corne (ex¬cepte my plate), at
Thornhill and New Parke and at Crumwell, in full satisfaction of her
porcon. I will that all my plate shall be equallie devided in two
partes, thone to my wife, thother to my sonne Frauncis Savile and my
daughter Katheryne, his wife. To my wife the profittes of one lease
nere Lupsett of the devise of Mistres Palmes, and of closes and the
vicaridge of Crowle, and after her decease to my sonne George. I
will that my sonne Cordell Savile shall call for an accompte for the
goodes of the father of Mary, his wife, to be made by his executor
according to his Inventory at Yorke, her parte wherein amountitli
to a thousand markes, and do pray myne executors to assiste my sonne
and his wife. I will that George Wyett shall have the occupacon of
the house of the said Mary, which she hath in lease of the late
Archebusshop of Yorke, and of Wellam tythe, unto my sonne Cordell be of
thaige of xxj yeres, paieng to my sonne and his wife fiftie poundes
yerelie. I will that my sonne Cordell and Mary his wife shalbe in
the order of his godfather Sir William Cordell, Knight, Mr. of the
Rolles. I will the mannour of Crumwell after the death of my wife to
Fraunces Savile, my sonne. I will that the said Fraunces and
Katheryne his wife shall enter into her parte at Whitsontide or Metyl
misse after my decease, so that they be ordered by Sir William
Cordell, Knight. To my daughter Bridgitt fower hundreth poundes,
the money for the payment whereof I will to my executors the mannors of
Sotell, Hangingheaton, Chidsell, and Darrington, after the death of
the Lady Savile untill suche tyme as they have re¬ceived the some of
ccccli., and that the said Sir William shall have the bringing upp of
my daughter. And also for avoiding of trouble hereafter betwene my
executors and the Commyttees of Thomas Wilbram, my wyves sonne, I do
declare I did owe to my said sonne Thomas Wilbram cclxli. and vijclxli.
I have put into the handes of Sir William Cordell, my brother, Anthony
Gravener, and Henry Bate, certyn leases and goodes. Whereas two
hundreth poundes is owing to me by Peter Haldsworth of Hallifax, I will
my executors shall receive the same and shall pay the same to Dorothie
my wife, who I will shall have the same and pay the debtes due to her
sonne. I will that Friswithe my daughter shall have a full parte of my
goodes according to my covernauntes made with Roger Ratcliif, Esquier,
her husbandc's father. To my sonne George my flagan chayne. To Dorothie
my wife my chayne of lincke fasshion, parte wherof was my father
Vernons. To Fraunces Savile, my sonne, my cheyne of small linckes which
George my sonne now hath, and if my sonne George be not content with
theis thre devises then my wife to have the flagan cheyne. To my Lady
Cordell my white gelding. To Mrs. Allington my owen gelding. I will
that George Wyett have the ferme in Barrowghbie in the tenure of Henry
Horner. To John Wyat landes in Sutton upon Lounde of the value of
iiij/i. xs., and after to Cordell Savile. To said John one fermeholde
in Crumwell. Whereas I have one lease of the Mr. of the Savoye in the
Counties of Yorke, Lincoln, Nottingham, and Lancashire, I will the same
to William Savile, my servaunt, also one yerelie rent of \i\li. of the
mylne of Horbury during the life of the Lady Savile, now wife to
Richard Gascoigne, Esquier, and after his decease the said annuitie of
iijli. shalbe taken upon my landes in Chidsell. I gyve my lease of my
terme of Horburie myll to George Savile, my sonne, during the life of
the Lady as is aforesaid. To Gabriell Savile, my servaunt, one yerelie
rent of foure markes. Whereas I owe somes of money aswell to my cosen,
Dorothie Savile, as to others, and there is landes put upon trust
towardes the, payment of the debtes, parte whereof is solde, I will
that somuche as is unsolde shall be solde towardes the payment of my
cosen Dorothie and my debtes, legacies, and funeralles, as to my
executors shalbe thought mete to supplye the rest over my corne,
cattail, and other goodes before appointed to be solde, and the residue
of the said landes I will that John Bate and Edward Birtbye shall make
a good estate to my sonne George Savile. The residue of my goodes thone
moitie I gyve to Dorothie my wife, and thother to my sonnes George,
Fraunces and Cordell, and to my daughters Friswith and Bridgett. I make
executors Sr William Cordell, Knight, Mr. of the Rolls, Dorothie my
wife, William Savile, of Humby, Esquier, Leonard Bate and Henry Bate,
Esquiers, and I gyve to Sir William Ixxxlyz. and one yonge dapled grey
hobby, and to William Savile, Leonard and Henry Bate, to every of them
twentie poundes. Witnesses, Bryan Thornehill, p. me Willm. Savile, p.
me Gabrielem Savile, p. me Johem Nottingham. Proved 16 May, 1569.

Inq. p. m.-Henry Savile, late of Lupset, arm., taken at Wakefield 7
Sept., 12 Eliz., 1570, before Thomas Gargrave, Knt., William Hamond,
Esq., Robert Lee, Esq., and Charles Jackson, Esq.
The Jurors say, That before his death, he and one Thomas Savile, late
of Exley, were seised of the manors of Thornhill, Southowrom, Eland
Parke, Skircote, Brighonse, Hipperholme, Ovenden, Shelfe, Wyke,
Waddesworth, Stansfeld, Myrfelde and Thurlston, and of 400 messuages,
206 cottages, 200 tofts, 20 watermills, 6 fulling mills, 10 wind mills,
2o dove cotes, 70 gardens, 6,000 acres of land, 2,200 acres of meadow,
4,000 acres of pasture, 1,030 acres of wood, 8,000 acres of moor, 1,000
acres of moss, 1,000 acres of turbary, 1,000 acres of heath and furze,
and £20 rent and of a free fishery in the water of Chalder, and of the
advowson of the church of Thornehill, to the use of Edward Savile,
Esq., during his life, and after his decease to the use of Henry Savile
in the writ, and his heirs male, and their heirs, as by an indenture 10
Oct., 8 Eliz. (1566), made between Edward Savile, late of Thornhyll, on
the ist part, and the said Henry Savile and Thomas Savile, of Exley,
Esq., of the 2d part, and Richard Beamond of Whitley and John Thornhyll
of Fixby, Esqres, of the 3d part, by which the said Edward Savile was
seised of all the premisses for his life, and is still living.
Moreover the jurors say that the said Edward Savile was seised to
himself and heirs male in the reversion of the manors of Gretland,
Routonstall and Emley, and of lands in Byerley, Bollinge, Clayton,
Heaton Clacke, Gomersall, Leversedge, Huddersfelde and Skelmanthorpe,
and of the reversion of the manors of Hunsworth, Elande, Staneland,
Barkisland, Rysh worth, Norlande, Golcarre, and Bothomhall, which Lady
Elizabeth Savile, formerly wife of Sir Henry Savile, held and yet holds
for her life, and being so seised the said Edward Savile levied a fine
in the ocfave of St. Michael, 8 Eliz., be¬tween him and Robert
Fletcher, querents, and the aforesaid Henry Savile, Dorothy Savile,
sister and heir apparent of said Edward, Michaell Sotehill. Thomas
Savile of Copley, Esq., Thomas Savile of Hullinedge, Nicholas Savile of
Newhall, Thomas Savile of Exley, Thomas Savile of Banke, Thomas
Thornhyll, and John Batte, deforciants, by which fine the said Edward
and Robert granted the manors to Thomas Thorn¬hyll and John Batte for
100 years if Edward so long shall live, and alter to remain to Henry
Savile, late of Lupset, deceased, and to his heirs male, remainder to
the heirs of Thomas Savile, formerly of Lupsett, deceased, grandfather
of the said Henry, with remainder to the Saviles above.

Moreover the jurors say that Lady Elizabeth, above, late wife of Sir
Henry Savile, deceased, was seised for life of the manors of Sotehill,
Chydesell, Hanging Heaton, Smeaton, Laxton, Darrington in Darton, with
remainder to Dorothy Savile, daughter of the said Sir Henry, and her
heirs for ever, and the said Dorothy in consideration of £1,800 paid
her by the said Henry in the commission, by her deed 5 Oct., 9 Eliz.
(1567), sold the said lands to Henry Savile and Richard Beamonde and
the heirs of Henry, by virtue of which inden¬ture the said Henry and
Richard were seised of the above manors, &c.

Moreover the jury say that some time before the decease of Henry
Savile, named in the commission, Edward Savile was seised in the manors
of Haddlesay and Tankersley, and of lands in Hunshelfe and Pondes, and
being so seised, in consideration of a marriage to be had between
George Savile, son and heir of Henry Savile of Lupset, and Mary Talbot,
one of the daughters of George, Earl of Shrewsbury, by in¬denture 10
June, 2 Eliz. (1560), made between The Honourable George Talbot, now
Earl of Shrewsbury, of the ist part, Edward Savile of the 2d part, and
Henry Savile of Lupsett of the 3d part, he the said Edward agreed he
would make a good estate of the manors, &c., Edward, Earl of Derby,
Henry. Earl of Rutland, William, Earl of Pembroke, William Cecill, Kt.,
James Dyer, Kt., William Cordell, Kt., Thomas Gargrave, Kt., William
Calverley, Kt., William Gascoigne, and Walter Calverley, Esqres., to
hold the same to the use of the Lady Elizabeth, after to said Edward,
and after to the said George Savile and Mary Talbot and heirs male.

Mar. 1st, Margaret, daughter and coheiress of Henry Fuller or Fowler,
licence 3 May, 1545. They had issue-
Henry, bur. at Islington, 1546.
Mar. 2ly, Joan, daughter and heiress of William Vernon, of Barrowby,
co. Lincoln, widow of Sir Richard Bozon, Knt. (Line. Pedigrees, Had.
Soc.); bur. at Barrowby. They had issue- Sir

GEORGE (IV).
Francis, mar. Katherine,1 [FN1: Mr. Brown, in Yorkshire Deeds, i, 89
(Rcc. Ser.), rather doubts this match. Katherine Conyers mar. John
Atherton, Esq., of Atherton, and her will, 10 Jan., 1625-6 (Katherine,
late wife of John Atherton), makes no mention of Francis Savile. On the
other hand Henry Savile the father, leaves legacy to him and his wife
Katherine. Foster says he married ist, Mary, daughter of Gilbert
Salton-stall, of Rookes. There seems no further information about him.]
daughter of John, 3d Lord Conyers of Hornby (Glover and Flower's
Visita¬tions). Cordell, of Sutton-upon-Lound, co. Notts.; bur. 14
Sept., 1615, Barnby-upon-Don; Adm. 27 Oct., 1615 (Act Book)', mar. ist,
Mary, daughter and heiress of William Welbeck, died s.p.; mar. 2ly,
Susan, daughter of ..... Shakelton, of London.
They had issue-*
Cordell, of Clerkenwell, in Nottingham Visitation, 1623; mar. Catherin,
daughter of Edw. Hunings, of Aye, co. Suffolk, and had several children
entered in the register of St. James', Clerkenwell.
Mar. 3d, Jane, daughter of Richard Beaumont, of Elmley, widow of Robert
Holmes, of Barnby; bur. 28 Jan., 1615-6, Darton.

Will.-20 Dec., 1615. Jane Savile, widow, late wife of Cordell Savile
of Barneby-sup.-Donne, gent., deceased. To be buried in the chancel of
the parish

church of Darton. To my cosen Winifride, wife of the right worshipfull
Mr. John Armitage of Kirklees, Esq., an angel of gold. To my cosens,
Jane and Dorothie Beamont, my sadle cloetli, pillion seate and
furniture tlicrto belonginge. To my brothers, Mr. William Beamont of
Lassell Hall, and Mr. Thomas Beaumont of the Nether Haigh, gent., eacli
xijd. To John Savile, youngest son to my cosen, Mr. Francis Savile of
the Haigh, deceased, five marks, and I ordain Francis Savile, second
son of the aforesaid Francis Savile, sole executor, and supervisor
Ralphe Carr of Nether Haigh, gent. Proved 23 Feb., 1615-6 (Reg. Test.,
xxxiii, 755).
Bridget, mar. Henry Nevile, Esq., of Grove, co. Notts.
(Visitation).
Frediswide, mar. ist, Francis Radcliffe, of Mulgrave (Glover, 206);
mar. 2ly, William Vernon, of Wake-field; bur. Wakefield, 24 Jan.,
1618-9. Mar. 3d, Dorothy, who had great legacies in her husband's will.

SIR GEORGE SAVILE, of Barrowby, after of Thornhill, created a Baronet
29 June, 1611; High Sheriff of York¬shire 1613; of St. John's College,
Oxford; M.P. Borough-bridge 1586-87; Yorkshire 1592; succeeded to the
great Savile estates on the death of his cousin, Edward Savile, 1603,
by settlement; died 12, bur. 19 Nov., 1622, at Thorn-liill (Reg.);
M.I.; Adm. 21 Dec., 1622 (Act Book): mar. 1st, Mary, daughter of George
Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrews¬bury, who brought Rufford as her dowry.

They had issue-
Sir GEORGE (V).
Mar. 2ly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Ayscough, of South Kelsey,
co. Line., by Hester, daughter of Thomas Grantham, widow of George
Savile, of Stanley; lie. 1596; bur. 25 Jan., 1625-6, Horbury (Reg.).

Will.-4th Oct., 1625. In the name of God, Amen. I, Dame Elizabeth
Sauile of Lupsett, widowe, calling to mynd the uncertaintie of this
mortall life, beeing in perfect memorie doc make and ordaine this my
last will, first I committ my selfc wholie bodie and soule into the
handcsof the Almightie, by whose exceeding grat mercie and favour
through the deatli of his sonne our onlie Saviour Jesus Christ, I doe
asuredlie beleeue and am certainlie persuaded by the testimonie of the
holie spirit being witnes thereof from tyme to tyme to my conscience
that I am one of the number of the faithfull and elect children of God.
For my bodie when it shall please God to parte the same from my soule I
will that it shall bee buried in the Chappell of Horburie if I die at
Lupsett, or if not there at the discrecion of my frende and executor. I
demise £40 of lawful money to be paid to 16 governors appointed by
Decree by virtue of a Commission with the towne and parish of
Wakefield, to be employed towards a stocke for setting in work such
poor people in the said town and parish as are able to work, or for the
yearly releefe of such poore as are not able to work. Whereas Sr.
George Sauile, Knt. and Bart., my deceased husband, have heretofore
made a lease to Henrie S., our 2nd son, of all that mess, called the
Parsonage House in Wakefield, and of tithes of corn and hay I confirm
the same. I give my daughter, Margaret S., £1,500 to be paid at 21 by
my said son, Henry S., out of the profits of the rectories of
Calverley, Cottingham and Bardsey, and moiety of the Rec¬tory of
Ottley. I give to Henrie S., my son, and his heirs the said Rectories
and moiety. To my sister Sauile of Wath one saluer, being double gilt
with gold, and used for sucke with the cover thereof. To every one of
my friends whose names are written in a paper made for that purpose, a
ring of gold as is mentioned, with some posie grauen in everie one of
them, for a remembrance of my love to them. I will £100 to be bestowed
upon a tomb for a memorial of Sr. George S., Kt. and Bart., my late
husband, and I desire the same tomb be placed in the church of
Thornhill as near where his corps lye interred. The residue of all my
goods I give to my son Henric, whom I make my executor. In presence of
Xpofer Naylor, Gilbte. Barrett, and Henrie Savile.

Codicil.-14 Oct., 1625. I give my son, John S., Esq., towards the
furthering of his house £100, to Mrs. Marie Pearsie, ser¬vant, £10,
to Eliz. Pearsie, daughter of Henrie Pearsie, gent., my god-daughter.
Whereas I bequeathed my daughter Margaret £1,500, if she die before
she shall be married then the portion to be equally divided between my
sons, John and Henrie S. Witness, Henrie S. Proved 21 March, 1625 (Reg.
Test., xxx, 350).
They had issue-
Sir John, of Lupset (see Lupset branch A, p. 31).
Henry.
Richard, died unmar.; bapt. 28, bur. 30 Oct., 1605, Thornhill (Reg.).
Elizabeth, bapt. 4 June, 1601, Thornhill (Reg.).
Hesther, bapt. 19 July, 1604; bur. 21 April, 1605,Thornhill (Reg.).
Margaret, bapt, 23 aug., 1612, Thornfill (reg); mar. John Archer, Utter
Barrister of Grays Inn.

V. Sir George Savile, Knt., of Thornhill; born 1583; died vp, Bur.
24th Aug., 1614, Thornhill (reg); MI

Will- 20th July 1612. George Savile of Soothill, Knt. To be buried in
Thornhill Church or where my wife pleaseth. I give her all my claim in
the milnes of Wakefeild, Horbury, Numiller Dame, my right in the tythes
of Wakefeild, Warmfeild, Heath, the ould parke of Wakefeild, the newe
parke of Wakefeild, Ouchthorpe,Wrenthorpe, Deusbury, Soothill,
Chidsell, Heaton, and Ossett. To my eldest son George all right in my
landes in Thornehill, Soothill, Chidsell, Heaton, Darrington,
Went-brigge, Smeaton, Yorke, Emley, Thnrston, Bothomhall, Golcer,
Eland, Barrowbie, Hunsworth, except the Heath landes, to him and his
heirs. I give him one ringe of gould set with diamondes in forme of a
harte. To my secondc sonne William one annuytie of a hundreth poundes,
and the little howse at Heath, and a ring wherein is sett a blewe
saphire. If my wife have any other sonne I will he have one hundreth
poundes by year, if a daughter I will she have at her mariage or at
nyneteene yeares one thousand poundes. To my ever honored father, my
most honorable uncle, the Earle of Shrews¬bury, my Ladie Grace
Cavendish, Mrs. Jane Talbott, and my kind cosin, Gilbert Nevill of
Grove, esquire, a gould ringe weighing twentie shillinges. To my aunt,
Mrs. Vernon, and my cosen, Mrs. Hester Savile, to either tenn poundes
in gould. I appoint George, Archbishop of Canterbury, my antient
lovinge tutor in Oxford, Edward Talbott, Esquier, my uncle, Sir Thomas
Wentworth, Knight, my brother in lawe, and Mr. Charles Greenwood,
parson of Thornhill, my cosen, my executors, giving each a silver
bowle. Proved ult. Apr., 1616, London (Cope, 34).

Mar. 1st, Sarah, daughter of John Rede, of Cotesbrooke, co.
Northampton; bur. 16 Feb., 1604-5, Thornhill (Reg.) ; mar. 2ly, Anne,
eldest daughter of Sir William Went¬worth, of Wentworth Woodhouse,
sister of the Earl of Strafford, 14 Sept., 1607, at Wentworth; bapt.
11th July, 1591, St. Dunst art's in the West (Coll. Top. et Gen., v,
366); bur. 31 July, 1633, Thornhill (Reg.). They had issue -

Sir George, 2nd Bart.; student of University College, Oxford; mat. 5
May, 1626; born circa 1611; died . at Oxford 19 Dec., bur. 20 Jan.,
1626-7, Thornhill.
Sir WILLIAM (VI).

VI. SIR WILLIAM SAVILE, 3d Bart., of Thornhill, succeeded his
brother; mat. University College, Oxford, 8 Dec., 1626; of Gray's Inn,
1628; M.P. Yorkshire April to May, 1640; for Old Sarum ; a Commander on
the Royalist side; Governor of Sheffield 9 May, 1643, and of York; died
there 24 Jan., bur. at Thornhill, 15 Feb., 1643-4 (Reg.); will 18 July,
1642, proved 21 Jan., 1643-44 (unregistered).

Will.- -18 July, 1642. To be buried (if with conveniency it; may be)
at Thornhill amongst my ancestors. Whereas on the 20 Nov., 1634, I
being then by reason of fines and other assurances seized of an
estate in fee simple of and in divers manors, lands, etc., in counties
York, Nottm., Lincoln, Derby, Stafford, Oxon., Salop, Wilts., and co.
of city of York, did by indenture of that date grant 2 thirds thereof
to my brothers in law, John Coventry of Barton, co. Somst., esq., and
Sir John Hare of Stow, co. Norf., knt., and my friends, Sir John
Ramsden of Longley, co. York, knt., Sir Rd. Hutton of Hutton Pannell,
co. York, knt., Fran. Nevile of Chivete, co. York, esq., Wm. Walter of
Sarsdcn, co. Oxford, esq., Chas. Green¬wood, elk., rector of Thornhill
aforesaid, and Henry Cooksonne, gent., my servant. To hold to them
for 20 years upon the trusts therein declared. My will is that the
said lease be for payment of my debts, and if it and my personalty be
insuf¬ficient for that purpose, my land and tithes in Craven to be
sold, and my exors. to have power to demise for 21 years (reserving £5
rent per annum.) my manor of Hunsworth, and all my lands in Birstall,
co. York. My most deare and louinge wife £500, and the best bed I
have, and such a suit of hangings as she shall choose, and all the
plate and jewels she commonly keepeth in her chamber or closet.
Eldest son George all my arms both horse and foot. Daurs. Anne and
Margt. £5,000 each at 18. Son Wm. £500 at 21. Son Henry £200
yearly for life out of my lands in Alton, co. Stafford, and £1,000
at 21. If my wife shall have a child before I make provision for it,
I give it, if a son, £200 a year for life out of my lands in co.
Derby, and £500 at 21; and if a daughter, £4,000 at 18. Each of my
daurs. £120 per aim., till they have their portions, out of my lands
in co. Derby. All my children to be bred in such place as my exors.
shall think fit. John Coventry, esqr., and the rest of my friends
named with me in this my will as parties to lease of 20 Nov., 1634
(living at my death), £30 each. Servants 2 years' wages each, except
those to whom I leave annuities. List of annuities set down in a
separate paper, to be paid out of my lands and milnes in Denby,
Claiton, and Inburchworth during the several lives of the persons to
whom I give same. Henry Alien to have the land he now is in
pos¬session of, part of my demesne of Thornhill, until my son Geo. is
21, paying for the same £200 per ann., and not ploughing any part of
the ground the last 3 years of his term. [N.B.- The whole will
appears to be in the testator's own handwriting, and in the margin here
he puts: " Md. that I doe not meane he shall by this bargaine have
the 20 loades of hay I now pay him, but I meane that he enioy the
closes knowen by the name of Britan closes and Gelder closes."] I
give my wards their marriages, except His Majesty's ward, Wm. Savile, "
to whom I entreat my executores to be verry kind, and if he doe well to
give him the least halfe of his wife's portion." Friends Sr. Thos.
Danby, Sr. Ingram Hopton, John Vauhan of the Inner Temple, esq., and
Captaine Tho. Beamount, £20 each and a horse out of my stable. My
honourable kinswoman, the Countess of Kent, £50. My faithful
friend, John Selden, esq., £50. £100 to be bestowed in rings and
given to my friends in remembrance of me: Wife and friends, Sr. John
Ramsden, Sr. Rd. Hutton, Fran. Nevile, esq., exors. My exors. to
take (if the Mr. of the Wardes be so pleased) the wardship of my son.
To each of my exors. £40, and the running of 6 horses in any of my
parks until my son shall attain 21. Witnesses, Chas. Grenewoode, W.
Armitage, George Cartwright, Willm. Denison, Tho. Beaumont, John Batte,
and Joseph Sill. Proved 21st Jan., 1643, in the house of John Savile
in York, before Philip Brooine, M.A., surrogate, by Lady Anne Savill,
Sir John Ramsden, Sir Rd. Hutton, power being reserved for Francis
Nevile.
List of annuities to be paid out of my lands and milnes in Denby,
Claiton, and Inburchworth, co. York. John Batt of Okwell, esq., £20.
Thos. Farran, gent., my servant, £20. Joseph Sill of Thornhill, gent.,
£20. Robt. Bladen, my ser¬vant, 20 marks. Geo. Cartwright, Tho.
Colbrand, Tho. Kaulines, my servants, 20 nobles each. Tho. Addy, my
ser¬vant, and his wife, and the survivor, 20 nobles. Joseph Sikes,
John Milner, my servants, 5 marks each.
Codicil.-1st Jan., 1643. " Upon perusall of my will made the 18th of
July, 1643, findinge that I haue made noe pro¬vision for the
maintenance of my sonne Win. duringe his minority," and I have settled
the inheritance of Barroby and the rest of my lands in co. Link, on
him. I hereby give to him the manor and advowson of Barroby and all
other my lands in co. Line., and because this cannot take effect during
my wife's life in case she stand to her jointure, therefore I give my
said son Wm. £100 yearly during his mother's life out of all my
manors, etc., in co. Salop, with power of distress in default of
payment. But if my wife do take to her thirds and waive her jointure,
then this rent charge to cease. Sir Paul Nele to have as I have devised
(sic) to Sr. Ingram Hopton. Mr. Robt. Butler £10. Witnesses, Jo.
Cosin, Robert Butler, Tho. fferrand, Sam. Jackson, Paul Neile, J.
Monckton.
Mar. Anne, daughter of Thomas, 1st Lord Coventry; she was with her
husband at Sheffield, and had a child there (luring the siege; she
remaf. Sir Thomas Chicheley, of Whimple, co. Cambridge, and was bur.
there circa 1661. [FN1: See her life, by Dr. Barwick (G.E.C.) ] They
had issue-
Sir GEORGE (VII).
William, died unmar. before 1660; to have £500 inhis father's will.

Henry, of Barrowby; M.P. Newark 1673; an envoy at Paris;
Vice-Chamberlain. His correspondence was printed by the Camden Society
in 1858, edited by W. D. Cooper, F.S.A. He was born at Rufford 1641 or
1642, and died at Paris 6 Oct., 1687 (see Diet. Nat. Biog.).

Will.-15 June, 1687. Henry Savile of Barroughby, co. Lincoln, esq.,
now not in very good health. I make my dear brother George, Marquess of
Hallifax, sole exor., and give him and his heirs all my manors, lands,
etc., debts, goods, and personal estate, as well what doth belong unto
me as one of the exors. of Sir William Coventry, Knt., deceased. If the
Marquis die during my life then I make his 2nd son, the Lord Wm.
Savile, exor., and in such 'case I give him all my manors, lands, etc.,
and personal estate. To my dear friend and kinsman, Sir Chas. Sedley,
Bart., £500. I give unto the Chest of Chatham £1,500 due to me from
the King upon a privy seal. To my Lady Eland £200 for a ring. To my
sister in law, the Marchioness of Halifax, to my nieces, the Countess
of Carbery and Lady Eliz. Savile, Thos., Earl of Plymouth, John, Earl
of Carbery, Henry, Lord Eland, Thos., Visct, Way mouth, Lord Wm. Savile
and Lord George Savile, and Sir Thos. Chicheley, to each alive £10 for
rings. To my cousin, Henry Savile, now Captain in the King's Regiment
of Foot Guards, £100. My exor. to pay the poor French Protestants
£100 as he shall think fit. To Monsieur de Ruvigny, eldest son of old
Monsieur de Ruvigny, the picture of a French Lady in an oval frame in a
kind of boyish dress that hangs in the gray bedchamber at Bushy Parke,
as also a little picture of the Dutchess of Mazarin which will be found
in a drawer of one of my cabinets. To Thomas Jobson, gent., £100, also
mourning to him and his wife. To my servant Mozay £150, with all such
guns, pistols, or other arms as I shall have left at Bushy Park. To
Mrs. Lord and Ellinor Blyton the yearly sum of £5 each. To Henry Guy,
esq., my gilt cup which has his arms on one side and mine on the other
with the late King's cypher on the cover. To Henry Sedney, Esq., 2
fowling peeces with my arms on them, left in the custody of Mr. Thos.
Robson. To Mr. Hall, rector of Barrowby, £10 for a ring. To the
Corporation of Newark a piece of plate of value of £50, my arms to be
put on it. To the poor of Newark £20, of Barroughby £10, of Bampton
in Oxford £10, of Hampton in Middlesex £10, in which place I desire
to be buried if I die in England, but if I die beyond the seas I desire
only the con-venienest interrment may be had there. My executor out of
my estate shall pay my funeral charges, debts, legacies. Proved London,
12 Oct., 1687, by executor (Foot, 130).

Talbot, born 12 Aug., 1644; died young.
Mary, bapt. 29 Aug., 1632, Thornhill; died young, (?) 1637.
Anne, born 18 Jan., bapt. 10 Feb., 1634, Thornhill (Reg.) ; mar. 12
May, 1656, at St. Giles in the Fields, Thomas Windsor, 1st Earl of
Plymouth; she died 22 Mar., 1666; bur. Tardebrigg, co. Wore. (G.E.C.);
she had £5,000 in her father's will.
Margaret, bapt. 22 Sept., 1640, Thornhill (Reg.); had £5,000 in her
father's will.

VII. SIR GEORGE SAVILE, 4th Bart.; created 13 Jan., 1668, Baron
Savile of Eland and Viscount Halifax; 16 July, 1677, Earl of Halifax;
17 Aug., 1682, Marquess of Halifax, the eminent Statesman (see his life
and letters by H. C. Foxcroft, and Did. of Nat. Biog.); bapt. 28 Nov.,
1633, Thornhill (Reg.); bur. n April, 1695, in Westminster Abbey.

Will.-17 Mar., 1691. George, marquesse of Halifax. "I am not
sollicitous to chuse my grave, neither do put any weight upon the being
buryed where I was borne, yet not to appear singular I am content in
case I shall happen to dye at Rufford or in Yorkshire, to be carryed to
Thornhill, there to lye amongst my ancestors; if I shall dye in London
I desire to be buried at Westminster, but wherever I shall be putt into
the ground my will is that the ceremony of it may be performed with noe
greater expence than must in strict de¬cency be thrown away upon me."
To my dear wife one thou¬sand pounds, her jewels, chamber plate, or
other plate upon which her coat of arms only shall be engraved, with
the usual furniture belonging to any one room in my house at London at
her choice, and I give her the terme of the house in St. James Square,
now possessed by my son William, Lord Eland. To my wife my house,
gardens, etc., purchased by me in the name of Sir Thomas Clergis, in
Acton, with all that belongith me in Acton, and the use of all the
furniture, and after her decease to my son Wm., Lord Eland, and his
heirs. I give her all the lands in Crich with the profits of the lead
mines for her life. My will is that as touching all my lands not
included in the settlement made on the marriage of my son, Lord Eland,
I give the same to my son and his heirs, and for want of issue to my
daughter Stanhop, my intention being that my daughters of the half
blood shall not hinder her from inheriting in course as is above
directed. My son, Lord Eland, sole exor.
Codicil.-19 Nov., 1693. I give my godson, George Savile, son of the
present rector of Thornhill, £1,000 towards his education and support
that he may be the better qualified to enjoy a considerable part of my
estate which I have settled upon him by deed in case my son William,
Lord Eland, should die without issue male.
Codicil.--4 April, 1095. To my wife £500. To my cousin, Henry
Savile, £100. To the poor of St. James' £100, and £100 amongst the
poor French Protestants. To the Governors of the Hospital of King James
in Charter House, at the charges of Thomas Sutton, Esq., of which I
have been for some years a Governor £100. To servants, Thos. Medhurst
£100, John Gregory £100, and to the rest a year's wages. John
Nicholls and Nathaniel Champion £10 yearly. To Mr. John Conyers £20
for a ring. To my steward, Theophilus Shelton, £10 for ring. My will
is to be buried in the Abby church of West¬minster with as little
ceremony as may be. Proved 17 April, 1695, by his son (Irby, 57). Mar.
ist, 29 Dec., 1656, St. Giles in the Fields, Dorothy, daughter of Henry
Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland; she died 16, bur. 31 Dec., 1670,
Thomhill (Reg.). They had issue-
George, bapt. 10 March, 1659-60, St. James', Clerkenwell; bur. there
10 Jan.,
1660-1. Henry, Lord Eland of Christ Church, Oxford; mat.11th April,
1674,'aet. 13; bapt. 2 Mar., 1660-1, St. James', Clerkenwell; died
1688 v.p.

Will.-7 Oct., 1687. Henry Savile, Lord Eland. Wheras my father, the
Lord Marquess of Halifax, by indenture n Apr., 36 Chas. II, did settle
the reversion of a certain fee farm rent of £550 out of the manors of
Bradbury and Hilton, co. Durham, after the death of the now Queen
Dowager, unto himself, and after his decease unto me and my heirs. I
give unto my dear wife Hester, Lady Eland, and her heirs, all such rent
of £550, and other rents issuing out of the said manors. I make my
wife sole executrix, and give her all my money, plate, jewels,
furniture, and personal estate whatsoever. In presence of Carbery, Tho.
Tenison, Win. Smythe, Edward Browne. Proved 8 June, 1688, by Hester
Savile.

Mar. Esther, daughter of Charles Gouvernet, Marquis de la Tour, circa
April, 1684; she was bur. 26 May, 1694, in Westminster Abbey; M.I.
George, born 1667; wounded at the siege of Buda; died s.p., 1688 (see
Cooper's Savile Correspondence).

Sir WILLIAM (VIII), 2d Marquis.

Anne, born 1663; mar. 10 Aug., 1682, St. Martin's in the Fields, John
Vaughan, Earl of Carbery; she was bur. 23 Jan., 1689-90, St. Andrew's,
Holborn. Mar. 2ly, Nov., 1672, Gertrude, daughter of Hon. William
Pierrepont, son of the Earl of Kingston; she died I, bur. 5 Oct., 1727,
in Westminster Abbey.




The Will of Gertrude, Marchioness Dowager of Halifax.

24 Oct., 1723. My body to be privately buried, and no scutcheons, and
laid, if I die in London, by the body of my dear Lord, George, Marquis
of Halifax, at Westminster; if in the country in the next parish
church. Rest of personal estate to my grandson, Phillip Dormer
Stanhope, commonly called Lord Stanhope, to be sole exor. I declare
this paper part of my will. To the parish church where I shall die
£20. To the poor of Belforston parish, now my jointure, £30; of
Wingfield, Crich, Shirland, and Streeton, £10 each. To Pene¬lope
Talbot 30 guineas. To Mr. James Morris, clerk in the Pell office, 20
gs. To John Mumford 10 gs., and to all my servants |1/2 year's wages.
26 Oct., 1723. To Martha Davis ro gs. Proved London, 10, Oct., 1727
(Farrant, 234).

They had issue-
Elizabeth, bapt. 4 Sept., 1675, St. Martin's in the Fields; mar. 24
Feb., 1691-2, Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield; she died 4, bur. u
Sept., 1708, in Westminster Abbey.

VIII. SIR WILLIAM SAVILE, 5th Bart., 2d Marquess of Halifax; born
1665; mat. Oxford, 5 Dec., 1681; M,P. Newark 1689-95; bur. 9 Sept.,
1700, St. Alban's.

Will.---16 Aug., 1695. William, Lord Marquis of Halifax. I desire my
body may be buryed either at Thornhill or at St. Miles in St. Albans at
the discretion of my executors with respect to the place I shall die.
To my dear wife all her jewels, dressing plate, all my guilt plate,
together with the service of plate which was my late uncle's, Henry
Savile's, also the use of the jewels which were my late dear wife's
until my daughter, the Lady Anne Savile shall attain 21 or be married,
if she die then I give her the absolute property. If my daughter
live I give her all her mother's jewels, and to my wife in recompence
£1000. For the rest of my personal estate, except leases for years
and furniture of my houses, if I have no sons living, then I give the
rest to be equally divided as followeth: if I have no issue female or
born afterwards then one moiety to my wife and the other to my
daughter, the Lady Anne, but in case I have issue one third to my wife,
one third to the Lady Anne, and one third to my daughter or daughters
by my wife. In case I have issue male that then my exors. do stand
pos¬sessed of the residue of my personal and leasehold estate in trust
to raise £5,000 increase of portion for my daughter, the Lady Anne
Savile, to be paid her, together with the £15,000 provided for
her by the settlement on her mother's marriage. I charge my
leasehold estate and ground rents in London with £500 p. an. to my
wife for increase of her join¬ture. As to the furniture of my
houses, Halifax house, Rufford, and Acton, my will is the same shall
belong to such persons to whom my houses shall descend. For my
leasehold estates if I have no issue male I give the same to my
daughter, the Lady Anne, and to all other my daughters living or
after¬wards to be born, equally. If all die, to my sister
Stan¬hope. Education of daughters by my.wife by the advice of her
father, the Earl of Nottingham, Hon. Heneage Finch, and Wm. Finch,
esq. Guardianship of my daughter, the Lady Anne, to Rt. Honble.
Gertrude, March. Dowager of Halifax, my wife, the Earl of Nottingham,
and her grandfather, Sr. Samuel Grimston, Bart., Lord Visct. Weymouth,
and the sur¬vivors. I make the Earl of Nottingham, Lord Visct
.Weymouth, Heneage Finch, esq., Francis Gwyn of St.Martin's in the
Fields, esq., and lohn Conyers of Middle Temple, esq., exors. In
presence of Tho. Medhurst, Sam Hoyle, Nathl. Champion, Tho. Gregory.
Codicil.-20 Aug., 1700. Additional portions for daugh¬ters if no
son.
Proved London, 11th March, 1700-1 (Dyer, 36).
Mar. 1st, licence, 24 Nov., 1687, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Samuel
Grimston, 3d Bart.; died 1694. They had issue-
George, died inf.
Lucy Anne, died young, 1700.
Anne, coheiress; mar, Charles Bruce, 3d Earl of Ailesbury; died 18
July, 1717.
Mar. 2ly, Lady Mary, daughter of Daniel Finch, 2d Earl of Nottingham, 2
April, 1695; she remar. 1st Jan., 1708, John Ker, 1st Duke of
Roxburgh.
They had issue-
William, Lord Eland; bapt. 2 April, 1696; bur. 18 Feb.,
1696-7, St. James', Westminster. George, died young.
Essex, died young.
Dorothy, bapt. 24 Sept., 1699, St. James', Westminster; mar. 21 Mar.,
1720-1, Richard Boyle, 3d Earl of Burlington; bur. 12 Oct., 1758,
Londesborough.
Mary, bapt. 30 Sept., 1700, St. James', Westminster; mar. n June, 1722,
Lincoln's Inn Chapel, Sackville Tuft on, 7th Earl of Thanet.
The 2d Marquis of Halifax having left no male issue, the Thornhill and
Rufford estates, etc., descended to the Lupset (after of Thornhill)
branch, sprung from the mar¬riage of Sir George Savile and his second
wife, Elizabeth Ayscough.

YOUNGER LINE OF LUPSET, AFTER OF THORNHILL.

SIR JOHN SAVILE, Knt., of Lupset, eldest son of Sir George Savile, ist
Bart. (IV), by his 2d wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Ayscough;
Knighted 22 June, 1627; High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1649; a
Parliamentarian ; bur. Horbury 8 May, 1660 (Reg.).

Will.-24 Oct., 1659. Debts to be paid out of lands. I give my whole
estate (except manor of Wath on Dearne, manor house, etc., there, and
lands hereinafter devised to my son, Thos. S., as per Marriage Articles
made between John Armitage, esq., deed., and me) to my exors. and
trustees upon trust to pay as follows: To Kath. S., my 2nd daur.,
£2,000 for her portion, and to my daur., Mary S., £2,000 at 21, and
to my daur., Anne S., £2,000 at 21. In pursuance of an indenture made
between me and Dame Anne, my late wife, deed., of the one part, and Sr.
Thos. Glemham and Sr. John Wentworth, knts., and John Soame, gent., of
the other part, I give to my son, John S., £300 a year till my eldest
son, Thos. S., shall attain 21, for said John's maintenance and for
raising a portion for him. Son and heir, Thos. S., closes near Lupsett
hall called Gt. Tunstall Close and Little Tunstall Close, Hilly Close,
Well Close, Gt. Waltroyd, Mistriss Ingg, Broakesbanks Close, and Head
Ings, with right of way to the River Calder. To hold to him in tail
male. My servants 405. each. Servant John Foster £10 yearly for life,
to be paid to him by John Archer and Rd. Tolson, esqres., my Trustees,
and he to be employed in collecting my rents. I have surrendered my
copyholds of the Manor of Wakefield on date of this my will, and my
copyholds in Crigleston Court on the same date, to John Archer, esq.,
and Rd. Tolson, esq., to the uses of my will. Upon trust to pay debts,
etc., and then to the use of Thos. Savile, my son and heir in tail
male, with rem. to my 2nd son, John S., in tail male. Manor of Wath on
Dearne, and manor house and lands, etc., there, to Sr. John Armitage,
bart., and Wm. Hustler, esq., Provided that if said Rd. Tolson, esq.,
or his heirs or assigns shall pay to them £1,200 on the 5th July,
1663, towards payment of my debts and legacies, then they shall convey
sd. manor, etc., to him. But if not paid, the sd. Armitage and Hustler
to sell sd> manor, etc., towards payment of my debts, etc. Eldest
daur., Frances Hustler, and sd. Wm. H., her husband, exors. John
Archer, esq., supervisor. Said John Archer, esq., and my daur. Frances,
100 marks each for their pains. Wits., Rd. Benett, Abraham Haighe,
Timothy /'. Milner, John Foster, and Thos. Scholay.
No probate in Register [1661-2] (Reg. Test., xliv, 73, York).

Mar. 1st, 4 Feb., 1626-7, Hartshead (Reg.), Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
John Armytage, Bart., of Kirklees; bur. 14 Jan., 1638-9, Horbury
(Reg.).
They had issue-
George, bapt. 22 Jan., bur, 2 Feb., 1627-8, Hartshead (Reg.). Margaret,
bapt. i Dec., 1628, Wakefield (Reg.); bur.8 Oct., 1629, Hartshead.
Elizabeth (twin with Margaret), bapt. 1 Dec., 1628, Wakefield (Reg.);
bur. 17 April, 1630, Hartshead (Reg.).
Frances, bapt. 24 Aug., 1630, Wakefield; mar. 9 Nov., 1654, Horbury,
William Hustler, Esq., of Acklam. Marie, bapt. n Dec., 1632, Wakefield;
bur. 24 April, 1633, Horbury (Reg.).
Christian, bapt. 9 April, 1635; bur. 7 Feb., 1640-1, Hartshead
(Reg.).
Anna, bapt. 24 Aug., 1636; bur. 7 Jan., 1640-1, Hartshead (Reg.).
Katherine, of Acklam, bapt. 31 Mar., 1634, Wakefield; died unmar.

Will.-31 July, 1680. " A true and reall daughter of the Church of
England." To be buried in Acklam church, close to my dear deceased
servant, Mary Parker. Poor of Acklam and Middlesbrough, £5. Brother,
Joseph Savile, £400. Sister, Mary Jenison, £200. Nephews, John
Hustler, Rd. H., and James H., £200 each. Nieces, 'Elizabeth and
Catherine Hustler, £200 each. Mr. John Johnson of Thorn ton, £30; and
£50 more to dispose of as I have ordered. Abraham Haigue £20. Sister,
Anne Harris, los. Residue to Sr. Wm. Hustler, exor. Wits., John
Johnson, Eliz. Hustler, Ellen Corney, and Eliz. Lodge.
Proved York, 9 Aug., 1680, by extrix. (sic) (Reg. Test., Iviii, 95).

Winifred, bapt.11th Jan., bur. 12 Jan., 1638-9, Hor¬bury.
Mar. 2ly, Anne, daughter of Sir John Soame; bur. 23 May, 1651, Horbury
(Reg.).
They had issue-

THOMAS SAVILE, Esq., of Lupset, which he left to his sister Anne
Harris, passing over his brother John; mat. St. Alban Hall, Oxford, 19
Oct., 1666, aet. 18; bur. 3 Sept., 1677, Horbury (Reg.).

Will.-1676, 17 June. Thomas Savile of Lupset Hall, Esq., son and heir
of Sr. John Savile, Knt., my late father, deceased. To be buried at the
discrecon of my Executors. I give unto my loveing brother in law, John
Harris of the Inner Temple, London, gentl., and to my loveing sister
Anne, the now wife of the said John Harris, and to the heirs of their
two bodies, and for want of such issue to the right heirs of the said
John Harris for ever, all my capital messuage called Lupsett wthin the
manor of Wakefield, and all my lands, etc., in the said manor in
Thornes, Sandall, Horbury, Ossett and Stanley, (and) all my rectory or
parsonage impropriate of Wakefeld. I give £500 a ps. unto my nephews
and neeces, John, Ann, Thomas, and Mary, the four children of my
brother in law, John Harris, and of my sister Anne, and for want of
issue to the right heirs of the said John Harris. I make my brother in
law and sister exors. In presence of us, George Hill, Richard Taylor,
Will'm Edward Hutton, Edward Dalby (Copied in Taylor's Rectory Manor,
110).

Sam., bapt. Horbury; bur n Mar., 1647-8 (Reg.).

Sir JOHN SAVILE, 6th Bart., succeeded to the Thorn-hill and other
estates on the death of his cousin, the 2d Marquis of Halifax, 1700;
bapt. Horbury, 15 Feb., 1650-1 (Reg.); died unmar. circa 1704.

Anne, bapt. 24 Aug., 1636, Hartshead; had Lupset from her brother
Thomas; mar. John Harris, seal-bearer to the Earl of Nottingham, but
lived apart from her husband, and is said to have shortened her days
with intemperance; she died 28, bur. 29 Oct., 1681, Wakefield; their
son, John Harris, sold Lupsel.

Mary, mar. Robert Jennison, Esq., of Newcastle, licence, 30 Sept.,
1667 (Surtees Durham).

B HENRY SAVILE, Esq. (younger son of Sir George Savile by his 2d wife,
Elizabeth Ayscough), of Bowling, near Bradford, which he bought 1648,
and sold 1669 to Francis Lindley; Aclm. Lincoln's Inn, 2 April, 1618;
bapt. Thorn-hill, 9 Dec.,1599 (Keg.); bur. i June, 1667, Bradford
(Reg.); mar. Anne, daughter of Robert Cruse, of London (Dugdale). They
had issue-

George, son and heir, aet. 22 ann. 2 April, 1666; Adm. Lincoln's
Inn, 9 May, 1661; bapt. 16 July, 1643, Thornhill (Reg.). JOHN (C).

Henry, a Colonel, of St. James', Westminster; bapt. 12 Feb., 1648-9
(Reg.); bur. 6 Aug., 1706, Thorn-hill (Reg.).

Robert, bur. 22 June, 1660, Bradford (Reg.).

Edward, died s.p.

Elizabeth, mar. Charles Ubaldino, Marquis de Montesaltro, licence, 2
Sept., 1668.

Anne, mar. Sir Robert Forbes.

Mary.

C JOHN SAVILE, Rector of Thornhill for 29 years 8 months and 10 days;
bur. there 25 Jan., 1700-1 (Reg.).

Administration of Revd. John Savile, Rector of Thornhill
(from Original papers unregistered).
Date 12 July, 1701. Sureties, Barbara Savile of RufTord, Notts., widow,
relict of said Rev. John, the Administratrix, and Geo. Savile of
Rutford, Esq. Mar. ist, Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Tully; died s.p.',
bur. 17 Feb., 1675-6, Thornhill (Reg.).; mar. 2ly, Barbara, daughter of
Thomas Jennison, of Newcastle.
They had issue-

Sir GEORGE (D).

Anne, mar. ist, Sir N. Cole, of Brancepeth, 3d Bart.; mar. 2ly, a
Belgian adventurer called " Baron Dognyes " (G.E.C.); bapt., 9
Feb., 1680-1, Thornhil (Reg.).

Gertrude, bapt. 9 Feb., 1696-7, Thornhill (Reg.).

D. SIR GEORGE SAVILE, 7th Bart., of Thornhill, Rufford, etc.;
succeeded in Baronetcy his cousin, Sir John Savile, 6th Bart., in 1704;
mat. Christ Church, Oxford, 4 July, 1696; M.P. Yorkshire 1728-34; bapt.
18 Feb., 1678-9, Thornhill, (Reg.); died 16, bur. there 25 Sept., 1743
(Reg.).

Abstract of Will of Sir Geo. Savile of Rufford, Notts., Bart.

Date 9 June, 1743. Very long Will, mentions following relations,
Daughters Arabella and Barbara Savile (under 21). Only son, George
Savile. Sister, Gertrude Savile. Aunt Newton. Cousin, Eliz. Ogle, daur.
of sd. Aunt Newton. Cousins, Nathl. Ogle, Newton Ogle, Chaloner Ogle,
Isabella the wife of Sir Chaloner Ogle, and Elizth. wife of ..... Gray,
Esq., sons and daus. of my sd. cousin, Elizth. Ogle. Also Martha Ogle,
unmarried clau. of sd. cousin Elizth. Ogle. Cousin, Jane Bird, widow
Exors., Nathl. Ogle, Hy. Elmsall of Thornhill, clerk, 3-nd Gilbert
Mitchell, Rector of Eakring, Notts.

1st Codicil.-Dated same day, 9 June, 1743. Mentions Mr. Newton Ogle,
Mr. Chaloner Ogle, and Miss Martha Ogle, the 2 youngest sons and
daughter of my Cousin, Eliz. Ogle, widow of Nathl. Ogle, late of
Kirkby, co. Northumberland, Esqre., and Nathl. Ogle, eldest son of
same.

2nd Codicil.-Dated loth June, 1743. Provision made for housekeeper,
Mary Ardell.
Proved 7 July, 1744.

Mar. 19 Dec., 1722, St. James', Westminster, Mary, daughter
of John Pratt, of Dublin. They had issue-
Sir GEORGE (E).

Arabella, mar. John Thornhagh or He wet, Esq., of Osberton.

Barbara, mar., Richard Lurnley, 4th Earl of Scar¬borough, 12 Dec.,
1752; she died 22 July, 1797; bur. St. Marylebone; M.I. E

E SIR GEORGE SAVILE,1 [FN1 1 He was the last heir male ot the main
branch of the Savile family. The estates came to his nephews, Richard
and John LumJey, Earls of Scarborough, who assumed the name of
Savile.] 8th Bart.,of Thornhill, Rufford, etc.; 1111 eminent
politician; M.P. Yorkshire 1758-83; died im-niar. 10, bur. 24 Jan.,
1784, Thornhill (Ref(.), aet. 57 years (Whitaker); M.I. (see Dic., Nat,
Biog.).

Abstract of Will of Sir Geo. Savile- of Ruilord, co. Nottm., Bart.

Date is 18th Aug., 1783. Very long Will, mentions Brother in law, John
Ilewitt of Shire Oaks, Notts., Esqre. Rev. John Michell of ThornhilI,
clerk, and Gilbert Michell of same. Rev. Dr. Newton Ogle of Abbots
Worthy, co. South¬ampton, and Sir Chaloner Ogle, Knight. Nephew in
law, Francis Ferrand Foljambe, and niece, Mary Arabella Foljambe hjs
wife, John Foljambe their eldest son, and Francis Foljambe their 2nd
son. Nephew, Hon. Richd. Lumley (2nd son of my sister Barbara, Countess
of Scarborough, by the Rt. Hon. Richd., late Earl of Scarborough,
decd.).

Nephew, John Lumley, 3rd son of sd. Barbara. Nephew, Frederick Lumley,
4th son of sd. Barbara.

Nephew, Savile Hy. Lumley, 5th son of sd. Barbara. Nephew, William
Lumley, 6th son of sd. Barbara. Person becoming entitled to Mansion to
take sir name Savile.

Codicil.- Dated 19 Aug., 1783. Mentions Cousin, Fliza Pratt, now living
witli my Mother. Cousin, Baroness Starck.
Proved 25 March, 1784.

SAVILE OF GRANTHAM.

1 GEORGE SAVILE, of Grantham, 2nd son of Thomas Savile, of Lupset, and
Margaret Basforth2;[FN2 Page, 15] mar. Elizabeth, daughter and
heiress of ..... Sturley, son and heir of Henry Sturley; bur. at Some
rby-by- Grant ham. They had issue -
WILLIAM.

II. WILLIAM SAVILE, of Grantham, Humby, and Sappcrton; will 3 May,
1598, proved 24 May, 1600; to be buried at Somei by; Inq. p. m. 20
Oct., 43 Eliz. (1600).

Willelmi Savyle, nuper de Humby, co. Link
P. 1, N. 90. Inq. p. m. - 20 Oct., 43 Eliz. (1601). He was seised of
the Manor of Sapperton within the . . . . . of Granthem, and of divers
lands and Messuages there. The Manor was worth £3 6s. 8d. yearly, the
lands, etc., £4. He died at Humby, 20 Feb., 41 Hlix. (1598-9), when
Wm., son . and heir of John Savile, gent., son and heir of the said
William, was found to be his heir, and aged 14 years and more at his
grandfather's death.
Wilhelmi Savile, armigeri.
P. 1 N. 104. Inq. p. m.-19 Jan., 4 Jac. I (1607). Melius Inquirend',
and merely relates to tenures in Lincolnshire, referring to a former
Inq.
Wilhelmi Savile, armigeri.
P. 2, N. 83. Inq. p. m.-8 April, 3 Jac. I (1605). He was seised in
his demesne as of fee of the Manor of Saperton, co. Line., formerly the
estate of Lord Audley, and of another Manor of Saperton, late the
estate of Lord Hussey, and of divers messuages and lands there. He was
seised also of a moiety of the manor of Humby Magna and Somerby, co.
Lincoln, and of divers messuages and lands at Humby Magna, Somerby,
Ingolsby, Ropseley, Walcott, and Haseby, parcel of the said Manor of
Humby, and of the advowson of the church of Saperton, and a moiety of
the advowson of the church of Somerby. And being so seised on the igth
May, 2oth Eliz., by Indenture made between said William Savile and Ann
his wife of the one part, and Nicholas Strelley of Stratford Bow, in
co. Middx., Esq., and Susan his wife of the 2d part, and in
consideration of a marriage before then solemnized between John Savile,
gent., son and heir apparent of the said William, and Cecily, then only
daughter and heir apparent of the said Nicholas and Susanna, he the
said, covenanted and agreed with sd. Nicholas for settlement of the
estate as set out here at great length. Wm. Savile, gent., was found to
be kinsman and heir of the William above mentioned, viz. son and heir
of John, son and heir of the said William, and now aged 19 years and 8
days.
Wilhelmi Savile, armigeri.

P. 2, N. 68. Inq. p. m.-27 Aug., 3 Jac. I (1605). Melius
Inquirendum about facts stated in the Inq., 8 April, 3 Jac. I.
Mar. Anne, daughter and coheir of Godfrey Colville of Humby; will 31
Aug., 1600, proved May, 1601; bur. at Somerby.
They had issue-

JOHN (III).

Robert, s.p.

Henry, 1598, s.p.

George, proved his mother's will 1601, s.p.

Frissold or Fridiswide, mar. William Walcott, of Walcott. ·

Anne, mar. William Porter, of Grantham.

Frances, mar John Dalton.

Elizabeth.

III. JOHN SAVILE, High Sheriff of Lincoln, 1590; bur. at Somerby;
mar. Cecily, daughter of Nicholas Strelley, of Stratford Bowe; remar.
Humphrey Cardinal!.
They had issue-

WILLIAM (IV),

Susan, mar. William Holmes, of Claypole.

Anne, mar. ..... Smith, of London, silkman.

IV. WILLIAM SAVILE, of Humby, aet. 14, 1598; Patron of Rectory of
Sapperton; mar. Katharine, daughter of Sir Richard Pell, Knt., of
Dembleby, licence, 20 Jan., 1605.
They had issue-

Thomas, bapt. at Grantham 23 May, 1616.
William, died young.

Jane.

Mary. (Lincolnshire Pedigrees, Harl. Soc., 860.)

SAVILE OF WAKEFIELD.1[FN1 There is very little information about this
branch. Part is in Glover's Visita¬tion and in Foster's Pedigrees, and
Mr. Taylor, in Wakefield Rectory Manor, refers to several of the
persons. It seems strange that no M.I. exists in Wakefield
Cathedral. There are many entries in the registers difficult to
identify.]

THOMAS SAVILE, of Stanley Hall in Wakefield parish, some tlme~of
Netherton (Glover), a younger son of Thomas Savile, of Lupset2; [FN2:
Page 15.] mar. 1st, Katherine, daughter of John Chaloner, of Stanley
alias Midgley Hall; mar. 2ly, Joan, daughter of John Michell, of
Crossley.
They had issue-
Henry Savile, of Wakefield, eldest son, sans issue (Glover).

Thomas Savile, of Overthorpe, Thornhill; bur; 15 June, 1601 (Reg.);
will, no date, proved i Oct., 1601.

The Will of Thomas Savile of Thornhill, gent.

No date. Thomas Savile of Thornehill, gent. My bodye to be buried in
the churche of Thornhill amongest my freindes. To Richard Tempeste of
Tonge, gen., my sonne in lawe, iijs. iiijd., in consideracon of all his
porcon as promisse. Unto my sonne Thomas my beste goulde ringe and xli.
which nominated for him, of which som Mr. Tempeste gave him iijli. vjs.
viijd., and Mr. George Savile of Waickfeild other iijli. vjs. viijd.,
my beste cloake or the reasonable price of it, also a bedd. To George
Radcliffe my virginalles. To the poore vjs. viijd. To Robart Smalpadge
my frezed coate. To John Smalpadge a quie calfe. To Richard Singgleton
a doblet, and to his wief a gowne. To Elizabeth Smalpage a gowne. To my
sonne Thomas the salte which I claime of Mr. Radcliffe, or that which
shall be gotten or given in consideracon of it, and these parcelles to
stand for his sole porcon of my goodes without any more dividinge with
my daughter and wief. I will that my wief have her third parte, and
Anne my daughter the other third parte which by lawe belongeth to her
brother and her, and what re-maineth of my parte to be divided betwixte
my wief and my daughter, and I make my wief my executor and garden to
my children, also I desire my brother Robart and my sonne Mr. Tempeste
to be overseers, desiringe my sonne Tempeste to be good to my daughter
Anne. Proved 1st Oct., 1601 (Reg. Test., xxviii, 465).
Mar. (?) Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Nettleton, of Thornhill.
They had issue-
Thomas, in his father's will.
Elizabeth, mar. Richard Tempest, Esq., of Tong, cov. i Sept.,
1572, and bur. there 30 Sept., 1581.
Anne, in her father's will.
Dorothy.
JOHN (II).
Robert, of Snydale (Glover); (?) Adm. 15 June, 1603, to Alice and
Henry, children (Act Book)', mar. . . . . , daughter of .... Greene,
....
They had issue-
Henry, son and heir; (?) Adm. 25 April, 1606, to John Bedford (Act
Book). Robert (Glover).
George, in his uncle George Savile's, of Wake-field, will. Alice, mar.
Wakefield, John Bedford of Crow Nest, Dewsbury, 1603. George (see
younger line-A).

II. JOHN SAVILE, of Stanley, living 1585 (Glover); died Rich¬mond, 10
Aug., 32 Eliz. (1590).
Will.-27 Jan., 1588-9. To be bur. in the Parish church of Wakefield.
Elizabeth, now wife. To godson, John Vava¬sour, son of Maior Vavasour,
an annuity of £3 6s. 8d. To Joane Vavasour, my daughter, now wife of
Maior Vavasour, an annuity of xv/i. To daughter, Margaret Waller, wife
of William Waller, an annuity of xvli. Thomas, George, my brethren,
supervisors. To Saraie Sproxton, daughter of Ric hard Sproxton, vli. To
Grace Sproxton, daughter of Richard Sproxton, vli. Residue to Elizabeth
my wife and Margaret Waller, my daughter, executors.
Codicil.-27 Jan., 1588-9. I give to John, son of Henry Savile, a
lease of tenement in Arkendall.
Proved 29 Aug., 1590 (Reg. Test., xxiv, 382).

Mar. Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Cockson, of Wake-field.
They had issue-
Edward Savile, of Stanley Hall, eldest son; (?) Adm. i>5 Aug., 32
Kliz. (1590) (Act Book)', mar. Katherine, daughter of Alvery Copley,
Esq., of Batley, mar. there 22 Nov., 1574; she remar., Sheffield
Savile, Esq., of Beeston; Adm. 18 Jiily, 1616, to Grace, daughter (Act
Book).
They had issue-
John. Grace, mar. Gervase Hatfield, of Hatfield Hall, near Wakefield.
Henry Savile, of Boxhall, in Wakefield (Glover); died 1st May, 33
Eliz. (1591), as by Inquisition taken · 1st Dec.; mar. Ann,
daughter of Gervase Bosvile, of Newhall (Glover).
They had issue-
George, aet. 5 years in 1585 (Glover). John (Glover).
Henry,1 [FN1 He built the church wall at his own charge (Reg.). ] of
Horbury, gent.; bur. there 18 July, 1639.

Will.-16 July,1639. Henry Savile of Horbury, gent. My body to be
buried at the discretion of mync executrix, and as for my landes I give
them to my loving wife both frehold and copy¬hold according to the
lawes of the land and the custome of the manner by which I hold them
during her life naturall, provided that she pay or cause to be payd
unto my two sonnes, John and Artur Savile eyther of them yearly during
her life xls. a peece in full satisfaction of their whole right, tytle,
and interest ujnto my sayd landes, goodes, cattells, chattells, and
estate whatsoever. Moreover I geve and be¬queath unto my youngar
sonne, Arthur Savile, vli. to be paid unto him by myne heire out of a
cloase cald the Towne Carr within one yeare after my wives decease,
provideed alwayes that if myne heire do not pay the vli. within the
tyme limited, that then my will and mynd is and I do give the sayd
close with all the rightes therunto belonging unto my sayd youngarr
sonne, Arthur Savile, his heires and assignes. All the rest of my
goodes, chattelles, cattelles, credittes, and estate I give unto my
loving wife, Benedict Savile, whome I make whole and sole executrix of
this my last will and testament.
Henry Savile. Wittnes hereof
Ro. Radcliffe. ' Willm. W Pollard.
marke. Mercy V Shaw.
mark. Jurat Richard Wormald. Proved 2 Oct., 1639 (unregistered).
Mar.. Benedict1 ..[FN1:.. In the printed Thornhill Register, Mr.
Benedict Savile, bur. 22 Nov., 1652. Can it be a mistake for Mrs. ? ] .
sole executrix; (?) bur. 22 Nov., 1652, Horbury. They had issue-
John, bur. Horbury, 28 April,i6i4 (Reg.). Arthur,2 [FN2: Arthur had
legacy of manors in Wil¬liam Savile's will, 1653-4, and is men¬tioned
in Manor Rolls, 20 Car. II. Foster says he died unmarried. ]bur.
Horbury, 6 Nov., 1616 (Reg.).

Elizabeth (Glover). JOHN (III).

Robert, of Broomhall, near Wakefield (Glover); mar. Noimanton, 30 May,
1587, Mary, daughter of Rich¬ard Breaton, of Normanton, gent. (Reg.).


Alice, mar. Richard Sproston, of Wakefield (Glover).
Jane, mar. 1st, James Metcalfe, Esq., of Nappa; mar. 2ly, Sir Mauger
Vavasour, of Weston; will, 19 May, proved 17 June, 1617; " to be bur.
at Askrigg nere my husband Metcalfe."

Margaret, executrix of her father; mar. William Waller, of
Wakefield (Glover).

Ann, (?) mar. William Wombwell, Esq.; died s.p.

III. JOHN SAVILE, of Netherton; bur. 14 Dec., 1602 (Reg.); Adm. 20
Dec., 1602, to wife Elizabeth (Act Book).

Inq. p. m.-6 Sept., 1 James I (1603). John Savile, late of Netherton,
or Nether Shitlington, gent., taken at Doncaster. He was seised of the
manor of Netherton and of 2 messuages, 2 cottages, 5 gardens, 2
applegarths, one water corn mill, 40 acres of land, 20 of meadow, 30 of
pasture, and 4 of wood, and by indenture i May, 37 Eliz. (1595), made
between him and his wife Elizabeth of the ist part, Jarvase Wyrrell,
Esq., of Loversall, and Sampson Mallory, gent., of the 2d part, and
Robert Stappleton of Wyghell, Kt., John Mallory, Esq., now Kt., of the
3d part, assured the premisses above to the use of the said John Savile
and Elizabeth his wife for their Jives, remainder to the use of
Stappleton Savile, gent.,title heir, remainder to the 2d, 30!, and 4th
sons of John and heirs, remainder to the right heirs of said
Stappleton. The said John died 20 Dec., 45 Elizabeth (1602), Elizabeth
his wife surviving, when Stappleton their son was aged 9 years and 10
months.
Mar. Elizabeth,. . . . .; remar. Thomas Riccard, Esq.; bur. 10 May,
1606, Thornhill (Reg.). They had issue-
John, bapt. 23 Feb., 1591-2, Thornhill (Reg.).

Stapleton, died 25 Sept., 1609.

Inq. p. m.-Stapleton Savile. 18 Jan., 7 James I (1610). His father,
John Savile, was seised of the manor of Netherton (see his Inq.), and
died 1602, leaving his wife Elizabeth surviving, who after married
Thomas Riecard, Esq., and died 7 May, 5 James I (1608), and Stapleton
the son died 25 Sept. last past. The Jurors say that Elizabeth then 19
years and more, Joana 15 years and more, Dorothy 14 years and more, and
Fridiswithe 12 years and 9 months, were sisters and next heirs of said
Stapleton.

Anna, bapt. 2 Dec., 1599; bur. 15 Feb., 1599-1600, Thornhill (Reg.).
Ellen, bapt. 31 May, 1601; bur. 7 Feb., 1601-2, Thornhill (Reg.).
Grace, bapt. 31 Aug., 1602; bur. 14 Nov., 1602, Thornhill (Reg.)-
Elizabeth, mar. Gregory, 2d son of John Armytage, Esq., of Kirklees,
and Emma Gregory, licence, 1611, at Hartshead; bur. in the quire at
Woodkirk. ]
Joana.
Dorothy.
Fridiswith, mar. John Payne, of Cheshunt, Herts, licence 13 April,
1611, at Enfield.

YOUNGER LINE.

A GEORGE SAVILE, of Wakefield (younger son of Thomas Savile,of Stanley)
(I); a woollen merchant, called a "Blackwell Hall man," lived at
Haselden Hall; Governor, or perhaps real founder of Wakefield Grammar
School; a churchwarden; died 24 Oct., 1593.

Will.-6 Oct., 1593. George Savile, Wakefield, gent.
Eldest son, George Savile, shall have all the lease which 1 or either
of my sons had of the grant of William Savile, of Humble, co. Line.,
Esq., of George Savile of Thornhill, Knt., of the tithes of corn and
hay of Osset, Standley, the new parke and ould parke of Wakefield. To
my eldest son George the parsonage and tithes of Otley and Calverley,
my second son Thomas and George Spivie to convey all their right to my
said son. To my second son, Thomas Savile, the parsonage and tithes of
Bardsey, George Savile and George Spivie to convey their interest to
Thomas Savile, also lease of Hassell tithe and lease I had at Owsten.
Fourscore pounds of current English money shall be given out of the
goods which I have conveyed to my brother, Robert Savile, John Battye,
and George Spivie, to the governors of the free school of Wakefield to
the use of the school in two years, and if there be not a house builded
for that use I will that the said sum shall be given to George Savile,
Thomas Savile, Richard Sproxton, Richard Claiton, William Savill, John
Battle, Thos. Robinson, Thomas Cave, to be employed for the poor of
Wakefield. George and Thomas Savile to convey to my wife the tithes of
corn in Haton in Nottingham. I will if my son Rodes be contented that
his son which he had by my daughter shall be brought up and kept with
one of my sons from the time of my decease until such time that he
shall be fit to go to one of the Universities, that then my nephew
shall have maintenance for his educa¬tion and bringing up in learning
till the time the goods which I appoint be conveyed to my sons George
and Thomas for that purpose. George Savile, son of my brother Robert to
be maintained at school till he be fit for the University of the goods
which I shall appoint, and from the time he shall go to the University
he shall have £6 13s 4d. paid unto him yearly for 10 years, if he
continue so long there, out of the parson¬ages in Notts, by sons
George and Thomas and Geo. Sproxton. And if the school goe forward and
be built in the time aforesaid, I give £20 out of the leases in Notts,
to be for the use of the poor of Wakefield. To Margaret Walker one
cowe. To Alice Savile 2 kine. To Thomas his son of Thornhill, £3 6s.
8d. To Sir Rodes a ring. John Spivie to have meat so long as he be
content to be in my house with son George. Sister Battle shall have one
cloak of a sad greene which was my wife's. Son George lease of tithe of
Clayton, Frickley, and Hooton Pannell, which I had of John Savile of
Howley, Esq., and that my brother Robert, John Battle, and George
Spivie shall make assurance to him, and son Thomas shall convey his
right to George of his right in tithe of Hooton, which my son Thomas
and I purchased. Residue to George and Thomas, executors. Proved 2
Nov., 1593 (Reg. Test., xxv, 475).

Inq. p. m. (Abstract.)-26 Nov., 36 Eliz. (1593). He was seised of 50
messuages, 40 cottages, 40 tofts, 30 barns, 6 dovecotes, 50 gardens,
300 acres of land, 300 of meadow, 300 of pasture, 10 of wood, 50 of
heath and furze, 50 of moor in Wakefield, Standley, Sandall, Woodall,
Newton, Owthorpe, Pontefract, Hunsworth, Horbury, Ossett, Osgnathorpe,
Knowethorpe, Leedes, and Halton. He had the capital mes-~ suage of
Hasylden Hall, etc., which he left to George his son and heirs,
remainder to his son Thomas. He had a messuage called Horberry Hair in
Horberry, etc., which he left to his son Thomas, remainder to son
George. The said George Savilc died 24 Oct., 35 Eliz. (1593), when
George, his son and heir, was aged 33 years and more, and Elizabeth,
late wife of George, is still living.
Mar. Elizabeth, daughter of George Spivie, of Wakefield.
They had issue -

GEORGE SAVILE. Esq., of Wakefield; assisted in the foundation of
Wakefield School; died in London 2 Jan., 27 Eliz. (i594~5) (Scott,
2),

Will. - 16 Dec., 1594. To be bur. in Wakefield church. To daughter
Margaret all lease for years and interest which I have in all those
tythes of corn in the parishes of Mutton Pannell, Clayton, Frickley, if
my daughter shall live so long; if she do not to next heirs of her
body. Elizabeth, now my wife. I have tythes and advowson of Hutton
Pagnell, if no other heir then to my daughter, in default of issue I
give the 3d part to Edward Waud, pastor of Wakefield, Robert Dickson,
pastor at Birstall, and ..... Whittaker, pastor at Thornhill, to the
governors of the schole of Queen Elizabeth at Wakefield, and the other
2 thirds to my brother Thomas and Ins heirs, in default of issue to
John Rodes, son and heir of John Rodes of Barlborough. To my wife lease
of tithe of Stanley and the old parke of Wakefield. Tithes of Ossett to
brother Thomas. Proved 17 Feb., 1594-5 (Reg. Test., xxvi, 65).

Inquisition.- 25 Aug., 37 Eliz. (1595): l8 Jan 40 Eliz. (1597-8); 3
Oct., 42 Eliz. (1600). He was seised of tlie rectory of Hutton Pannell
and advowson of the vicaridge, of lands in North Elm sail, South
Kirkby, Alverthorpe, Flamshaw, Onckthorpc, Stanley, Sandal, Woolley,
Haselden hall, remainder to his brother Thomas and heirs, remainder to
George, 3d son of Robert Savile of Ouckthorpe, and heirs. Mar¬garet
his heir was one year and more.

Mar. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Ays-cough, Knt., of South
Kelsey, there, 25 Oct , 1591 (remar. Sir George Savile, ist Bart., of
Thornhill); bur. 25 Jan., 1625-6, Hoi bury (Reg.). They had issue -

Margaret, mar. 29 July, 1612, Thornhill (Reg.), Thomas Middleton, Esq.,
of London; bur. 29 Dec., 1613, Thornhill.
THOMAS (B).
Dorothy, mar. Sir John Rodes, of Barlborough, 2d wife.
Mar. 2ly, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Grice, of Wake-field, widow of
John Nowell, licence, 1591.

Will.-ii Jan.,1613-4. Elizabeth Savile of Milnthorpe, wid-dowe. To
brother, Henry Grice, Esq., best geldinge in full satis¬faction. To
Elizabeth, wyfe of said Henry my best gownc and kirtle. To his three
sonnes, Richard, Thomas, and Edward Grice, to everie of them one cowe
and all my sheepe devided. To Henrie, heyre apparant of said Henrie
Grice, Esq., all the glasse and sealinge in my nowe dwellinghowse at
Milnthrope, one longe table, one bench, one longe table, one square
table, one liverie cupbord and one bench in the dyninge parlor, and one
staudinge bed in the chamber over the parlor. To Eliza¬beth, daughter
of said Henrie Grice, Esq., my nutt sett in silver and guilded, one
payr of fyne lynne sheetes, and payre of pillowe covers, one damaske
table cloth, one dozen of fine line napkins, sowed withe white worke,
and a linnen towell. To Francis, Margaret, Anne, and Suzan Grice,
daughters of said Henrie, to everie of them a silver cupp and one payre
of linnen sheetes, one payre of linne pillow covers, and to everie one
one linnen table cloth. To Henrie, sonne of Henrie Grice, Esq., one
trunke which was his uncle, Mr. Robert Grice's, and these parcelles of
plate and lynnen therein, two saltes, double guilt, halfe a dozen of
silver spoones with lyons at the end, and two silver cupps, double
guilt, one silver beaker, one damaske table cloth, one dozen of damaske
nap¬kins, and one damaske towell. Mr. Richard Lister shall have a
morninge cloake at my funerall, to him my new bible. To Mres. Ashburne
my riewe freise gowne and my freeze kirtle. (Bequests to servants.)
£10 to repayringe of the high wayes between Milnethorpe and Wakefield.
£20 to be bestowed on some parcell of land where uppon I will three
Alms howses shalbe buylded for three poore widdowes. Henrie Grice
supervisor. Residue to Henrie sonne and heir apparent of said Henrie
Grice, and he and his father executors. Thomas Watterton of Walton,
Esq., and Michael Wentworth of Wolley, supervisors. Witnesses, Richard
Lister, John Prynce, Wil¬liam Bevit, John Awstwick. Proved York, 9
Aug., 1614 (Keg. Test., xxxiii, 239).

B THOMAS SAVILE, Esq., of Wakefield (heir male to his brother
George).

Will.-23 April, 1599. Thomas Savile, Esq., of Wakefield. I will that
my body shall be buried in the parish church of Wakefield. I will unto
my daughters, Dorothie, Margrett, and Elizabeth Savile, all those 6
messuages and 6 oxgangs of land in Owston which I hold by demise from
the Queen's Matie, to have the same for xxj years, and after the term
or after the death of the survivor of them I will the residue unto the
child which my wife goeth with (if it be a son), and if it be not a son
then to my son John. I will my rectory or parsonage of Everton, co.
Notts., which I hold of demise from the Queen, to said daughters for
xxj years, and after to the child (etc., as before). Whereas George
Spivie holdeth for his life after the death of me the parsonage of
Sutton. upon Lound, Scrowby, Gringley, Bollome, Tilne, Wellome, and
Mooregate in co. Nott, and the rectory of Heiton, yet nevertheless in
confidence tliat he shall convey the one moiety to such persons as the
said Thomas Savile shall nominate, my will is George Spivie shall
convey the same after my death to such persons as Richard Clayton of
Wakefield, and John Battie shall advise so that the benefit shall come
to my 3 daughters and to the child my wife goeth with, if it be a
daughter for xxj years, then to the use of my son John. I give the
child my right of the tithes of Hersell in the parish of Wragby. I will
my wife Sara shall have the education of my son and heir till xxj or be
married, my wife to become bound with securities as my supervisors, Sir
John Savile to be one, shall think fit, if my wife shall not I will my
supervisors especially Sir John Savile, to make choice of some persons
for the education of my children. I give her the 3d part of my goods-.
Rest to my daughters and the child my wife goeth with, whom I make
executors. Witnesses, Wm. Clayton, Richard Clayton, John Battie.
A codicil.-The said Thomas Savile did appoint by will nuncupative
supervisor, Richard Clayton of Wakefield, draper, William Clayton of
Okenshaw, and John Battie of Wakefield, chapman, and gave unto every of
them five pounds. Proved York, 7 Aug., 1599 (Reg. Test., xxvii, 661).

Inq. p. m.-23 Sept., 42 Eliz. (1600). He was seised of burgages in
Wakefield, 6 messuages, 6 gardens, 3 villages, 6 tofts, 5 applegarths,
40 acres of land, 30 of meadow, 30 of pasture, 20 of moor in Wakefield,
Newton, and Stanley. Sara was his wife. Elizabeth, wife of George
Savile, was seised of Haselden Hall. The said Thomas was seised in two
parts of a messuage called Horbury Hall, and of the rectory of Thorp
and advowson. He died - April, 41 Eliz. (1599), and John Savile, his
son, was aged 9 months and 4 days.

Mar. Sarah, daughter of Richard Clayton, of Wakefield (remar. 28 Oct.,
1602, Wakefield, Sir Robert Mounson, Knt., of North Carlton, who died
15 Sept., 1638); bur. High Choir, Wakefield, n Aug., 1640. They
had issue-
JOHN (C).
Dorothy, mar., licence, 1611, Sir Thomas Musgrave, Knt., of Norton
Conyers.
Margaret, mar. 5 Jan., 1619-20, Horbury (Reg.), Sir Francis Monckton,
Knt., of Cavil.
Elizabeth, mar. at St. Giles in the Field, n July, 1627, Sir William
Wentworth, Knt., of Ashby, co. Line., who fell at Marston Moor;
bur. 9 Nov., 1666, Goxhill.

C JOHN SAVILE, Esq., of Wakefield; aet. 9 months and 4 days at his
father's Inq.; mar. Katherine, daughter of Sir William Monson, Knt.,
of Carlton; bapt. 18 Sept., 1606 (Line. Visitation). They had
issue-
WILLIAM (D).

D WILLIAM SAVILE, Esq., of Wakefield.

Will.-31 Jan., 1653-4. I give an annuity of £10 to Jerman Poole of
Wakefielcl till he is 21, and then to have in lieu £100. To my aunt,
the Lady Wentworth, 10s., to my aunt, the Lady Monson, 10s., and to my
cosen, Mr. Simon Musgrave 10s., to buy rings. To my loving friend, Mr.
George Ryder of the City of Westminster, one bond of £3,ooo wherein
Mr. Rumsey and Mr. Irwin stand bound unto me for the payment of
£1,500, and I give him all the debt by virtue of the bond. To George
Ryder and my friend, Mr. Wm. Slater of Halifax, £50 a piece, to be
paid by Mr. Arthur Savile out of my lands. To my cosen, Thos. Hatfeild,
an annuity of £3. To Mrs. Williamson, wife of Francis Williamson of
Whitefryers, London, £20 to buy a horse. To Mr. Geo. Ryder all bedding
and furniture in the house now occupied by Wm. Beeston of Wakefield. To
said cozen, Mr. Arthur Savile, all my manors in co. York to him and his
heirs.
Codicil.-Feb. 6, 1653. To my loving friend, Geo. Ryder, my messuage
at Hemsworth after the death of Sir Thos. Midleton, Knt. Proved London,
20 Feb., 1653-4, by George Ryder (Vol. Alchin., 361).

Mar. 1st, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Williamson, of
Westminster; mar. 2ly, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Romley, Esq.
(remar. William Oglethorpe).

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Early Saville Family PART 1

"NOTES ON THE EARLY SAVILLE PEDIGREE
AND THE BUTLERS OF SKELBROOK AND KIRK SANDAL.
BY THE LATE W. PALEY BAILDON, F.S.A.
PREFATORY NOTE.
In Vol. xxv of this Journal my father gave an account of the main line
of the Savile family. He had previously dealt with some of the
younger branches, including Savile of Copley and Savile of New Hall, in
his edition of Dugdales Visitation. His interests lay for the most
part in that period of our history for which the evidence afforded by
wills and the parish registers is available; and he did not endeavour
to give detailed information about the Savile family I before the era
of Sir John Savile, who married the Eland heiress in the middle of the
fourteenth century. But in the course of his
- investigations he was in close touch with Mr. Baildon, who for many
years had been collecting notes, mainly from the Plea Rolls, with
regard to the origin and early generations of this distinguished
Yorkshire family; and he was hopeful that Mr. Baildon would in due
course publish the result of his researches to form a prologue to his
own paper. Mr. Baildon found that the information available was far
greater than he had originally anticipated; and .the connection with
the Butler family was of such as to justify a considerable addition to
his original scheme. But at the time of his death, in 1924, he had
practically finished his task, and the present paper was almost ready
for publication in the Journal. He was only waiting, I remember him
telling me, for the opportunity of "running through the Assize Rolls of
Divers Counties," though he was not sanguine of finding any additional
information of material value; and it appears that he was still working
on one or two points arising out of the later generations of the Butler
pedigree. But the paper is so complete in its present form that its
publication will, it is anticipated, not only be welcomed by members of
the Society, but will provide an additional memorial to Mr. Baildon's
unrivalled powers of research. The work of editing has been negligible.
A few references to printed books left unchecked by Mr. Baildon have
been added; some of his loose notes have been inserted in the place for
which he clearly intended them; and the sketch pedigree which
accompanies Section II has been compiled from his own unfinished draft.
Any footnotes of an editorial kind are inserted in square brackets.

Mr. Baildon bequeathed to the Bradford Public Library his extensive
collection of notes on Yorkshire families; and the thanks of the
Society are due to the authorities of the Library for their kindness in
making this paper available for publication.

CHARLES CLAY.
SECTION I.-INTRODUCTORY.
The early generations of the Saville pedigree, as given in Watson's
Halifax, Foster's Yorkshire Pedigrees, and elsewhere, are quite
untrustworthy. Many of the persons named are creatures of the
imagination, while others are ante-dated or post-dated or otherwise
misplaced in the usual reckless manner of Elizabethan pedigree mongers.
It would be waste of time and space to point out all the obvious
errors; I will only mention two, others are dealt with below. The sixth
generation has "Sir John Savile, knt., of Tankersley," and his son,
grandson, great-grandson, and great-great-grandson, all Johns, are all
described as "of Tankersley." As a matter of) fact, the Tankersley
property did not come to the Savilles until the marriage of the
last-mentioned John with Isabel, the heiress of; Thomas de Elland.
Henry Saville, said to be the younger brother i of this last John, is
said to have married Ellen Copley "about 1300 "; Ellen was a mere
child at her father's death in 1370, and her husband was the son of
Henry Saville of Thornhill.

It has frequently, if not generally, been assumed that the name was
derived from Saville Hall in Dodworth, and accordingly the old
pedigrees start off with "Sir John Savile of Savile Hall."

Whitaker, in his best ex cathedra manner, makes the statement boldly,
though giving neither argument nor evidence in support.

" Passing by the fond tradition, which is altogether inconsistent with
the grounds of English etymology, that this family are descended from
the Savelli of Italy, suffice it to say that they spring from Savile
Hall, in Dodworth, near Barnsley, which gave name to them, and not they
to it " (Loidis et Elmete, p. 311).

Hunter seems to have leaned to this view, though not saying so in so
many words.

"In this township [Dodworth], about half a mile south of the principal
vill, is Savile-hall, an antient estate of inheritance lying near the
northern branch of the Dove. This estate belonged, in the reigns of
Henry III, Edward I and Edward II to a family of the name of Savile, of
whom there was the following instructive deed, among the evidences of
Sir Gervase Cutler,' at Stainborough " (South Yorkshire, vol. 2, p.
260). Here follows the grant of " Seyvile Hall " made in 1311 by Thomas
son of Baldwin de Saville (see below). I cannot accept this view.
Saville Hall I take to be the name given to a house by its builders.
The practice was not common in the north, whereas in the south very
many of the small sub-infeudated manors were called after their owners1
[FN1: Chequers Court may be instanced, of which we have heard much
lately]; but even in Yorkshire there are several unmistakeable
examples, such as Thornhill Hall in Wath upon Dearne, Lascelles Hall in
Lepton, Thurnham or Turnham Hall in Cliffe, near Selby, and no doubt
others.

Moreover, Saville Hall apparently never belonged to the main line of
the family. The first reference to it, so far as any evidence is known,
is in the grant just mentioned, and the Thomas de Saville who granted
it was the son, and possibly the heir, of Baldwin de Saville, a younger
son. If it had ever been the principal seat of the main line, we should
expect to find some earlier reference to it,

The series of returns known as the Testa de Nevill, under date 1242-3
(new edition), has an entry which at first sight suggests that there
was some place or estate in the Lacy fee called " Seyvill " ; we read "
Seyvill, tercia pars unius militis " (Part II, p. 1103). The adjoining
entries, however, are names of persons, not of places; Richard Foliot
precedes and Baldwin Teutonicus follows, which suggests that a
Christian name has been omitted. Mr. Farrer accordingly prints the
entry thus: " [ - de] Seyvill " (Early Yorks. Charters, vol. 3, p.
401), and he is certainly right.

There is no trace of any ville, hamlet or manor called Saville, or
anything which could have become Saville, in Yorkshire or any other
county, to be found in any early document, and the form of the name is
distinctly French. The theory that there is a connection with the Roman
family of Savelli has nothing but the similarity of the name to support
it. There can be little doubt that the Savilles settled in England
under Henry II, as so many French families did, the Courtenays being a
notable example.

Watson's statement on this point is as follows:

"Others suppose them to have come with Geoffry Plantaginet, because
there are two towns of this name on the frontiers of Anjou, both which
were annexed to the crown of England, when the said Geoffry married
Maud, daughter and heiress of Henry I " (Halifax, p. 209).

This statement has been frequently copied, but without any additional
information as to the locality of these " two towns" There are
several towns and villages in France which have names approximating to
Saville. The official Dictionnaire des Posies et des Telegraphes has
five places called Savel, one Saveille, two Sauville, one Savilly, one
Sevelle, one Sevielle, and one Sevilly. Most of these are too remote
from the sphere of Anglo-Norman influence, and there is no indication,
so far as I know, from which of the others the Savilles take their
name. Perhaps the most likely are (1) the two villages of Bas and Haut
Sevielle, in the Department of Seine et Marne ; (2) La Sevelle, in the
Department of Eure, but against this is the fact that the family are
never called de la Saville; (3) Sevilly in the Department of Orne; and
(4) Sauville, in the Department of Ardennes. Nos. 1 or 3 seem to me the
most likely.

Apparently all the deeds relating to the original family properties are
lost or destroyed; at any rate they cannot now be found, as Mr.
Lipscomb, Lord Savile's agent, has kindly informed me. Those printed in
the volumes of Yorkshire Deeds issued in the Record Series refer to
later-acquired properties, such as that at Smeaton. This is a great
misfortune and a most serious handicap. Fortunately, there was a
considerable amount of litigation in the thirteenth century, the
records of which have been of great assistance.

One of the chief difficulties lies in the absence of any date of birth
by which we can test the generations both up and down, The early
Savilles no lands in chief, and consequently there are no inquisitions
to give us the age of an heir; such a document in the late thirteenth
or early fourteenth century would have been invaluable. The only
available inquisition, that on Peter de Saville in 1286, is not post
mortem, though it was formerly included in that series, as were also
the inquisitions ad quod damnum; it was in the nature of a de lunatico
inquirendo, and therefore there was no finding as to the heir, but the
writ mentions a wife and children, and we may fairly make certain
useful inferences as to Peter's age. In the first place, he had an
uncle, William Saville, then living; so that Peter cannot have been a
very old man. We shall see presently that Peter left a widow, and a son
and heir, John, who was of age in or before 1301. Now if this John had
been of age in 1286, when the inquiry was made as to his father's
mental condition, we might reasonably expect that he would have been
appointed at least a joint guardian of his father's person and
property. As he was not so appointed it is a fair assumption that he
was under age, as he was certainly born not later than 1280. If we
assume 1275 for the approximate date of John's birth, we shall see that
it fits admirably with the pedigree, both up and down.

I think there can be no doubt that it was this John Saville who married
Margery de Rishworth, and we can test the date suggested above by
considering some Rishworth dates. Margery was one of the three
daughters and coheirs of Henry de Rishworth, who were all married
before 1306, when Henry himself was dead. He was, as to part of his
lands, a tenant of the manor of Wakefield, and his name occurs
frequently in the Court Rolls. The earliest extant date is in 1275, and
the last in 1298; his widow, Alice, occurs in 1307 (\Yakefield Court
Rolls, Record Series., vol. i, p. 108; vol. 2, pp. 48, 88). He was
clearly of age in 1275, which gives 1250 as the approximate date of his
birth. The three daughters who survived him (there may have been other
children who died young) were therefore probably born between 1270 and
1275, or thereabouts. Having thus arrived, not by evidence, it is true,
but by fair inference and deduction, that John son of Peter Saville
and, his wife were both born somewhere about 1275, I have used that
approximate date in checking the generations, both up and down, and
what follows, apart from actual evidence, is mainly based on that
assumption.

The Saville and Butler charters printed in the Pontefract Chartulary
threw a new and unsuspected light on the early Saville pedigree; the
fact that the father of Richard de Saville was called Hugh the Butler
(Pincerna) was, to say the least of it disconcerting, (and clearly
called for a careful investigation. This I undertook at the request
of the late Mr. J. W. Clay, F.S.A., as an introduction to his article
on the Saville Family which he was preparing for the Yorkshire
Archaeological Journal (subsequently printed in vol. xxv), but I felt
that a thorough investigation of the early Fines, Assize Rolls, and
other records, was necessary before any satisfactory result could be
attained, and the removal of these documents from London during the war
delayed my researches. The absence of any family deeds adds greatly
to the difficulty of arriving at a satisfactory conclusion, and there
are several points in the pedigree which may have to be modified if
further evidence should be discovered.

However, the result, though to some extent inconclusive, enables us to
present for the first time a pedigree supported by documentary
evidence.

The Pontefract documents are nearly all undated, and with a few
exceptions do not state the relationship between the various Savilles
and Butlers mentioned in them. To arrange these in approximate
chronological order and to affiliate the individuals with whom we are
concerned, is a matter of great difficulty, and I quite recognise that
others might arrive at conclusions differing from those which follow; I
have given my reasons on all material points. I find myself unable to
accept the late Mr. Holmes's conclusions as to dates and
identifications in many cases; these, I think, are all pointed out.

The main difficulty is to settle the relationship between the Savilles
and the Butlers, and to decide whether the later Savilles were
descended from the Richard de Saville who tells us that his father was
Hugh Butler.

The two earliest Savilles mentioned in the Pontefract Chartulary are
Ralph and Henry.

I agree with Mr. Holmes that Ralph and Henry de Saville]
were probably brothers (Record Series, vol. 30, p. 401), though I do
not agree that Avice de Saville, wife of Hugh Pincerna, was their
sister, nor with the suggestion made in another place (ibid., p. 411!
that she was their cousin. '

I find no trace of their father or any earlier ancestors. When they
came into Yorkshire, how and why, and whence they derived their
surname, are problems as to which, in the absence of evidence, we can
only make guesses.

One piece of deliberate invention (for so I regard it) must be! noticed
before we begin the documentary evidence. The chronicle attributed
to John Brompton, Abbat of Jervaulx, printed by; Twysden in
1752, states (p.ii58) that Richard de Savill was one of seventeen
barons at the coronation of Richard I at Westminster in September,
1189. Even if we accept as a possibility that Richard was the
otherwise unnamed father of Ralph and Henry (see below), i he was at
best a small country squire, and certainly had no claim to attend the
coronation or to be styled a baron. Sir T. D. Hardy; states that
Brompton's chronicle must have been compiled after the middle of the
fourteenth century. The Dictionary of National Biography states "the
work is wholly uncritical, and, having been widely accepted as
authoritative by writers of past times, has been the means of importing
many fables into our history." There can be little doubt that Baron
Richard de Savill is one of the fables.


SECTION II. - THE EARLY SAVILLES.

RALPH DE SAVILLE, 2. A. was probably born about 1160; there is no clue
to his parentage. He made no gifts to Pontefract Priory, and his name
only appears once in the Chartulary, but fortunately in a dated
document.

1222. - Ralph and Henry de Saivile witnessed an agreement between the
monks and Edusa de Barnsley, widow of Hugh de Baghill, being a demise
of a messuage and land in Barnsley (Pontefract Chartulary, Record
Series, vol. 30, pp. 437-8). Ralph's name is immediately before
Henry's, which suggests that he was the elder brother, if brothers they
were.

I have no further notes of this Ralph; he either left the neighbourhood
or died soon after 1222. There is no record of any children.

HENRY DE SAVILLE, 2.B., was, I think, the brother of Ralph; there is no
evidence of their parentage. Besides the charter just referred to,
dated 1222, Henry witnessed a considerable number of undated documents
recorded in the Pontefract Chartulary, though he was not himself a
benefactor. These mostly relate to lands in Barnsley and Dodworth; the
numbers are 267 (about 1210), 336, 347, 355, 362, 367 (before 1222),
374, 390 (about 1200 or later), 392, 456, and 522 (late twelfth or
early thirteenth century); the conjectural dates are Mr. Holmes's. In
Nos. 355 and 362 he is called dominus. His name is spelled Saivile (i),
Seiwilla (i), Sevile (3), Sevilla (2), Sewilla (2), and Sevilla (i).
Undated; about 1212- Hugh Pincerna and Henry de Sewilla, probably his
father-in law (see below), witnessed a .charter relating to a charter
to land at Hermitage in Crosland (Record Series, vol. 30, p. 558). A
document of great importance in settling the relationship of Henry de
Saville is printed by the late Mr. S. J. Chadwick, F.S.A., in his notes
on Dewsbury church (Yorks. Arch. Journal, vol. 20, p 393) from Hunter's
MSS. in the British Museum. Hunter states that it was "copied by
N[athaniel] J[ohnston] from an original into his history of the house
of Savile." The document is dated in Lent - (the exact day being
somewhat uncertain), 1225, by which John de Dewsbury and Odo de
Richmond, parsons [rectors] of Dewsbury, in consideration of a rent of
22d. a year, grant to their parishioner, Henry de Seyvill, license to
have a chantry in his chapel at Guthlaker [Golcar], situated in his
house (curia), within the bounds of Dewsbury parish. Witnesses, etc. It
is not stated where Johnston obtained this document, and it does not
appear to be among Lord Savile's deeds; but notwithstanding this rather
damaging fact, I am inclined to accept it as genuine, for the following
reasons: The three persons chiefly concerned, and also most of the
witnesses, can be shown from other evidence to have been living at or
about the specified date; the deed does not contain any allegation of
pedigree, and therefore was not a forgery for the purpose of supporting
a fictitious descent, as is sometimes found.

The importance of the document in the present inquiry lies in the
mention of the curia at Golcar. Curia is a word with many shades of
meaning, but here, I think it means a house with a court attached to or
held in it, that is, a manor house, a view supported by the fact that
the house was of sufficient size and importance to have the chapel. I
infer, therefore, that Henry de Saville was at that date lord of the
manor of Golcar. Now we shall see presently that in 1286 Peter de
Seyville was lord of the manor of Golcar, so that we have at once a
reasonable ground for concluding that Peter was either a direct or
collateral descendant of Henry. Foster's pedigree states that Henry had
a son Thomas, who had a son John, who was the father of Peter. I find
no trace of any Thomas son of Henry, but John son of Henry was in all
probability Peter's grandfather.

1226, Octave of St. Andrew, II Hen. III.-Fine between Robert, son of
Henry, By Henry de Seiville, plaintiff, and Walter de Went and Alice
his wife, deforciants, third of 2 bovates of land in Thorpe,1: [FN1:
Probably Thorpe Audlin, near Pontefract] whereof there had been an
assize of mort d' ancestor. The meadow of Hulm is mentioned (Feet
of Fines, Yorks., Hen. Ill, file 18, no. 18).

Undated.-Henry de Sevile witnessed a charter of Avice daughter of
Laurence the Clerk of Darrington, relating to lands at Darrington
(Record Series, vol. 25, p. 297). Mr. Holmes dates tin's as about 1239;
I think this is too late, for there is some reason to suppose that
Henry was dead in 1231 (see below, John, 3.C.).

The subsequent pedigree turns largely on the question of Henry's wife
or wives and children. The old pedigrees state that he married Agnes,
daughter and heir of John Golcar, and that he had two sons, Thomas of
Newstead and Baldwin. I have found no trace of any Thomas at this time;
some notes as to Baldwin will be found below, but I have no evidence as
to his parentage.

I can only explain the later facts as to the various properties on the
assumption that Henry was twice married, and that the Golcar property
did in fact come to him by marriage. The only property that apparently
belonged to these early Savilles, apart from Golcar, was at Silkstone,
Dodworth and Barnsley, and perhaps Thurlston, all of which can be
traced in the descendants 'of Henry in the male line. _ Golcar was also
owned by Peter de Saville in 1286 (see below), but it was held, as to
three-fourths of it, from the heir of Richard Butler, who was a
descendant of Hugh Pincerna and Avice de Saville. Now this Avice was,
in my opinion, certainly the of daughter of Henrv, and not a sister, as
Holmes suggested; how comes it then that the / descendant of Henry's
son held Golcar of the descendant of Henry's daughter? There can, I
think, be but one answer: Avice must have been the daughter and heir of
Henry's first wife, to whom the GoTcar property belonged, while John de
Saville, Henry's son and heir, must have been by a second wife. The
original Butler property ; was at Armthorpe, Skelbrook, Scawsby, and
elsewyhere in .the neighbourhood of Doncaster; Golcar, being near
Huddersfield, was much nearer to the Saville property than to the
Butler property, and Avice de Saville and her husband may well have
settled Golcar on her half-brother and his heirs to hold of herself and
her heirs. This is a guess, pure and simple there is no evidence
whatever of such a grant, but it is the only suggestion I can make
which explains the situation.

On this supposition Henry de Saville was twice married, his first wife
being the heiress of Golcar, whether or no she was Agnes daughter and
heir of John Golcar, as the old pedigrees allege. Avice wife of Hugh
Pincerna, was apparentlhy the sole issue of this marriage. See Section
III, The Butlers.

Of the supposed second wife I have no information ; her children I take
to have been John and Ralph; Ralph was probably the elder son.

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EARLY SAVILLE PART 1 (repost)

"NOTES ON THE EARLY SAVILLE PEDIGREE
AND THE BUTLERS OF SKELBROOK AND KIRK SANDAL.
BY THE LATE W. PALEY BAILDON, F.S.A.
PREFATORY NOTE.
In Vol. xxv of this Journal my father gave an account of the main line
of the Savile family. He had previously dealt with some of the
younger branches, including Savile of Copley and Savile of New Hall, in
his edition of Dugdales Visitation. His interests lay for the most
part in that period of our history for which the evidence afforded by
wills and the parish registers is available; and he did not endeavour
to give detailed information about the Savile family I before the era
of Sir John Savile, who married the Eland heiress in the middle of the
fourteenth century. But in the course of his
- investigations he was in close touch with Mr. Baildon, who for many
years had been collecting notes, mainly from the Plea Rolls, with
regard to the origin and early generations of this distinguished
Yorkshire family; and he was hopeful that Mr. Baildon would in due
course publish the result of his researches to form a prologue to his
own paper. Mr. Baildon found that the information available was far
greater than he had originally anticipated; and .the connection with
the Butler family was of such as to justify a considerable addition to
his original scheme. But at the time of his death, in 1924, he had
practically finished his task, and the present paper was almost ready
for publication in the Journal. He was only waiting, I remember him
telling me, for the opportunity of "running through the Assize Rolls of
Divers Counties," though he was not sanguine of finding any additional
information of material value; and it appears that he was still working
on one or two points arising out of the later generations of the Butler
pedigree. But the paper is so complete in its present form that its
publication will, it is anticipated, not only be welcomed by members of
the Society, but will provide an additional memorial to Mr. Baildon's
unrivalled powers of research. The work of editing has been negligible.
A few references to printed books left unchecked by Mr. Baildon have
been added; some of his loose notes have been inserted in the place for
which he clearly intended them; and the sketch pedigree which
accompanies Section II has been compiled from his own unfinished draft.
Any footnotes of an editorial kind are inserted in square brackets.

Mr. Baildon bequeathed to the Bradford Public Library his extensive
collection of notes on Yorkshire families; and the thanks of the
Society are due to the authorities of the Library for their kindness in
making this paper available for publication.

CHARLES CLAY.
SECTION I.-INTRODUCTORY.
The early generations of the Saville pedigree, as given in Watson's
Halifax, Foster's Yorkshire Pedigrees, and elsewhere, are quite
untrustworthy. Many of the persons named are creatures of the
imagination, while others are ante-dated or post-dated or otherwise
misplaced in the usual reckless manner of Elizabethan pedigree mongers.
It would be waste of time and space to point out all the obvious
errors; I will only mention two, others are dealt with below. The sixth
generation has "Sir John Savile, knt., of Tankersley," and his son,
grandson, great-grandson, and great-great-grandson, all Johns, are all
described as "of Tankersley." As a matter of) fact, the Tankersley
property did not come to the Savilles until the marriage of the
last-mentioned John with Isabel, the heiress of; Thomas de Elland.
Henry Saville, said to be the younger brother i of this last John, is
said to have married Ellen Copley "about 1300 "; Ellen was a mere
child at her father's death in 1370, and her husband was the son of
Henry Saville of Thornhill.

It has frequently, if not generally, been assumed that the name was
derived from Saville Hall in Dodworth, and accordingly the old
pedigrees start off with "Sir John Savile of Savile Hall."

Whitaker, in his best ex cathedra manner, makes the statement boldly,
though giving neither argument nor evidence in support.

" Passing by the fond tradition, which is altogether inconsistent with
the grounds of English etymology, that this family are descended from
the Savelli of Italy, suffice it to say that they spring from Savile
Hall, in Dodworth, near Barnsley, which gave name to them, and not they
to it " (Loidis et Elmete, p. 311).

Hunter seems to have leaned to this view, though not saying so in so
many words.

"In this township [Dodworth], about half a mile south of the principal
vill, is Savile-hall, an antient estate of inheritance lying near the
northern branch of the Dove. This estate belonged, in the reigns of
Henry III, Edward I and Edward II to a family of the name of Savile, of
whom there was the following instructive deed, among the evidences of
Sir Gervase Cutler,' at Stainborough " (South Yorkshire, vol. 2, p.
260). Here follows the grant of " Seyvile Hall " made in 1311 by Thomas
son of Baldwin de Saville (see below). I cannot accept this view.
Saville Hall I take to be the name given to a house by its builders.
The practice was not common in the north, whereas in the south very
many of the small sub-infeudated manors were called after their owners1
[FN1: Chequers Court may be instanced, of which we have heard much
lately]; but even in Yorkshire there are several unmistakeable
examples, such as Thornhill Hall in Wath upon Dearne, Lascelles Hall in
Lepton, Thurnham or Turnham Hall in Cliffe, near Selby, and no doubt
others.

Moreover, Saville Hall apparently never belonged to the main line of
the family. The first reference to it, so far as any evidence is known,
is in the grant just mentioned, and the Thomas de Saville who granted
it was the son, and possibly the heir, of Baldwin de Saville, a younger
son. If it had ever been the principal seat of the main line, we should
expect to find some earlier reference to it,

The series of returns known as the Testa de Nevill, under date 1242-3
(new edition), has an entry which at first sight suggests that there
was some place or estate in the Lacy fee called " Seyvill " ; we read "
Seyvill, tercia pars unius militis " (Part II, p. 1103). The adjoining
entries, however, are names of persons, not of places; Richard Foliot
precedes and Baldwin Teutonicus follows, which suggests that a
Christian name has been omitted. Mr. Farrer accordingly prints the
entry thus: " [ - de] Seyvill " (Early Yorks. Charters, vol. 3, p.
401), and he is certainly right.

There is no trace of any ville, hamlet or manor called Saville, or
anything which could have become Saville, in Yorkshire or any other
county, to be found in any early document, and the form of the name is
distinctly French. The theory that there is a connection with the Roman
family of Savelli has nothing but the similarity of the name to support
it. There can be little doubt that the Savilles settled in England
under Henry II, as so many French families did, the Courtenays being a
notable example.

Watson's statement on this point is as follows:

"Others suppose them to have come with Geoffry Plantaginet, because
there are two towns of this name on the frontiers of Anjou, both which
were annexed to the crown of England, when the said Geoffry married
Maud, daughter and heiress of Henry I " (Halifax, p. 209).

This statement has been frequently copied, but without any additional
information as to the locality of these " two towns" There are
several towns and villages in France which have names approximating to
Saville. The official Dictionnaire des Posies et des Telegraphes has
five places called Savel, one Saveille, two Sauville, one Savilly, one
Sevelle, one Sevielle, and one Sevilly. Most of these are too remote
from the sphere of Anglo-Norman influence, and there is no indication,
so far as I know, from which of the others the Savilles take their
name. Perhaps the most likely are (1) the two villages of Bas and Haut
Sevielle, in the Department of Seine et Marne ; (2) La Sevelle, in the
Department of Eure, but against this is the fact that the family are
never called de la Saville; (3) Sevilly in the Department of Orne; and
(4) Sauville, in the Department of Ardennes. Nos. 1 or 3 seem to me the
most likely.

Apparently all the deeds relating to the original family properties are
lost or destroyed; at any rate they cannot now be found, as Mr.
Lipscomb, Lord Savile's agent, has kindly informed me. Those printed in
the volumes of Yorkshire Deeds issued in the Record Series refer to
later-acquired properties, such as that at Smeaton. This is a great
misfortune and a most serious handicap. Fortunately, there was a
considerable amount of litigation in the thirteenth century, the
records of which have been of great assistance.

One of the chief difficulties lies in the absence of any date of birth
by which we can test the generations both up and down, The early
Savilles no lands in chief, and consequently there are no inquisitions
to give us the age of an heir; such a document in the late thirteenth
or early fourteenth century would have been invaluable. The only
available inquisition, that on Peter de Saville in 1286, is not post
mortem, though it was formerly included in that series, as were also
the inquisitions ad quod damnum; it was in the nature of a de lunatico
inquirendo, and therefore there was no finding as to the heir, but the
writ mentions a wife and children, and we may fairly make certain
useful inferences as to Peter's age. In the first place, he had an
uncle, William Saville, then living; so that Peter cannot have been a
very old man. We shall see presently that Peter left a widow, and a son
and heir, John, who was of age in or before 1301. Now if this John had
been of age in 1286, when the inquiry was made as to his father's
mental condition, we might reasonably expect that he would have been
appointed at least a joint guardian of his father's person and
property. As he was not so appointed it is a fair assumption that he
was under age, as he was certainly born not later than 1280. If we
assume 1275 for the approximate date of John's birth, we shall see that
it fits admirably with the pedigree, both up and down.

I think there can be no doubt that it was this John Saville who married
Margery de Rishworth, and we can test the date suggested above by
considering some Rishworth dates. Margery was one of the three
daughters and coheirs of Henry de Rishworth, who were all married
before 1306, when Henry himself was dead. He was, as to part of his
lands, a tenant of the manor of Wakefield, and his name occurs
frequently in the Court Rolls. The earliest extant date is in 1275, and
the last in 1298; his widow, Alice, occurs in 1307 (\Yakefield Court
Rolls, Record Series., vol. i, p. 108; vol. 2, pp. 48, 88). He was
clearly of age in 1275, which gives 1250 as the approximate date of his
birth. The three daughters who survived him (there may have been other
children who died young) were therefore probably born between 1270 and
1275, or thereabouts. Having thus arrived, not by evidence, it is true,
but by fair inference and deduction, that John son of Peter Saville
and, his wife were both born somewhere about 1275, I have used that
approximate date in checking the generations, both up and down, and
what follows, apart from actual evidence, is mainly based on that
assumption.

The Saville and Butler charters printed in the Pontefract Chartulary
threw a new and unsuspected light on the early Saville pedigree; the
fact that the father of Richard de Saville was called Hugh the Butler
(Pincerna) was, to say the least of it disconcerting, (and clearly
called for a careful investigation. This I undertook at the request
of the late Mr. J. W. Clay, F.S.A., as an introduction to his article
on the Saville Family which he was preparing for the Yorkshire
Archaeological Journal (subsequently printed in vol. xxv), but I felt
that a thorough investigation of the early Fines, Assize Rolls, and
other records, was necessary before any satisfactory result could be
attained, and the removal of these documents from London during the war
delayed my researches. The absence of any family deeds adds greatly
to the difficulty of arriving at a satisfactory conclusion, and there
are several points in the pedigree which may have to be modified if
further evidence should be discovered.

However, the result, though to some extent inconclusive, enables us to
present for the first time a pedigree supported by documentary
evidence.

The Pontefract documents are nearly all undated, and with a few
exceptions do not state the relationship between the various Savilles
and Butlers mentioned in them. To arrange these in approximate
chronological order and to affiliate the individuals with whom we are
concerned, is a matter of great difficulty, and I quite recognise that
others might arrive at conclusions differing from those which follow; I
have given my reasons on all material points. I find myself unable to
accept the late Mr. Holmes's conclusions as to dates and
identifications in many cases; these, I think, are all pointed out.

The main difficulty is to settle the relationship between the Savilles
and the Butlers, and to decide whether the later Savilles were
descended from the Richard de Saville who tells us that his father was
Hugh Butler.

The two earliest Savilles mentioned in the Pontefract Chartulary are
Ralph and Henry.

I agree with Mr. Holmes that Ralph and Henry de Saville]
were probably brothers (Record Series, vol. 30, p. 401), though I do
not agree that Avice de Saville, wife of Hugh Pincerna, was their
sister, nor with the suggestion made in another place (ibid., p. 411!
that she was their cousin. '

I find no trace of their father or any earlier ancestors. When they
came into Yorkshire, how and why, and whence they derived their
surname, are problems as to which, in the absence of evidence, we can
only make guesses.

One piece of deliberate invention (for so I regard it) must be! noticed
before we begin the documentary evidence. The chronicle attributed
to John Brompton, Abbat of Jervaulx, printed by; Twysden in
1752, states (p.ii58) that Richard de Savill was one of seventeen
barons at the coronation of Richard I at Westminster in September,
1189. Even if we accept as a possibility that Richard was the
otherwise unnamed father of Ralph and Henry (see below), i he was at
best a small country squire, and certainly had no claim to attend the
coronation or to be styled a baron. Sir T. D. Hardy; states that
Brompton's chronicle must have been compiled after the middle of the
fourteenth century. The Dictionary of National Biography states "the
work is wholly uncritical, and, having been widely accepted as
authoritative by writers of past times, has been the means of importing
many fables into our history." There can be little doubt that Baron
Richard de Savill is one of the fables.


SECTION II. - THE EARLY SAVILLES.

RALPH DE SAVILLE, 2. A. was probably born about 1160; there is no clue
to his parentage. He made no gifts to Pontefract Priory, and his name
only appears once in the Chartulary, but fortunately in a dated
document.

1222. - Ralph and Henry de Saivile witnessed an agreement between the
monks and Edusa de Barnsley, widow of Hugh de Baghill, being a demise
of a messuage and land in Barnsley (Pontefract Chartulary, Record
Series, vol. 30, pp. 437-8). Ralph's name is immediately before
Henry's, which suggests that he was the elder brother, if brothers they
were.

I have no further notes of this Ralph; he either left the neighbourhood
or died soon after 1222. There is no record of any children.

HENRY DE SAVILLE, 2.B., was, I think, the brother of Ralph; there is no
evidence of their parentage. Besides the charter just referred to,
dated 1222, Henry witnessed a considerable number of undated documents
recorded in the Pontefract Chartulary, though he was not himself a
benefactor. These mostly relate to lands in Barnsley and Dodworth; the
numbers are 267 (about 1210), 336, 347, 355, 362, 367 (before 1222),
374, 390 (about 1200 or later), 392, 456, and 522 (late twelfth or
early thirteenth century); the conjectural dates are Mr. Holmes's. In
Nos. 355 and 362 he is called dominus. His name is spelled Saivile (i),
Seiwilla (i), Sevile (3), Sevilla (2), Sewilla (2), and Sevilla (i).
Undated; about 1212- Hugh Pincerna and Henry de Sewilla, probably his
father-in law (see below), witnessed a .charter relating to a charter
to land at Hermitage in Crosland (Record Series, vol. 30, p. 558). A
document of great importance in settling the relationship of Henry de
Saville is printed by the late Mr. S. J. Chadwick, F.S.A., in his notes
on Dewsbury church (Yorks. Arch. Journal, vol. 20, p 393) from Hunter's
MSS. in the British Museum. Hunter states that it was "copied by
N[athaniel] J[ohnston] from an original into his history of the house
of Savile." The document is dated in Lent - (the exact day being
somewhat uncertain), 1225, by which John de Dewsbury and Odo de
Richmond, parsons [rectors] of Dewsbury, in consideration of a rent of
22d. a year, grant to their parishioner, Henry de Seyvill, license to
have a chantry in his chapel at Guthlaker [Golcar], situated in his
house (curia), within the bounds of Dewsbury parish. Witnesses, etc. It
is not stated where Johnston obtained this document, and it does not
appear to be among Lord Savile's deeds; but notwithstanding this rather
damaging fact, I am inclined to accept it as genuine, for the following
reasons: The three persons chiefly concerned, and also most of the
witnesses, can be shown from other evidence to have been living at or
about the specified date; the deed does not contain any allegation of
pedigree, and therefore was not a forgery for the purpose of supporting
a fictitious descent, as is sometimes found.

The importance of the document in the present inquiry lies in the
mention of the curia at Golcar. Curia is a word with many shades of
meaning, but here, I think it means a house with a court attached to or
held in it, that is, a manor house, a view supported by the fact that
the house was of sufficient size and importance to have the chapel. I
infer, therefore, that Henry de Saville was at that date lord of the
manor of Golcar. Now we shall see presently that in 1286 Peter de
Seyville was lord of the manor of Golcar, so that we have at once a
reasonable ground for concluding that Peter was either a direct or
collateral descendant of Henry. Foster's pedigree states that Henry had
a son Thomas, who had a son John, who was the father of Peter. I find
no trace of any Thomas son of Henry, but John son of Henry was in all
probability Peter's grandfather.

1226, Octave of St. Andrew, II Hen. III.-Fine between Robert, son of
Henry, By Henry de Seiville, plaintiff, and Walter de Went and Alice
his wife, deforciants, third of 2 bovates of land in Thorpe,1: [FN1:
Probably Thorpe Audlin, near Pontefract] whereof there had been an
assize of mort d' ancestor. The meadow of Hulm is mentioned (Feet
of Fines, Yorks., Hen. Ill, file 18, no. 18).

Undated.-Henry de Sevile witnessed a charter of Avice daughter of
Laurence the Clerk of Darrington, relating to lands at Darrington
(Record Series, vol. 25, p. 297). Mr. Holmes dates tin's as about 1239;
I think this is too late, for there is some reason to suppose that
Henry was dead in 1231 (see below, John, 3.C.).

The subsequent pedigree turns largely on the question of Henry's wife
or wives and children. The old pedigrees state that he married Agnes,
daughter and heir of John Golcar, and that he had two sons, Thomas of
Newstead and Baldwin. I have found no trace of any Thomas at this time;
some notes as to Baldwin will be found below, but I have no evidence as
to his parentage.

I can only explain the later facts as to the various properties on the
assumption that Henry was twice married, and that the Golcar property
did in fact come to him by marriage. The only property that apparently
belonged to these early Savilles, apart from Golcar, was at Silkstone,
Dodworth and Barnsley, and perhaps Thurlston, all of which can be
traced in the descendants 'of Henry in the male line. _ Golcar was also
owned by Peter de Saville in 1286 (see below), but it was held, as to
three-fourths of it, from the heir of Richard Butler, who was a
descendant of Hugh Pincerna and Avice de Saville. Now this Avice was,
in my opinion, certainly the of daughter of Henrv, and not a sister, as
Holmes suggested; how comes it then that the / descendant of Henry's
son held Golcar of the descendant of Henry's daughter? There can, I
think, be but one answer: Avice must have been the daughter and heir of
Henry's first wife, to whom the GoTcar property belonged, while John de
Saville, Henry's son and heir, must have been by a second wife. The
original Butler property ; was at Armthorpe, Skelbrook, Scawsby, and
elsewyhere in .the neighbourhood of Doncaster; Golcar, being near
Huddersfield, was much nearer to the Saville property than to the
Butler property, and Avice de Saville and her husband may well have
settled Golcar on her half-brother and his heirs to hold of herself and
her heirs. This is a guess, pure and simple there is no evidence
whatever of such a grant, but it is the only suggestion I can make
which explains the situation.

On this supposition Henry de Saville was twice married, his first wife
being the heiress of Golcar, whether or no she was Agnes daughter and
heir of John Golcar, as the old pedigrees allege. Avice wife of Hugh
Pincerna, was apparentlhy the sole issue of this marriage. See Section
III, The Butlers.

Of the supposed second wife I have no information ; her children I take
to have been John and Ralph; Ralph was probably the elder son.

RALPH DE SAVILLE, 3.B., was probably the eldest son of Henry, 2.B., by
his supposed second wife (see above). There is no evidence of any wife
or children. If he were in fact the eldest son he must have died
without issue.

1216. - Dodsworth notes a charter, " out of the chest of Roche Abbay
in St. Marye's Tower in York," by Adam de St. Maria, relating to lands
in Swinton and Rawmarsh, dated 18 John, 1216, and attested by Ralph de
Sayvile (Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 17 b).

Undated; about 1230. - Grant by Robert son of Robert de Stubbes to
Ralph son of Henry de Sayvile of all his land in Little Smeaton, etc.
Witnesses, (inter alios) John de Sayvile (Lord Savile's deeds, Record
Series, vol. 50, p. 173). Three other witnesses, William de Bretton,
Adam de Mirfield, and Jordan de Heton, witnessed the grant to John de
Sayvile, 1244-47 (see below).

Sir JOHN DE SAVILLE, 3.C., was the son of Henry, 2.B., and was probably
born about 1200. Mr. Holmes thought that he was the second son of Hugh
Butler and Avice de Saville, but this is clearly a mistake.

John de Saville witnessed several undated charters in the Ponte-fract
Chartnlary, viz., Nos. 346 (p. 442), 388 (p. 470), as John de Sevile or
Seivile, and as Sir John de Saivile (Sevile), Nos. 363 (p. 452), 364
(p. 453), and 376 (p. 461), to none of which does Mr. Holmes assign a
conjectural date.

Undated.-John de Seivile witnessed the grant by Avice de Seyvile to
her son William, of lands at Bolhach in Silkston (post, The Butlers).
He subsequently had a grant from William of the same property. The date
of these documents is probably between 1240 and 1246.

Undated.-Sir John de Seyvile and Walter de Seyvile witnessed a
charter of John son of Elias de Bulehul, relating to land in Bilcliffe,
near Penistone (Lord Savile's deeds, Record Series, vol. 50, p. 38).

Undated.-A rent of 4d. due to John de Seyvil from lands in Bullhouse
in Thurlston, near Barnsley is mentioned in a charter of John son of
Robert de Farnley (Lord Savile's deeds, Record Series, vol. 50, p. 53).


Undated; about 1230.-John de Sayvill witnessed a grant of land in
Little Smeaton to his brother Ralph.

1231, Trinity Term.-A day is given to John de Seyville, plaintiff,
and John de Midhope, to hear judgment in a plea of warranty of charter
relating to the tithes of a certain mill, in one month of Michaelmas at
Westminster, or in the counties of Nottingham, Derby or Leicester, if
the justices shall go there (Assize Roll 1042, m. 26d.). The locality
of the mill is not mentioned. Apparently Henry de Saville and his (?
eldest) son Ralph were both dead.

1242, September 4.-Bordeaux. John de Seyvylla had letters of
protection (Patent Rolls, 26-7 Hen. Ill, m. 8).

1242-3.-Lacy Fee. "Seyvill, the third part of a fee." This is the
entry printed, without date, in the 1807 edition of the Testa de Nevill
(pp. 365, 367). The date is supplied in the new edition (Part II, p.
1103). The Christian name appears to be omitted, and I see no reason to
doubt that Sir John is the person referred to; No place is mentioned.

1243-4, January.-John de Seyvile was a juror on an inquisition as to
the lands of Ralph de Fetherstan (Record Series, vol. 12, p. 2).

Undated; 1244-47.-Confirmation by Roger de Quency, Earl of Winchester
and Constable of Scotland, of a grant by Simon Scorcheboef, to Sir John
de Sayvile of lands in the vill and common fields of Smidhetone [Kirk
Smeaton], at a yearly rent of some iron spurs or 3d. at Easter for all
service; for which grant John gave him [? Simon] 43 marks of silver.
Witnesses to the grant, Alan de Farnham, then Sheriff of Oxfordshire,
Walter de Sayvile, [and others]. Witnesses to the confirmation, Sir
William Mauduite, [and others] (Lord Savile's deeds, Record Series,
vol. 50, p. 173). Alan de Farnham was sheriff from 1244 to 1247.

1246, Easter Term.-Henry son of Adam claimed against John de Seyville
40 acres of land in Aldeham and Smithele,1 [FN1: Oldham and Smidley
are in Wombwell] as his right. John said he ought not to answer
because the complaint was never made in the County Court (?; loquela
ista nunquam (nit in Com'), and the writ speaks of 60 acres, whereas he
now only claims 40 acres. John goes without day, and Henry is in mercy
(Assize Roll 1045, m. 24).John de Sayville, juror, re claim to land in
Wintewurth (ibid., m. 25).

1246, Easter Term.-Assize whether Adam de Holaund had unjustly raised
a foss in Thurueleston [Thurlston] to the damage of the free tenement
of John de Seville there. The jury found for the plaintiff; the foss
was ordered to be pulled down (prosternatur) (Assize Roll 1045, m.
46d.).

There is no clear evidence of the date of Sir John's death, and, as his
eldest son was also named John, there is a doubt whether certain later
notes refer to the father or the son. Sir John probably died in 1250
or earlier; Agnes de Saville claimed dower in 1250, and she was
alleged to be responsible in December, 1250, for a trespass committed
by her sons (see below). She was probably Sir John's widow. There
is no clue to her parentage.
Their children were John, William, and Walter. "

[David Hepworth]

EARLY SAVILLE PART 2

"JOHN DE SAVILLE, 4.A., was, there can be little doubt, the son and
heir of Sir John, 3.C., though the fact is nowhere stated in terms. He
is the first to be mentioned in the Genealogia Savilorum (Harl. MS.
4630, "copied out of an old MS'). He is there stated to have had two
brothers, Walter and William, which seems to identify him as the son of
Sir John, 3.C. He is also said to have married..... " filiam et
heredem de Gothlaker" which apparently confuses him with his
grandfather, and to have been " dominum de Savile Hall circa annum 30
Henrici III in Anno Domini 1245," which I believe to be an error.

1250, December 7.-Order to Geoffrey de Langley, the justice of the
Forest, to postpone until the Purification next the distraint to be
made on Agnes de Seville for a trespass which her sons had made in Peak
Forest (Close Roll Cal. p. 388).

1250-1, February 7.-John de Seyville and William and Walter, his
brothers, were pardoned all trespasses charged against them before
Geoffrey de Langley in the pleas of the forest in Derbyshire (ibid. p.
411).

1251, Michaelmas Term.-John de Seyvill was one of four knights in an
action relating to land in Pontefract (Record Series, vol. 44, p. 60).

1251, Michaelmas Term.-Agnes de Seyville complained that Robert de
Thorpe had unjustly disseised her of a third of 20 acres of /land in
Calthoren [Cawthorne, near Barnsley]. The jury found for the defendant.
Agnes is in mercy for a false claim; pledge, her son John (Assize Roll
1046, m. 11d.).

The one third clearly points to dower; Agnes must, I think, have been
the widow of John de Saville, 3.C.

1251, Michaelmas Term.-Colin de Seyville1 [FN1: Mr. Baildon thought
this a clerical error; but was not Colin the same man as Nicholas 4.D.?
See p. 394.] was summoned to answer John de Seyville in a plea that
he should do the accustomed services due for the free tenement he holds
of John in Calthorne, viz., 80 acres of land and a mill, by the service
of yearly rents of 30s. 4d. for the land and | mark for the mill. John
himself received this until 4 years ago; he claims 100s, damages. Colin
admits the holding and the service, but he says that when John set out
for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land he instructed (assignavit) him
[Colin] to pay out of the said rents 20s. 3d. to John Haunsard, 10s. to
John de Lungvilers, in respect of the land, and } mark to the Prior of
Bowelton [Bolton] in respect of the mill. Asked if he has any document
(instrumentum) showing this, Colin says that he has nothing except his
" suit," and produces no " suit " except his own bare word (simplex
dictum). It is therefore considered that he must henceforth pay the
rents to John, and be in mercy for the unjust detention, and pay
damages, taxed at [blank]. Pledge for the amercement, John son of
Walter de Preston (Assize Roll 1046, m. 16d.).

1251, Michaelmas Term.-John de Seyvill was one of four knights
appointed to choose a jury in an action relating to land in Briddeshal
(Assize Roll 1046, m. 28).

1251-2, Hilary Term.-John de Seyvill v. the Prior of Pontefract,
Richard de Scauceby, and Stephen the Carter, for disseising him of
common of pasture in Doddewurth which belongs to his free tenement
there, viz., in a certain wood where he ,as always used to common. The
Prior said that there was formerly a dispute (contentio) between Hugh,
sometime Prior of Pontefract, and Henry de Seyville, John's father, as
touching that wood, and it was agreed between them that the Prior and
his successors should essart within the common of Duddewurth [sic] if
they wished, without contradiction or impediment by Henry or his heirs,
but saving to him and his heirs one-fifth part of the residue not
essarted; and if the Prior or his successors made any new essart,
neither Henry nor his heirs should on that account be able to make any
complaint (querela), by a certain writing made between them, which he
produced; and he said that there still remained more than one-tenth of
the said pasture not yet essarted. John cannot deny this. Judgment for
the Prior. John is in mercy for a false claim (Assize Roll 1046, m.
54^.).

This document certainly implies that the plaintiff was the son of
Henry, 2.B.; I think that this is an error, and that for "Henry, John's
father " we should read " Henry, John's grandfather."

1252, Martinmas.- Ralph son of Hugh de Balnia demised to John de
Seyvill 2 ½ bovates of land in the field of Smitheton [Kirk Smeaton]
and his rent in Skelbroke for 16 years, paying yearly 16s. Witnesses,
Richard Foliot, Robert de Stapilton, Robert Butiller, Reynald Conan. In
the writings of Robert Rockley of Rockley, esq. (Yorks. Arch. Journal,
vol. 12, p. 70).

1252.-John de Seyvill held in Smetheton, for the term of 16 years,
lands of Ralph son of Hugh de Balnia, and rent in Skelbroke [Will's
Sayvill de eodem (Dodsworth). Witnesses, Robert Foliot, Robert Staple
ton, Robert Butiler. In the writings of Robert Rockley, esq. (Yorks.
Arch. Journal, vol. 12, p. 68). This appears to be a variant of the
last note, with the curious interpolation from Dodsworth, which is not
explained by the editor; it is probably one of Dodsworth's numerous
cross-references to other documents, and may refer to Peter de
Saville's inquisition (see below).

1267-8, Hilary Term.-John de Saiville, who brought a writ against
Richard le Botiller that he should take the homage and reasonable
relief from John for a tenement in Guthlacarthes [Golcar] and
Duddeworth [Dodworth], does not prosecute. Therefore he and his pledges
are in mercy, viz., Ralph de Mitton and William de Merston, clerk
(Assize Roll 1050, m. 8).

The importance of homage and relief, as indicating a change of
ownership, is very frequently overlooked. When an heir succeeded to the
estate of his ancestor he had to do homage and become his lord's man
(homo) as an acknowledgment of his tenure. " The lord of the fee for
which homage is due takes homage of every tenant as he comes to the
land or fee " (Jacob's Law Diet.). Apparently it was only done once,
and the acknowledgment implied by the doing of homage passed to an heir
or grantee on any succession to or alienation of the lord's estate;
hence in grants, fines, or other assurances of estates, we frequently
find the clause, " together with the homage and service of " the
various tenants. A relief was payable "on the taking up by the heir of
his ancestor's estate " (Goodeve, Modern Law of Real Property, p. 21),
" by way of fine for taking up the estate after feuds became hereditary
" (Scriven, Copyholds, p. 227). Fealty was the personal pledge of
fidelity from the tenant to the person of his lord, and hence could not
be assigned; it was due not only on a change of tenant, but also on a
change of lord. We consequently get the statement frequently in fines
on an assignment by the lord that the tenant was present and did fealty
to the new lord. Homage and relief are therefore positive proof of a
succession, while fealty is not.

1267-8, Hilary Term.-John de Seyville who brought a writ against
Baldwin de Sayville [sic] to give up a charter which he unjustly
detains, does not prosecute. He and his pledges are in mercy, viz.,
Ralph de Mitton and William de Merston, clerk (Assize Roll 1050, m.
5d.).

1267-8, Hilary Term.-Robert de Wambewell claimed against John de
Seyville 3 'bovates of land in Aldham1 [FN1: See above, 1246, John,
3.C] as his right. John claimed a view, and put in his place John de
Dighton. A day is given on the quindene of Michaelmas at
Newcastle-on-Tyne (Assize Roll 1050, m. 73d.).

We shall see presently that a John de Dychton, probably, the same man
married Pleasance, sister of Peter de Saville.

I have no further notes of this John; he was clearly dead in 1278.

There is no clue to his wife. His children were, Peter (see below) and
two daughters, Agnes, and Pleasance wife of John de Deighton, both
apparently living in 1286 and mentioned in Peter's inquisition. The
Genealogia Savilorum gives these children, and two other sons in
addition, Robert and Baldwin. I have no notes as to Robert; Baldwin
will be found below. Ralph, mentioned in 1302 (John, 6,A.), may have
been another son.

WILLIAM DE SAVILLE, 4.B., was a younger son of Sir John, 3.6. He is
apparently the William mentioned in the rather puzzling parenthesis in
a document of 1252 (see above, John, 3.C.), and he had a lease of land
in Smeaton from his nephew, Peter, for 14 years, of which seven had
expired in 1286 (see below, Peter, 5.A.).

1250-1.-See above, John, 3.C.

1264, November 20.-William de Sayvile was a juror at an extent of
the manor of Elmsall (Record Series, vol. 12, p. 99).

1266, Easter.-John de Scaldewell [sic] abandoned his assize of mort
d'ancestor against William de Seyville concerning a messuage and 3
acres of land in Scadewell [Shadwell] (Assize Roll 1194, m. 8d)

WALTER DE SAVILLE, 4.C., was a younger son of John, 3.0. He is
mentioned with his two brothers, John and William, in 1250-1 (see
above, John, 3.C.). He occurs as a witness to an undated charter to
which Sir John de Saville was also a witness, and also as a witness to
a grant to Sir John himself, the date of which can be fixed
approximately as between 1244 and 1247 (see above, John, 3.C.).

1246, Easter Term.-Walter de Saiville of Guthlacarges [Golcar] was a
pledge for Modesta [sic] who claimed dower in Pocklington and abandoned
her writ (Assize Roll 1045, East. 30 Hen. Ill, m. 31).

1251, Michaelmas Term.-William son of William discontinued his assize
of mort d'ancestor against Walter de Seyvill touching 6d. rent in
Thurleston; he and his pledges are in mercy, viz., William de Deneby
and John de Ulfley (Assize Roll 1046, m. 21).

1268.-Staincross Wapentake. Walter de Sayville appealed Robert son of
Henry de Bolehuses and John de Billeclif of blows and breach of the
peace, and Henry of ordering and sending them (de missione et
precepto). He did not come, and was amerced; pledges, Gilbert son of
Henry de Calthorn and Adam son of Hugh de Wyggeflask (Assize Roll 1051,
m. 10d.).

He had a son John, who was living in 1303; see below,

NICHOLAS DE SAVILLE, 4.D.
1251-2.-Nicholas de Seyville, ½ mark for an unjust detention;
pledge, John son of Walter de Preston. Fines of the County of York, in
the eyre of Silvester, Bishop of Carlisle, R. de Thurkelby, and their
Fellows (Assize Roll, 1047, m. 22).

BALDWIN DE SAVILLE, 4.E., is stated in the old pedigrees to have been a
son of Henry (see above, Henry, 2.B.). The dates show this to be
incorrect, for Henry must have been born well back in the twelfth
century, probably not much later than 1160, while Baldwin was living in
1309. The Genealogia Savilorum states that he was a brother of Peter
and son of John, 4.A. This seems to me equally impossible, and it will
be noticed that when this John sued Baldwin in 1267-8 (see above), he
does not call him his son. He was probably a brother, and perhaps a
younger son of John, 3.C.

The earliest note I have on him is in 1267-8 (see above, John, 4.A.),
and the next in 1274, when he was a surety for Thomas de Burg and John
de Caylly (Wakefield Court Rolls, Record Series, vol 52, p. 83). He
cannot have been much, if any, under 40 at this time, and was probably
older, since his son William appeared in place of his father in 1275
(ibid., p. 102), and William, if not actually of age, cannot have been
far short.

He occurs fairly frequently in the Wakefield Rolls between 1275 and
13091 [FN1: 1 This is the latest entry of Baldwin in the Wakefield
Rolls (Record Series, vol. 36, p. 227).] sometimes as a juror or a
surety, but more often as essoining for non-attendance, when, as a
rule, one of his sons appeared for him.

1279. - Pleas of the Crown. The jury found that Alexander Lucas,
Steward of the Earl of Warenne in the Court of Wakefield, had been
taking improper amercements in the case of essoins, and that in this
way he had taken (inter alia)1/2 mark from Baldewin de Seyville (Assize
Roll 1057, m15; 1064, m. 13d.).

1279, July 7. - Baldwin de Sayvile witnessed a charter relating to
land in Norland in the parish of Halifax (Record Series, vol. 39, p
125).

1293, Trinity Term. - John son of Matthew de Doddesworth, cutting
down a tree in the wood of Baldwin de Sevile with an axe, was crushed
by it, and died immediately. Verdict, death by misadventure. The tree
and the axe, worth 4d., are forfeited as deodands (Assize Roll 1098, m.
33).

He was living in July, 1309, when he essoined at the Wakefield Court by
Hugh de Seyville, his attorney (Record Series, vol. 36, p. 220), and in
September, 1309, when he was fined 6d. for default (ibid.), and died
before Trinity, 1311 (see below, Thomas, 5.C.).

There is no clue to Baldwin's wife. He had five sons, William, John,
Thomas, Hugh, and Henry. Beyond the dates at which they first appear,
there are no means of ascertaining their respective seniorities, but
Thomas, although he does not occur so early as the two first -named,
appears to have succeeded to Baldwin's property.

PETER DE SAVILLE, 5A., son of John, 4.A., was probably born about 1250;
he was clearly of age in 1278, or thereabouts, when he granted a lease
of land in Skelbrook (see below). Hunter distinctly states that he was
son of Sir John, 3. C., but, as stated above, I think that Hunter has
omitted a generation. Peter's father was certainly named John; see
below, John, 6.A., 1302.

"The first person who can with any certainty be shown to have been an
ancestor of the noble house of Savile is a Sir John Savile, father of
Peter, of whom there is an inquisition of 14 Edw. I while he was still
living. He [Peter] held Golcar, Skelbrooke, Smeaton, Thurlston, or
lands at those places; and there can hardly be a doubt that he was in
direct descent from a Henry de Savile, who owned Golcar in 1225, in
which year he had a grant from the two rectors of Dewsbury, of a chapel
in his mansion there. The probability is that he [Henry] was the father
of Sir John; but there is not, I believe, evidence to prove that he was
so " (South Yorkshire, vol. 2, p. 260). As will be seen above, this
descent is now proved.

1277-8, Hilary. - Peter de Seyville complained of master Robert de
Kirkesmetheton [Kirk Smeaton] and Alan de Kirkesmetheton for disseisin
of his tenement in Scelbrock; adjourned for default of the jury (Assize
Roll 1238, m. 6). The plaintiff craved leave to withdraw his writ in
Trinity Term, 1278 (ibid., m. 16).

Sometime in the summer of 1286 the Escheator held an inquiry as to the
mental condition of Peter de Seyville; as there is a full translation
in vol. 23 of the Record Series, p. 51, it is only necessary to call
attention here to the material points. Peter became mentally incapable
of managing his own affairs between 1279, when he was sane, and 1282,
when he was insane. He held the manor Golcar, as to three-fourths of
the heir of Richard le Botiler · of Sandal, and as to one-fourth of
Sir John de Heton, by the service of 3d. yearly; four years before,
i.e., about 1282, he gave a mill there to his sister, Agnes de
Seyville. He also held 3 bovates of land in Skelbrooke of Sir Ranulf de
Blamustre, by the service of 10s. a year; this he demised to Robert son
of Stephen de Kirby, about 1278, for a term of 20 years. He also held a
messuage and 4 bovates of land in Smeaton of the Earl of Lincoln, by
the service of suit of court at Pontefract he demised the land to
William de Seyville, his uncle, about 1279, for a term of 14 years. He
also held a rent of 42s. in Thurlston and land worth 6os a year in
Aldham1 [FN1: Oldham, in Wombwell] held of the heir of John de Hoderode
and the heir of Roger de Wombwell respectively.. Peter's sister,
Pleasance, wife of John de Dychton, is mentioned. The two important
facts here are the holdings in Golcar and Skelbrooke, and the reference
to Richard Butler in connection with the former place. The King had
previously ordered the custody of Peter's body, lands, etc., to be
committed to Peter de Eton [Heaton] his near relative (Fine Roll, 14
Edw. I, m. 2; Record Series, vol. 23, p. 51). .

1286, Oct. 23. - Pursuant to an inquisition showing that Peter de
Seyville is mad, the Escheator is ordered to deliver to John de Eton,
Peter's near kinsman, the custody of his body, land and chattels,
taking good security for proper maintenance (Fine Roll Cal., P- 230). ?

Undated; after 1286. - Hugh son of Richard le Butler of Sandal gave
to John de Heton, knt., the homage and service of
Peter de \ Say villa and his heirs, viz., of three parts [i.e.,
fourths] of the ville \ Goulacres [Golcar], with wardships, reliefs,
etc., which in, any way could belong to the grantor and his heirs.
Witnesses, john de [sic] Tyes John Sotehill, William le Fleming, Hugh
de Swillington, William do Bellomonte and John his brother, and John de
Dighton (Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 122, in the collections of . John
Hanson; Yorks. Arch. Journal, vol. 7, p. 262; Harl. MS. 4630, s.n.
Saville).

1302, Thursday before St. Dunstan (probably the Deposition May 19), 30
Edward I. - Peter de Seyville discontinued his assize I of novel
disseisin against Roger son of Thomas de la Wodehalle concerning a
tenement in Wyrkeburg [Worsborough]. He and his pledges were in
mercy, viz., John Fleming of Walton and Thomas de Bosville (Assize Roll
1294 m 6d)

Peter is not stated to be suing by his guardian, so it may be presumed
that he had recovered.

1302-3, Hilary Term. - Agnes widow of Nicholas le Cordwaner of York
sued Peter de Sayvill, John son of Walter de Sayvill, and others, for
debt (De Banco, Hil. 31 Edw. I, m. 84).

Peter was dead in 1308, leaving a widow, Maude, and at least one child,
his heir, John. He certainly had other children, since the writ made in
connection with the lunacy proceedings of 1286, and dated May 18 in
that year, directs that Peter and his wife and children are to be well
and honorably supported out of the issues of his lands and tenements
(Record Series, vol. 23, p. 53«.)«

1308, May 31, etc. - Elcok de Lynthayt, charged with seizing the
cattle of Maude widow of Peter de Seyville and driving them from the
Earl of Warenne's fee to the Earl of Lincoln's fee, admits it, and is
amerced 3s. 4d. The cattle were seized at Quarmby, and! driven to
Almondbury. Thomas son of Christiana de Lynthayt, John de Lynthayt,
and John son of Adam de Locwode, were also charged with the same
offence ; the latter was said to be the instigator (Wakefield Court
Rolls, Record Series, vol. 36, pp. 152, 158, 160, 165)

JOHN DE SAVILLE, 5.B., was the son of Walter, 4.C. He occurs in 1302-3
(see above, Peter, 5.A.).

THOMAS DE SAVILLE, 5.C., was the son of Baldwin, 4.E. He does not occur
in any of the Wakefield entries relating to his father. His brothers,
William and John, appear considerably earlier than Thomas does,
nevertheless Thomas was much the most important of Baldwin's sons and
may have been the eldest son; he certainly appears to have succeeded to
Baldwin's property.

Undated.-Thomas de Seyvile witnessed a grant by Robert son of John de
Wambewell to Baldwin del Hill of land in Thurlston (P.R.O., Ancient
Deeds, vol. 2, p. 504, no. C. 2294).

Undated - Thomas de Seyvile witnessed a charter of Adam de Pontefract
of Mirfield to Sir John de Heton, relating to lands in Mirfield and
Hopton (MSS. of Col. Gascoigne, Record Series, vol. 39,)

1293, Trinity Term.-Thomas de Sayvile was one of the jurors for
Staincross Wapentake (Assize Roll 1098, Trin. 21 Edw. I, m. 08).

1299.-Thomas de Sayvyle or Sayville was a juror on two inquisitions
(Record Series, vol. 31, pp. 103, 138).

1305, Easter.-A jury of Staincross Wapentake presented that Thomas de
Seyville led (duxit) the men of Hallumscire with arms, at Barnsley, to
fight Ralph del Haye, and at West Bretton tried to beat Thomas son of
Erkyn in his own house; also that he received and maintains Thomas
Skyreloke, and others unknown, who beat and wounded Matthew del Mersk
and Robert his brother. Thomas pleaded not guilty, and as no one
appeared to prosecute, he was dismissed quietus (Assize Roll 1107, m.
3d.).

Ralph del Haye was charged with having men at Barnsley to lie in wait
for Thomas de Seyville and beat him. No one appeared to prosecute
(ibid., m. 7).

1309, Michaelmas.-See below, John, 6.A.

1309, April 28.-Thomas de Sceayvile witnessed a charter relating to
land at Worsborough (Record Series, vol. 39, p. 184).

1311.- I, Thomas de Savile, have granted to Sir Thomas de Mounteney
and Constance his wife, my manor in the vill of Dodworth which is
called Seyvile Hall, together with all my lands in Staynburgh, and a
yearly rent of 2s. in the vill of Coldwell,1 [FN1: Mr. Baildon has
elsewhere a pencil note, " Probably the farm in Austonley now known as
Callwell."] which I had of the gift of Baldwin my father. Dated at
Seyvill Hall, the morrow of Holy Trinity, 4 Edward II (Hunter, South
Yorkshire, vol. 2, p. 260, from Dodsworth MS. 113, p. 201).

1313, Easter Term.-Adam son of John de Everyngham, by William de
Tynton, his guardian, cIaimed a messuage and land in Staynburgh from
Thomas de Sayvill (De Banco, East 6 Edw. II, m. 181d.; Hil. 7 Edw.
II, m. 150).

1313, Dec.-Thomas de Seyville essoined at Wakefield Court by William
de Seyville (Record Series, vol. 57, p. 19). There are many entries
relating to him in this volume, but mostly of minor importance.

1314 and 1323.-Thomas de Sayvile witnessed two charters relating to
land in Dewsbury (Record Series, vol. 39, pp. 59, 60).

1315-6, Feb.-Thomas de Seyville was pardoned for not attending the
Wakefield Court, because he was on the King's service; (Record Series,
vol. 57, p. 100). L

His last appearances, so far as the Wakefield rolls are printed, are in
1316 when in August he sued Master Philip le Waleys on an agreement,
and was a surety in September (Record Series, vol. 57, p. 157)

1319, April 14.-Inquisition taken after the death of Margaret de
Nevill. Wapentake of Stayncliff. Heton1[FN1: 1 Hetton, near Gargrave]
3 car. of land held by Thomas (?) de Seyvil by knight's service (Inq.
post mortem, Chancery, Edw. II, file 62).

1325, June 4.-Thomas Sayvill was a juror at the inquisition taken as
to the gift by Adam de Brom and William de Herlaston of the advowson of
Aberford church to the Scholars of the House of St. Mary [Oriel
College], Oxford (Inq. ad quod damnum, file 174, no. 16).

1332, Nov. 4.-Thomas Savill was a juror at the inquisition taken as
to Adam de Batelay's foundation of a chantry in Batley church (Inq. ad
quod damnum, file 221, no. 15).

It is possible that some of these notes relate to another Thomas, but I
have no evidence of any other.

There is no evidence of any wife or children.

WILLIAM DE SAVILLE, 5.D., son of Baldwin, 4.E. He appeared at the
Wakefield Court for his father in 1275, and was then presumably of age
or very nearly so (Record Series, vol. 29, p. 102).

Undated.-William de Sayvil witnessed a grant by Robert de Hoderod to
Baldwin del Hill and Margery his wife of land in Thurleston, etc.
(P.R.O., Ancient Deeds, vol. 2, p. 465, no. C. 1941).

1290.-William de Sayville was a juror on an inquisition relating to
the endowment of Rothwell Chapel (Record Series, vol. 23, p. 115).

1313, Dec.-Thomas de Seyville essoined by William de Seyville at the
Wakefield Court (ibid., vol. 57, p. 19).


JOHN DE SAVILLE, 5.E., son of Baldwin, 4E. He appeared at the
Wakefield Court for his father in 1285 (Record Series, vol. 29, p.
194), and again in 1297 (ibid., vol. 36, p. 17).

The only other entry relating to him in the Wakefield Rolls, so far as
they are printed, is in 1316, when he was fined I2d. for not attending
(ibid., vol. 57, p. 120).

HUGH DE SAVILLE, 5.F., son of Baldwin, 4.E., first appears in 1293.

1293, Trinity Term.-Morley Wapentake. Robert son of Peter de Osseut
[Ossett] fell from a cart in the field of Sothill, and died
immediately. Hugh son of Baldwin de Seyville was attached because he
was present; but has not come. He is not suspected, nor anyone else.
Judgment, misadventure. Price of the cart, 2 horses, and 2 thraves
(trabes) of oats, 7s. Hugh was attached by John son of Henry de
Dewesbery and Henry son of Jul[iana] of the same (Assize Roll 1098,
Trin. 21 Edw. I, m. 25d.).

He appeared at the Wakefield Court for his father in 1297 (Record
Series, vol. 29, p. 259), and as attorney of Baldwin de Seyville in
1309 (ibid., vol. 36, p. 220). The only other entry relating to him in
the Wakefield Rolls, so far as they are printed, is in 1316, when he
was fined 2d. for not attending (ibid., vol. 57, p. 131).

HENRY DE SAVILLE, 5.G., son of Baldwin, 4.E. He only occurs once in the
Wakefield Rolls, in 1306, when Joan daughter of Walter de Heton sued
Henry son of Baldwin de Sayville for trespass (Record Series, vol. 39,
p. 60).

1316, Michaelmas Term.-Fine between Edmund de Dronfeld, plaintiff,
and Henry le [sic] Seyvill and Amabel his wife, deforciants, of 2
messuages, 45 acres of land, i acre of meadow and i acre of wood in
Westbretton; release by Henry and Amabel, for themselves and the heirs
of Henry, to Edmund and his heirs (Feet of Fines, case 270, file 90,
no. i).

JOHN DE SAVILLE, 6.A., son and heir of Peter, 5.A., was born about
1275. We are now getting on to sure ground, since he is certainly the
John who married Margery de Rishworth. It seems equally clear that he
was not the father of Sir John who married Isabel "de Elland and was
Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1380, 1383 and 1388, and who died in 1399, as
stated in Foster's pedigree.

Undated.-John de Savile witnessed a deed of Amabel widow of Sir John
de Beaumont, relating to land in Huddersfield (Yorks. Arch. Journal,
vol. 7, p. 275). At the foot of this document, as printed, is added
this note: "This deed tied to ye former Deed (before 1297)." Whether
the date in brackets is part of Dodsworth's original note or was added
by Mr. A. S. Ellis, who edited the series, does not appear, but in
either case it is misleading, since the former deed is itself undated,
and is only conjecturelly ascribed to " circa 1297."

1300, Michaelmas Term.-John son of Peter de Seyville complained of
William, Prior of Pontefract, and Walter de Sutton, his bailiff, for
distraining him to do suit at the Prior's court of Berneslay
[Barnsley], which he was not bound to do; he said that he held of the
Prior a house and a carucate of land in Dodesworth [Dodworth] by fealty
and the service of 10s. a year, and he was not bound to do any other
service, and that on the quindene of Michaelmas this year he delivered
to the said Prior at Berneslay a prohibition from the King to the
effect that he was not to distrain the plaintiff; notwithstanding this,
the Prior did distrain him to do service at his court of Berneslay from
three weeks to three weeks; he claimed £20 damages. The Prior said
that the writ was founded on the Statute of Marleberge, and he claimed
judgment, because in the Statute it said " except where he or his
ancestors had been accustomed to do service before the first crossing
of Henry the King's father into Brittany," whereas in the writ it said
" into Gascony." Judgment for the defendant on account of this
variation (De Banco, Mich. 28 Edw. I, m. 179d.; Hil. 29 .Edw. I, m.
33d; Record Series, vol. 17, p. 168; South Yorkshire, vol. 2, p. 261).

This note probably gives the approximate date of John's marriage. His
father was still alive, and the property at Dodworth, and that at
Worsbrough mentioned in the next note, were, I feel little doubt,
settled on John on the occasion of his marriage.

1300-1, Hilary Term.-John son of Peter de Seyville claimed against
Roger Fitz-Thomas (filius Thome) 10 acres of land and 2 acres of wood
in Wyrkesburgh [Worsbrough] as his right (De Banco, Hil. 29 Edw. I, m.
33; Hil. 30 Edw. I (1302), m. 54^d).

1301-2. Hilary Term.-John son of Peter de Sayville v. Elias de
Smytheton of Askerne claimed 20 acres of land, 12 acres of wood, | acre
of meadow and J of a messuage in Calthorn [Cawthorne, near Barnsley]
and other smaller properties there against five other defendants. The
property was taken into the King's hands for default of appearance (De
Banco, Hil. 30 Edw. I, m. 54d; 225; Trin. 30 Edw. I, m. 21d.). In
Michaelmas Term, 1302, the defendants appeared, and John said that they
had no entry in the property except after a demise made by John de
Sayville, his grandfather (whose heir he is), to Ralph de Sayville, for
a term which has expired. The defendants said that other persons, not
named in the writ, were interested. Let them be summoned (De Banco,
Midi. 30-31 Edw. I, m. 45d.).

1303, Michaelmas.-John son of Peter de Seyville sued William, Prior
of Pontefract, complaining that, whereas it was unlawful for anyone to
distrain a tenant to do suit of court unless so bound by his feoffment,
or he or his ancestors holding that tenement had been wont to do so
before the first crossing of Henry III into Brittany, nevertheless the
Prior had distrained John to do suit at his court of Bernesley
[Barnsley]. The Prior did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to
attach him to be at Westminster on the quindene of Hilary (De Banco,
Mich. 31-32 Edw. I, m. 145d.).

1306, Saturday, Eve of the close of Easter, 34 Edward I.-John de
Sayvile witnessed an agreement between Thomas son of Sir John de Heton
and Adam de Pontefracto of Mirfield, relating to lands in Mirfield
(MSS. of Col. Gascoigne).

1306, 34 Edward I.-Hugh son of John de Eland released to , Thomas de
Langfield and Ellen his wife, Jordan de Insula and Isabel his wife, and
John de Sayvile and Margery his wife, daughters and heirs of Henry de
Rishworth, the rent of 10 marks for the moiety of the vill of
Barkesland (Harley MS. 797, fo. 6 (Dodsworth's Yorkshire Notes);
Watson, Halifax, p. 85).

This document establishes the fact as to the three daughters and
coheirs of Henry de Rishworth. Thomas and Ellen de Langfield seem to
have been dead in Michaelmas Term, 1322.

1309, Michaelmas Term.-John de Sayville complained of Robert, Prior
of Pontefract, that,-whereas it is provided by the common counsel of
the realm that none should be distrained to do suit of court, unless
bound to do so by the terms of their feoffments or unless they or their
ancestors had done so before the first passage of Henry III into
Brittany-the Prior had distrained John to do suit of court at
Barnsley; John holds 2 messuages, 112 acres of land, 8 acres of meadow,
and 20 acres of wood in Dodworth, by homage, fealty and the service of
17s. 6d. a year for all service, nevertheless the Prior had distrained
him to do suit at the said court, notwithstanding that he, John, had on
the Thursday after Michaelmas, 2 Edw. II [1308], at Barnsley, in the
presence of Robert de Boseville, Thomas de Sayville, Robert de Barneby,
and others, delivered a royal prohibition to the Prior; he claims £20
damages. The Prior says that John's ancestors were wont to do suit for
the said tenements at the Prior's court at Pontefract, before the time
limited in the writ, until [blank], Prior of Pontefract, at the request
of [blank], John's ancestor, granted that suit might be done at
Barnsley instead, because Barnsley was nearer than Pontefract to those
tenements. John denied this. Jury on this issue in 3 weeks of
Easter (De Banco, Mich. 3 Edw. II, m. 316). ,

1319, Michaelmas Term.-Fine between William son of Alan de j
Smetheton, plaintiff, and John de Seyville, deforciant, of 4 tofts, 60
acres of land, and 4s. rent in Skelbroke, to hold to William and his
heirs (Feet of Fines, case 271, file 93, no. 41).

1319, Michaelmas Term.-Fine between John de Sayville and Margery his
wife, plaintiffs, and Jordan son of Jordan de Insula and Isabel his
wife, deforciants, of 275. rent in Barkesland, Bothamley and Northland,
and of J of the manor of Rissheworth, which Alice, widow of Henry de
Rissheworth, holds for life of the inheritance of Isabel. To hold
(subject to the life interest) to John and Margery and the heirs of
John. Warranty against the heirs of Isabel. Alice was present and did
fealty to John and Margery (Feet of Fines, case 271, file 93, no. 42).

Isabel de Insula and Margery de Saville were two of the three coheirs
of Henry de Rishworth.

1319, Michaelmas Term.-Fine between John de Sayville and Margery his
wife, by Joricius de Clementhorpe put in Margery's place, plaintiffs,
and Jordan de Insula and Isabel his wife, deforciants, of third of the
manors of Rissheton [sc. Rishworth], Barkeland [sic], Northland and
Wyllays, and of ninth of the manor of Skyrcote, which John admits to be
the right of Isabel. Jordan and Isabel grant, for themselves and the
heirs of Isabel, that the third parts of the manors of Northland and
Wyllays, and the said ninth part, which Alice, widow of Henry de
Rissheworth, holds in dower of Isabel's inheritance, and also the said
third parts of the manors of Rissheton [sic] and Barkeland, which the
said Alice holds for life by demise of Jordan and Isabel, shall after
Alice's death remain to John and Margery for their lives, to hold of
the chief lords, and after their deaths shall remain to Henry, their
son, and his heirs. Warranty by Jordan and Isabel for themselves and
the heirs of Isabel. Alice was present and consenting, and did fealty
to John and Margery (Feet of Fines, case 271, file 93, no. 48).

1327.-Pardon to John de Sayvill for the death of Robert de Baldok
(Patent Roll, i Edw. Ill, part i, m. 10).

1328-9.-Court held at Wakefield, 2 Edward III. Order to distrain John
de Savile to do suit of court for tenements in Rishworth late belonging
to Henry de Rishworth (Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 149).

1330, Easter Term.-The King v. John de Seyville, to permit him to
present a parson to the church of Smethton, which is vacant, the gift
belonging to the King by reason of the wardsliip (custodia) of the
purparty of John de Camoys and Margaret his wife, one of the sisters
and heirs of Richard Foliot, deceased (who held of King Edward, the
King's father, in chief), in the lands and tenements of the said
Richard. The King, by Adam de Fincham, said that Jordan Foliot was
seised of the advowson, and presented one William de Smetheton in the
time of Edward I, who was admitted and instituted, and by whose death
the church is now vacant. From Jordan the right descended to Richard,
as son and heir, and from Richard to Richard, as son and heir, and from
him, who died without heir descended of himself, to Margery and
Margaret, as sisters and heirs; Margaret is wife of John de Camoys and
is within age and in ward to the King; the said advowson belongs to her
share, by consent of Hugh de Hastynges, and Margery his wife, the other
sister and coheir. John de Seyville has unjustly impeded the King in
the presentation, to his damage of 1,000 marks. The defendant, by
Robert de Clayton, admits the facts as stated. Judgment that the King
do recover, and that John be in mercy for the unjust detention. Let
there be a writ of non obstante to the Archbishop of York to admit a
parson on the King's presentation (Coram Rege, East. 4 Edw. Ill, m. 16
Rex).

John was probably dead in 1336, when a John de Sayvill, no doubt his
son, did homage (see below). His wife was Margery, daughter and
coheiress of Henry de Rishworth. Their children were:

John; see below.

Henry; see below.

? William, Rector of High Hoyland, 1348; see below.

It was originally my intention to stop at this point, having brought
the pedigree down to John Saville, husband of Margery Rishworth, with
whom Mr. Clay's account begins. I decided, however, to continue so as
to include the live successive Johns who headed the family during the
whole of the fourteenth century, in the hope of settling their various
dates. This has proved a matter of great difficulty in the absence of
any inquisitions post mortem, while the fact that the first two Johns
each had a wife named Margery, and the last three Johns each had a wife
named Isabel, is a serious complication. There are no administrations,
and only one will, which mentions neither wife nor children, and is
therefore of very little assistance.

[David Hepworth]

EARLY SAVILLE PART 3

"JOHN DE SAVILLE, 7.A., eldest son of John, 6.A., was probably born
soon after 1300. The Genealogia Savilorum, copied in Harley MS.
4630, " from an old MS.," states that he married Joan daughter of
Matthew de Bosco, and had issue John, who married the daughter and heir
of Thomas de Eland, and Margaret, Prioress of Kirklees. Foster's
pedigree transposes the wives of this John and his father, and makes
Sir John who married Isabel de Elland the son of Margery de Rishworth;
he further states that Sir John (who died in1399) had a brother Henry,
who married about 1300!

1336, Friday after Michaelmas.-Inquisition taken at the Court at
Wakefield, 10 Edward III. John de Sayvell did homage, etc., for lands
in Guldeker-Heton [sic] (Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 146; Yorks. Arch.
Journal, vol. 7, p. 262). See note on homage, ante, p. 392. The curious
form, "Guldeker-Heton," is explained by the next note.

1336, Friday after St. Luke the Evangelist, 10 Edward III.- John de
Seyville did fealty during the minority [of the heir] of John de Heton,
and acknowledged that he holds of the said heir the manor of
Guldekerres [Golcar] and 4 bovates of land there, by homage and fealty
and the service of 3d. yearly at Martinmas (Wakefield Court Rolls;
Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 146).

1343.-Pontefract Rolls. John de Sayvill did fealty, and acknow- I
ledged that he held the moiety of a knight's fee in Smytheton [Kirk
Smeaton] and Grymston, by homage, suit of court, etc., and a white farm
(pro alba firma) of 3s 7d. (Yorks. Arch. Journal, vol. 12, p 75).

1344-5, Hilary.-Hugh de Coppelay claimed as his right 15s rent in
Barkesland against William de Langfeld, and 15s rent there against John
Sayvel and Margery his wife, and 155. rent there against Alice de
Rishworth (De Banco, Hil. 18-9 Edw. Ill, m. 163).

1346.-Aid of 405. to marry the King's eldest daughter. From Agnes de
Cronessele, John de Quernby, John Savill, . . . . de Riche-worth, and
John Withet, for 3! camcates in Gretton [sc. Bretton], Querneby,
Gouthlokeres [Golcar], and Cumberworth, where 12 carucates make a
knight's fee, us. Sd. The previous owner is not mentioned (Exch. K.R.,
Misc. Book 3, fo. 72).

1346.-Aid of 40s. to marry the King's eldest daughter. From John
Savill for one eighth of a knight's fee in Smehton [Kirk Smeaton], of
the fee of Skerchebeuf, 5s. (Exch. K.R., Misc. Book 3, fo. 83).

There is no evidence when this John died; the later notes which might
conceivably relate to him seem to fit better for his son John; but this
is by no means certain as to all of them.

His wife was Margery (called Joan in the Genealogia Savilotum, ante, p.
405), said to have been a daughter of Matthew Wood (de Bosco).

He had issue John, see below, and Margaret, Prioress of Kirklees.

Henry DE SAVILLE, 7.B., son of John, 6.A., is mentioned as the
remainderman to the Rishworth property in the fine of 1319 (see above).
I assume that the later notes relate to the same person, but this is
not certain.

1344, Dec. 8.-John, Abbat of Roche, granted the wardship and marriage
of William, son and heir of William de Ryley, to Adam de Heley of
Burton, Henry de Seyvyle, and William de Heley (Record Series, vol. 63,
p. 65).

1358 and 1361.-See below, John, 8.A.
WILLIAM DE SAVILLE, 7.0., Rector of High Hoyland, was probably a
younger son of John, 6.A. The only notes I have of him are the
following.

1334-5.-Dodsworth has a note, from the charters of Francis Burdet of
Birthwaite, that William de Say vill was rector of a mediety of High
Hoyland, but gives no details (Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 19).

1347-8.-William de Say vill, parson of Heghholand, was surety for
Richard de Cornewaill, chaplain, indicted for helping Guy Tyas, who
killed John son of John de Rothersfeld at Skelmersthorpe on Monday
after the Epiphany, 21 Edward III, 1347-8 (Controlment Roll 9, m. 47).
Guy and Richard were pardoned (Coram Rege, Mich. 23 Edw. Ill, m. 2
Rex).

Sir JOHN DE SAVILLE, 8.A., eldest son of John, 7.A., was probably born
about 1325. In September, 1386, he gave his age as 60 and upwards.

1353, Trinity, and 1354, Easter.-Fine between Hugh de Brerelay and
Maude his wife, plaintiffs, and Robert de Neville of Hornby, chivaler,
deforciant, of the manor of Brerelay [Brierley, near Barns-ley] ; to
hold to Hugh and Maude and the heirs of Hugh, together with the homage
and service of (inter alios) John de Seyville of Tankersley and Isabel
his wife (Record Series, vol. 52, p. 45).

1355-6, March 23.-John Tours and John de Sayvyll acknowledged that
they owed William de Mirfeld, clerk, £10; to be levied, in default of
payment, on their lands and chattels in Yorkshire (Close Roll CaL,
1354-60, p. 305).

1357-8, Feb. 24.-Pardon, for good service to the King and Henry, Duke
of Lancaster, done by Thomas del Wodeheved of Barkeslond, in Brittany
in the Duke's company, to the said Thomas who was indicted for the
death of Thomas son of John de Saurby; John de Sayville has testified
that it was done in a hot conflict and not of malice (Patent Roll Cal,
1358-61, p. 13).

1358.-John and Henry de Seyville witnessed two charters relating to
Rastrick (Record Series, vol. 63, p. 93).

1361, July 6.-Partition of the estates of Henry, Duke of Lancaster.
To John, Earl of Richmond and Blanche his wife (inter alia) the manor
of Marchesden, held for life by John Seyville (Patent Roll Cal,
1361-64, pp. 50, 86).

1361.- John son of Eve granted his manor of Toothill to Henry de
Sayville and others; John de Sayville a witness (Record Series, vol.
63, p. 94).


1364, Nov. 15.-John Sayvill was one of a commission of oyer and
terminer, touching all conspiracies, confederacies, collusions, and
false alliances in Yorkshire (Patent Roll Cal., 1364-67, p. 73), and on
Feb. 10, 1364-5, on another commission to inquire as to the complaint
of Elizabeth widow of Sir Nicholas de Wortelay (ibid., p. 140).

1367-8, Jan. 13.-The Prior of Monk Bretton, going beyond seas by the
King's license, appointed John de Sayvill, and others, his attorneys
for one year (Patent Roll Cal, 1367-70, p. 44).

1371, June 2.-John Sayvill was appointed on the commission of the
peace for the West Riding (Patent Roll CaL, 1370-74, p. 106). His
reappointment occurs frequently, and also on commissions of array and
of oyer and terminer.

1371. Tuesday after Trinity.-At Sprotborough, John Fitz-William,
knt., found pledges, John Sayville, knt., Thomas de Reresby, knt. (and
others), in £300, that he would not cause nor procure hurt or harm to
John de Staynton (Close Roll CaL, 1369-74, p. 308).

1372. Trinity.-Fine between Geoffrey de Warburton, chivaler, and
Aline his wife, plaintiffs, and John Sayville of Eland, chivaler, and
Isabel his wife, deforciants, of the manors of Brighouse and
Carlinghow; to hold to Geoffrey and Aline for the life of Aline, of
John and Isabel and the heirs of Isabel, paying yearly a rose at the
Nativity of St. John Baptist for all service to them, and doing all
service to the chief lords; remainder to Thomas son of Sir John de
Eland, and the heirs of his body; reversion to John and Isabel and the
heirs of Isabel (Record Series, vol. 52, p. 162).

1372, Trinity.-Fine between Thomas son of John de Eland, plaintiff,
and John Sayville of Eland, chivaler, and Isabel his wife, deforciants,
of a moiety of the manor of Tankersley; to hold to Thomas and the heirs
of his body, of John and Isabel and the heirs of Isabel, paying yearly
a rose at the Nativity ^*. St. John Baptist, for all service to them,
and doing all service to the chief lords; reversion to John and Isabel
and the heirs of Isabel (Record Series, vol. 52, p. 162).

1372 Michaelmas.-Fine between John Sayville of Elland, chivaler, and
Isabel his wife, plaintiffs, and John de Brampton, parson I of the
church of Badsworth, deforciant, of the manor of Elland and a moiety of
the manor of Tankersley; to hold to John and Isabel for their lives;
remainder to John the son of John, and the heirs of ; his body;
remainder to Henry, brother of John the son, and the heirs of his body;
remainder to the right heirs of Isabel (Record Series, vol. 52, p.
157).

This John was the first of the family to take a prominent part in
public affairs. In 1374 he occupied the arduous post of escheator in
Yorkshire, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland, which he
resigned in the latter part of 1375 (Close Rolls).

1375 he was one of the Knights of the Shire for Yorkshire, and in July,
1376, he and his fellow M.P., Sir Robert de Boynton, were paid £34 8s.
for 86 days' attendance, at the rate of 4s. a day (Close Roll Cal.,
1374-77, p. 428). He was again M.P. for Yorkshire in 1382, 1384, and
1390.

Sir John served as Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1380, 1382, and 1387. 1375,
June 5.-Mandate to John Sayvill, Escheator in co. York, to deliver
the temporalities of the Archbishopric of Canterbury within his
bailiwick to Simon [de Sudbury], late Bishop of London, now translated
to Canterbury by the Pope (Patent Roll Cal 1374-77, p. 118).

1384, June 17.-Exemption, for life, of John Sayvill, knt., from being
put on assizes, juries or recognisances, or from being made mayor,
sheriff, escheator, coroner, etc., or other minister of the King,
against his will (Patent Roll Cal., 1381-85, p. 415). f In 1385
and again in 1388 Sir John was appointed Commissioner I of Array for
the West Riding (Patent Roll Cal., 1381-85, p. 590; i 1385-89, p. 475).

1386, Sept. 17.-Sir John Sayvyll, aged 60 years and upwards, gave
evidence in favour of Sir Richard Scrope in the Scrope and Grosvenor
dispute (vol. i, p. 112; vol. 2, p. 303).

1390.-Sir Robert Neville of Hornby and Sir John Saville were paid
£22 8s. for 56 days' service as Knights of the Shire for Yorkshire, at
the rate of 45. a day (Close Roll Cal. 1389-92, p. 178).

1391.-Sir John Sayville the elder was one of the feoffees of James le
Boteler, Earl of Ormonde, for the manor of Shipley (Close Roll Cal.t
1389-92, p. 525).

1392, June 16.-Supersedeas, on the pledge of Thomas Fairfax and
others, addressed to the Sheriff of Yorkshire, in favour of Guy de
Roucliff, clerk, at the suit of John Sayville, knt., for detinue of
£249 (Close Roll Cal., 1389-92, p. 564).

1395-6, Jan. 20.-John Sayvill, knt., John Sayvill, knt., his son, and
Henry Sayvill, esq., witnessed a deed relating to property at Rastrick
(Record Series, vol. 63, p. 94).

1396, Friday before Pentecost.-Inquisition taken at Pontefract. It is
not to the damage of the King or anyone else if license be granted to
John Herle, Parson of Tankereslay, John de Wath, Vicar of Hoderesfeld,
John de Disshford, chaplain, and William de Heton, to found a chantry
for one chaplain in the chapel of Eland, annexed to the parish church
of Halifax, and to assign to the chaplain a messuage in Eland, a yearly
rent of 8 marks out of the manor of Wyke near Okenschagh, and a
messuage, 200 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow and 6 acres of wood in
Hymmesworth, to sing divine service in the said chapel for the good
estate of John, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, and of John Sayville,
knt., and Isabel his wife, and of their children, and for their souls
when they die, and for the souls of Henry, late Eari of Lancaster, and
of John Sayville and Margery his wife (parents of the said Sir John),
and of Thomas de Eland and Joan his wife (parents of Isabel), and of
John de Rylay, and of their friends and benefactors and of all faithful
departed (Inq. ad quod damnum, file 426, no. 36).

Mr. Clay's footnote on page 5 of his article is rather misleading. He
says, "In the same Chantry Surveys, p. 292, Sir John Savile is said to
have founded a chantry at Thornhill with rents of lands in Brigehouse
by will Xmo Decembris, Edward iiij XXmo. This is not in, nor agrees
with, the above will." The founder of the chantry at Thornhill was
Sir John Saville of Thornhill, whose will, dated November 23, 1481, and
proved June 21, 1482, is printed in Test. Ebor. (vol. 3, p. 270), and
also by Mr. Clay. The will makes no provision for any chantry; the
document mentioned in the chantry certificate as dated December 10, 20
Edward IV, i.e. 1480, may have been a deed and not a will.

1396, July 20.-Sir John Sayville, knt., paid £20 for the license in
mortmain in respect of the chantry at Elland (Patent Roll Cal.1396-99.p
9)

1396, Trinity.-John Sayvell, knt., Constable of Pontefract Castle,
sued Adam de Bekwyth of Clynt, Richard de Bekwyth of Kylynghall, and
John de Bekwyth of Clynt for 20 marks each, probably due on a joint and
several bond (De Banco, Trin. 19-20 Ric. II, m. 242d.).

? 1399.- Will of Sir John Sayvelle of Elland, undated. The only
member of his family mentioned is John Sayvelle of Shelley, who was
given 6 silver spoons, a silver covered cup, some corn, a bed and
coverlet, and a brass pot formerly his father's. He leaves money for
his poor tenants at Golcar, and for the poor at Elland and Tankersley.
He leaves money to the chaplains of St. Clement's Chapel in Pontefract
Castle, if he should happen to die there. Executors, John Kyng, Vicar
of Halifax, John de Wath, Vicar of Hudderslield, John de Heton, John de
Bollyng, William de Heton, and John Sayvelle of Shelley. Proved
September 23, 1399, by the two last named, power reserved to the others
(Halifax, Wills, vol. 2, p. 216).

Sir John Saville, father of Henry, who married Elizabeth Thornhill,
died on June 13, 1393, according to a memorandum of Dodsworth's quoted
by Whitaker (Loidis, p. 322), " obiit dominus Johannes Savile, miles,
apud Castrum de Sandall, Junii 13, 1393, et in crastino die deductus
apud Wakefield, et apud Thornhill insigniter tumulatus." This is
clearly an error, since in a note to the will of Sir John Savile of
Thornhill (Test. Ebor., vol. 3, p. 270), we are told that he died at
Sandal Castle on the morrow of the feast of St. Basil (June 14), 1482;
his corpse was carried through Wakefield, and was sumptuously interred
at Thornhill (citing Hunter's Notices of Lupset, p. 17).

Sir John married Isabel, daughter and heir of Thomas de Elland, through
whom Elland and Tankersley came to the Savilles.

Only two children are recorded, John and Henry, but Thomas, the
Serjeant at Arms (see below), was probably another son.

1399, Nov 17 --Isabel, widow of Sir John Saville, knt., took the vow
of chastity, in the chapel within the manor of Newstead, near Nostell
Priory (Test. Ebor., vol. 3, p. 317; Clay, p. 5).

Undated; about 1400.-Isabel Sayville filed a bill of complaint in
Chancery, alleging that she was seised in her demesne as of fee of the
manor of Tankeresley at the time of the last passage of the King to his
Duchy of Normandy, and since then until one Richard Wortley ousted her,
with the strong hand and against the King's peace, and he still holds
it, to her great damage and " final disheriteson," for which she has no
remedy by assize. She prays for a writ of subpoena, directing Richard
to come to be examined on the matter before the Chancellor in the
Chancery, and also for restoration and damages. Pur dieu et en oeuvre
de charitee. Her pledges for the prosecution were Robert Eland and
Simon Louthe, both of Lincolnshire, gentlemen (Early Chancery, bundle
69, no. 383).

1406, Michaelmas.-John Kyng, Vicar of Halifax, John de Wath, Vicar of
Hudrisfeld, John de Heton, John de Bollyng and William de Heton,
executors of the will of John Sayville, knt., the elder, sued John de
Bollyng for a debt of £40 (De Banco, Mich. 8 Hen. IV, m. 234d.).

1406, Michaelmas Term.-Robert Eland v. Isabel widow ot John Sayvile,
chivaler, claims half the manor of Tankersley by a writ of formedon (De
Banco, Midi. 8 Hen. IV, m. 363d.).

1408, Easter.-John Kyng, Vicar of Halifax, (and the others, as
above), executors of the will of John Seyvell of Eland, knt., sued
Robert son of Thomas de Eland for a debt of £20 (De Banco, East. 9
Hen. IV, m. 56).

Sir JOHN SAVILLE, 9.A., was the son and heir of Sir John, 8.A., and was
probably born about 1355 or a little earlier.

1391.-See below, Thomas, 9.C.

Sir John was living on January 20, 1395-6, when he and his brother
Henry and their father witnessed a deed relating to property at
Rastrick (Record Series, vol. 63, p. 94).

1399, Nov. i3.--Grant for life to John Sayville, chivaler, of the
Wapentake of Strafford, with the fees and emoluments belonging to it
(Patent Roll Cat.,
1399-1401, p. 95).

1399, Dec. 18.-John Sayville, chivaler, was on the Commission of
Array for the West Riding (Patent Roll Cal., 1399-1401, p. 213).

In 1402 he was Sheriff of Yorkshire.

1403, June 20.-Grant for life to the King's knight, John Say-vylle,
of the Wapentake of Strafford, not exceeding the value of 40 marks
yearly, from Nov. 13, I Henry IV, in lieu of a former grant of that
date (Patent Roll Cal., 1401-5, p. 236).

1405, May 2.-Inspeximus and confirmation of Edward of York, Earl of
Rutland and Cork, dated at London, Nov. 20, i Hen. IV (1399),
confirming for life to Sir John Seyville or Sayville letters patent of
his father, Edmund, Duke of York, granting for life to John the office
of Chief Forester of Sowerbyshire and Holmefirth, with the keeping of
the park of Ayreingden, etc. (Patent Roll Cal., 1405-8, p. 15).

Sir John died in 1405, between May 2 and August 10 (see next note).
There does not appear to be any will or administration. His wife is
said to have been Isabel, daughter of Sir Robert Radcliff of Radcliff
Tower, Lancashire. The Visitation of 1563-4 states that he "weded also
the doughter of Balderstone," and that of 1612 gives him one wife only,
Margaret Barderston.

He had two children, John and Isabel.

1405, Aug. 10.-Grant for life to the King's knight, John Luttilbury,
of the Wapentake of Strafford, with all fees, etc., as John Sayvel,
knt., deceased, lately had it (Patent Roll Cat., 1405-8, p. 56).

1405, Aug. 10.-Grant to William de Holand of the office of Master
Forester of Ayrendon and Sowerbyshire (ibid., p. 50).

HENRY SAVILLE, 9.B., was the second son of Sir John, 8.A.

1375, Easter.-Fine between Henry Sayville of Rishworth, plaintiff,
and William Smyth of Newall and Isabel his wife, deforciants, of a
messuage and lands and 10s. rent in Crosland; to hold to Henry and his
heirs (Record Series, vol. 52, p. 185).

1391.-See below, Thomas, 9.C.

1395-6, Jan. 20.-See above, John, 8.A.

1397-8, 21 Richard II.-Henry, Duke of Hereford, took into his service
Henry Savile, esq., to serve him in war and in peace, at the wages due
to an esquire. After he was made king he granted Henry an annuity of
£10 for life (Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 159 b).

1401-2.-Aid in the Honour of Pontefract for marrying the King's
eldest daughter. Henry Sayvill for one fourth of a knight's fee in
Thornhill, formerly of John de Thornhill, 5s. (Duchy of Lancaster,
Knights' Fees, bundle i, no. 18, p. 151).

1403, Aug. 15.-Henry Sayville was on the Commission of Array for the
West Riding (Patent Roll Cal, 1401-5, p. 284).

He died in 1412, having married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Simon
de Thornhill, by whom he left a son and heir, Thomas, and a younger
son, Henry.

THOMAS SAVILLE, 9.C., serjeant at arms, was nearly related to the main
line of the family, and was probably a younger son of Sir John, 8.A.

1375-6, Hilary.-Fine between Robert de Ursewyk, plaintiff, and Thomas
Sayville and Elizabeth his wife, Edmund de Folifayt and Adam de
Haywode, deforciants, of the manor of Braddesworth [? Brodsworth, near
Doncaster], and of 13s. 4d. rent in Pontefract; to hold to Robert and
his heirs. Release and warranty by Thomas and Elizabeth, Edmund, and
Adam, for themselves and the heirs of Edmund (Record Series, vol. 52,
p. 193).

1380, June 25.-Simon Flemyng of Almondebury to Thomas Sayville, the
King's serjeant at arms, recognisance for 80 marks, to be levied, in
default of payment, on his lands and chattels in Yorkshire (Close Roll
Cal, 1377-81, p. 458).

1389.-Thomas Sayville was a serjeant at arms (Close Roll Cal,
1389-92, pp. 44, 79). He is also mentioned in 1390 and 1391 (ibid., pp
150, 375).

1391.-Thomas Sayville, serjeant at arms, was one of the feoffees of
Alexander Brown as to property in Wythyngton [Widdington, par. Little
Ouseburn] and Nunnemonketon. Sir John Sayvylle and Henry Sayvylle were
two of the witnesses (Close Roll Calt 1389-92, pp. 316, 318).

1399 and 1401--Thomas Seyville was on the Commission of the Peace for
Warwickshire (Patent Roll Cal, 1399-1401, p. 565), and also on the
Commission of Array for the same county (ibid., p. 210).

1400, Feb. 19.-Inspeximus and confirmation to Thomas Sayvylle of
letters patent dated July 19, 15 Richard II (1391), granting to him for
life £21 13s. 4d. yearly (Patent Roll Cal, 1399-1401, p. 200).

Undated (1416).-To our most sovereign and most gracious Lord the
King, prays your most humble liege esquire, Thomas Seyville of the
County of York, that whereas the noble Lord, the Duke of York (whom God
assoile) by his letters patent granted to your suppliant for life the
office of Master Forester of Aryngden, within the lordship of Sowerby
in the said county, may it please your most gracious Lordship to ratify
and confirm to the said suppliant by your gracious letters in due form,
according to the purport of the said letters of the said Duke. Pur dieu
et en oeuvre de chantee (Ancient Petitions, no. 11411).

John Saville, who was on the Corrimission of Array in Warwickshire in
1403 (Patent Roll CaL, p. 286), may have been his son.

JOHN SAVILLE, 10.A., son and heir of Sir John, 9.A. If we may trust to
a very confused note of Dodsworth's, he was under age at the time of
his father's death in 1405, which would place the date of his birth as
later than 1384.

John Sayvell (son of John Sayvell, knt., the younger, son of John
Sayvell, knt., the elder) was during his minority seized into the hands
of John de Heton for his wardship and marriage, because his j father
died seised of Bothomhall and in the service of the said John de Heton;
which John Sayvell died without issue, and the property descended to
Isabel his sister, who was seized by the said John de Heton, as above.
She also died without issue, and so the inheritance descended to
Henry, brother and heir to John Savile, knight, the younger, and from
Henry to his son Thomas; etc. (Dodsworth MS. 117, fo. 155).

I think this must be the John Saville of Shelley named in the will of
Sir John, 8.A., in 1399 (see above), but no relationship is stated.

I have no further information about this John. He is said to have
married Isabel, daughter of Sir William Fitzwilliam, and to have died
without issue. His heir was his sister Isabel, said to have married
Thomas Darcy; she also died without issue. If Dodsworth's statement,
cited above, is correct, viz., that Henry Saville succeeded on Isabel's
death, then both John and Isabel died before 1412.

This really ends my task, but I take the opportunity of placing on
record three notes as to Sir Thomas Saville of Elland, Thornhill, etc.
(see Mr. Clay's article, p. 6), and several thirteenth and fourteenth
century references to various Savilles whom I cannot place in the
pedigree.

1416, June 29. - Confirmation to Thomas Seyvile of Thornhill of his
appointment by Edward, late Duke of York, dated May 22, 2 Henry V
(1414), as Master Forester of Aryngden in Sowerby, for life (Patent
Roll Cal. 1416-22, p. 38).

1423, June 25.- Fine between Isabel widow of John Sayville, km., and
Thomas Sayvylle of Thornhill, esq., plaintiffs, and Thomas Eland, son
and heir of Robert Eland of Carlynghaowe, deforciant, of 20 messuages
and lands in Eland, South Owrom, Ryssheworth, Bothomley, Bersland,
Gretland, Steynland, Northland and Hyper-hom, and a moiety of the manor
of Tankersley. Release to Isabel and Thomas and the heirs of Thomas ;
they gave Thomas Eland 500 marks (Feet of Fines, case 28, file 155, no.
3). The identity of this Isabel is doubtful. I think she was probably
Isabel Radcliffe, widow of Sir John, 9. A.

1425. - Thomas Sayvell holds the manor of Grenehall in Thornell, late
of Brian de Thornell, and pays yearly los. Free rents of the Honour of
Pontefract (Duchy of Lancaster, Misc. Book 106, fo. 4).

1298, Michaelmas Term. - John son of Peter de Arches and James de
Saville sued William de Bateley and Dionisia his wife in a plea of
land; and John son of Peter de Smetheton [Smeaton] and James de
Seyville sued the same defendants, also in a plea of land (De Banco,
Mick. 26-7 Edw. I, m. 51, 144). I have no further information about
this case, but the land was no doubt in Smeaton (see below, Ralph,
1335).

1321, Martinmas. - Richard Saivel of Thurgerland witnessed a lease of
the manor of Denby by Richard son of Sir John de Thorn-hill (Lord
Savile's deeds, Record Series, vol. 50, p. 62).

1335, Easter Term.-Ralph de Seyville of Little Smetheton v. Isabel de
Arches of Little Smetheton, John de Arches of the same, and Robert de
Arches of Kirk Smetheton, for disseising him of two parts [thirds] of a
messuage, a bovate and 2 acres of land in Little Smetheton. John says
that he claims no interest in the property. Isabel and Robert say that
the property is only a messuage and a bovate of land less 2 acres, and
that the whole of it was in the seisin of one Herbert de Arches, who
gave it to one Herbert son of Herbert and the heirs of his body, with
reversion to the said Herbert de Arches and his heirs; from which
Herbert son of Herbert issued one Adam, who died without heir of his
body, and whose wife now holds 1/3 thereof in dower; from Adam the said
two parts reverted to Herbert de Arches as the donor and from him
descended to William as son and heir, and from William to Isabel,
Margery, and Dionisia as daughters and heirs; from Isabel her share
descended to one James as son and heir, and from James to the plaintiff
as son and heir; Margery's share descended to one Isabel as daughter
and heir, and from her to one John as son and heir, who is not named in
the writ; Dionisia's share descended to Isabel the defendant and one
Mabel as daughters and heirs, and from Mabel to Robert the defendant,
as son and heir; the John who is not named and the plaintiff are seised
of their shares together with the others, and at their wish (pro
voluntate sua) they claim judgment whether Ralph ought to have an
assize as to the whole of the two parts. Adjourned to Trinity Term.
Jury (De Banco, East. 9 Edw. Ill, m. 23d.).

This involved story requires a pedigree to make it clear.

1337-8.-Fine between Roger de Thornton, plaintiff, and Adam de
Bollyng, chaplain, deforciant, of the manors of Thornton and Deneholme
in Bradforddale; to hold to Rogei ior life; remainder to Robert son of
John de Bollyng and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of their bodies;
remainders to two sons and a daughter of Thomas de Thornton; remainder
to Adam son of John de Sayvill of Farnley and the heirs male of his
body; remainder to the right heirs of Roger (Record Series, vol. 42, p.
126).

1356.-Robert del Skyrys of Womb well sued John Sayville of Chickenley
and Maude his wife, Adam Sayville of Chickenley and Agnes his wife,
John son of James de Thurgerland, and Ralph de Wodhall, for novel
disseisin of property in Wombwell and Holand near Wynteworth [Upper or
Nether Hoyland, near Barnsley] (Assize Roll 1130, m. 4).

1356-7, Hilary.-Robert de Wombwell, merchant, sued John Sayville of
Chekynlay for a debt of £20 (De Banco, Hil. 30 Edw. Ill, m. 123).

1362, Michaelmas.-Presentment before Thomas Clarell, the Coroner,
that Robert son of James de Hunshelf, Adam son of John Sayvill of
Chikynlay, and Thomas Flecok, son of Thomas Sayvill, feloniously killed
Robert son of Robert de Skyres of Wombewell, and that John Sayvill of
Chikynlay and Maude his wife, Agnes wife of the said Adam, John son of
John Sayvill, chaplain, and Agnes daughter of John de Skires, aided and
abetted. Robert, Adam and John were dead, and had not been convicted
(Coram Rege, Mich. 36 Edw. Ill, m. 17 Rex).

1377, March i.-Will of Henry Sayvill; to be buried at Huddersfield;
mentions sons John and Thomas and daughters Joan and Alice; no property
or place of residence mentioned; proved April 7 following (Halifax
Wills, vol. 2, p. 215).

[To be concluded]

The article finishes in the next volume with the Butler's of
Skelbrook & Kirk Sandal.

[David Hepworth]

Here is PART 1 of THE SAVILE FAMILY by JW CLAY

"THE SAVILE FAMILY.
BY THE LATE J. W. CLAY, F.S.A.
The early history of the Saviles1 [FN 1: There, are various ways of
spelling
the name Savile, Savill, Seyvill] is clouded in mystery. In the
Elizabethan times when every family wished to trace their origin
as far back as possible the genealogists tried to claim a descent from
the Savelli, an Italian family. This idea cannot be entertained. Mr.
Joseph Hunter, F.S.A., says,'" The family, like others of those which
are now accounted the best and most ancient families in England, began
early with small possessions, probably in the parish of Silkstone."

There are no complete printed pedigrees of this great family, which has
occupied a large place in the West Riding history, except the one in
Foster's Yorkshire Families. That is in the pedigree form which allows
so little space for many details. Mr. Hunter, who seems to have taken
great interest in the family, has, in South Yorkshire, given several of
the branches: that of the main line of Elland, Tankersley, Thornhill,
in vol. i, 300; that of Newhall in vol. i, 67; that of Thribergh in
vol. i, 46; and that of Mexborough in vol. ii, 393. There are also
sketch pedigrees in Watson's Halifax, and in the Heralds' Visitations.2
[FN2: There is also information in Mr. Hunter's charming
Antiquarian Notices of Lupset and Hallamshire; Sheard's Batley;
Cooper's Savile Correspondence; Foxcroft's Life of the Marquis of
Halifax; Dictionary of National Biography.]

Since these have been printed much additional information has been
obtained. We have the Wills at York and London, which are more
accessible by the indexes in the Yorkshire Record Series, the
Inquisitions at the Record Office, the parish registers at Elland,
Halifax, Batley, Horbury, Dewsbury, Wakefield, etc., which can be
better examined, so it seems possible to throw more light on this
family, and the works of Hunter are costly and scarce, and there are
few dates in Watson and in the Visitations, so that perhaps the
following paper may be useful to the readers of The Journal.

The earliest printed notices we have of the Saviles appear to be as
follows:-

1225 (9 Henry III). John de Dewsbury and Odo de Richmond granted to
Henry de Seyvill, our parishioner, a chantry in the chapel of Guthlaker
(Chadwick's Notes on Dewsbury Church, 26).

1251-2 (36 Henry III), Assize Rolls. Sir John de Seyvill summoned
concerning a messuage in Pontefract (Record Series, xliv, 60).

1274-1307. Wakefield Court Rolls. Baldwin de Seyville and his three
sons, William, John, Hugh, are mentioned without place of abode.

1286 (Edw. I), 20 July. Lunacy Inquisition of Peter de Seyvell at the
Record Office.

Inq. Petri de Seyvell taken before Thos. de Normenvill at York pursuant
to a writ dated 20 July, 14 Edw. I (1286). Peter de Seyvill is clearly
mad and an idiot, incapable of managing his land. He holds the manor of
Goullackarres, viz. three fourth parts of the inheritance of Ric. le
Botiler of Sandale, and the fourth part of Sir John de Heton for a
service of 3d. yearly. The manor is worth £8 yearly. Thereof Peter
gave to Agnes de Seyvell, his sister, one mill worfh 30s yearly 4 years
ago when he was insane. Peter holds in Skelebrok 3 ½ oxgangs of land
from Sir Ran. de Blamustre for the service of 10s yearly; it is worth
46s. 8d. yearly; he demised this land to Robert son of Stephen de
Kirkeby for 20 years at a rent of 26s. 8d., of which term 8 years are
elapsed. The same Peter holds in Smetheton one messuage and 4 oxgangs
of land of the Earl of Lincoln by suit of court at Pontefract every
three weeks, worth £4 yearly, none of it is alienated except that
Peter while sane demised the land to William Seyvill, his uncle, for 14
years, whereof 7 are elapsed; in Thurleston 42s. of rent of assize from
the heir of Hoderode, whereof nothing is alienated; in Holdeham 60
shillings worth of land from the heir of Roger de Wamwell which he
demised while sane to John de Wamwell for 20 years, whereof 6 are
elapsed, for a sum of money beforehand and 4 marks yearly. The
execution of the writ was delayed owing to John de Dychton to whom the
escheator had committed the custody of the said Peter and his land
being unequal to the management and also weak (who has to wife
Pleasance Peter's sister).

1338 (Edw. III). Yorkshire Fines. Adam son of John de Sayvill
mentioned.

1353-4 (Edw. Ill), 1372 (Edw. III). John Sayville of Eland and Isabel
his wife, John son, and Henry his brother regarding the manors of Eland
and Tankersley.

1377, 1 Mar. (51 Edw. III). Will. Henry Sayuill. To be buried in the
chapel of the blessed Marie of Hoderfeld. To John my son xli. To Johan
my daughter x marks. To Alice my daughter x marks. If any residue among
my children. I make Thomas and John my sons executors (Reg. Alex.
Nevell, i, 23).

There have been many attempts at bringing the early accounts of the
family into proper order by the heralds and other authorities, some of
which are as follows, but they are all incorrect and not worth
reprinting:-

Flower's Visitation, taken 1563 and 1564 (Harleian Soc., xvi). Glover's
Visitation, taken 1584 and 1585, edited by Joseph Foster. Whitaker's
Loidis and Elmete, no authority given. Foster's Yorkshire Families, no
authority given. Watson's History of Halifax, which is often quoted and
is very amusing.

He says "it is a family of great antiquity supposed to be descended
from the Sabelli or Savelli of Rome. Some were consuls at Rome before
our Saviour's time, and it is said to have existed for 3,000 years.
The first I meet with is Sir John Savile of Savile Hall, Dodworth, who
married a daughter of Syr Symon de Rockley, by her he had Sir Walter
and John. Sir Walter married a daughter of Adam Everingham of
Stainborough, by whom a daughter Elizabeth married to Sir John
Everingham. John, brother of Sir Walter, married about 1240 Agnes
daughter and heir of Sir Roger Aldwark, and by her had Henry, who
married Agnes daughter and heiress of John Golcar of Golcar, by whom
Thomas, who married .... daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Tankersley
of Tankersley, by whom Sir John, Henry, and Alice wife of .......
Lockwood. Sir John of Tankersley married Agnes daughter and heiress
of ...... Rochdale, by whom he had John of Tankersley (Peter by
Foster), Elizabeth wife of Thomas Kay, and Margery wife of John
Thornton. John Savile of Tankersley married Isabel daughter of Sir
Robert Latham, by whom Sir John and Jane wife of ...... Ashton of
Lancashire. Sir John married Jane daughter of Mathew de Bosco (or
Wood), by whom John and Margaret, Prioress of Kirklees 32 Edw. Ill
(1358-9). Sir John married Margery daughter of Henry Rush worth of
Rushworth, by whom Sir John Savile, who married Isabel de Eland."

Watson, of course, is quite wrong, as Tankersley did not come to the
Saviles till the Eland marriage.

The best account appears to be in the "Autobiography of Sir John
Savile' Baron of the exchequer, copied in the Yorkshire Archaeological
Journal, xv, 421, where he states that his ancestor, Henry Savile of
Copley, was a younger son of Henry Savile of Thornhill, brother of John
Savile, Kt., and cousin and heir of Isabell the sister and heiress of
John Savile, who was the son and heir of the aforesaid John Savile, who
was the son of Sir John Savile, Kt., who was son of John Savile and
Margaret his wife, daughter of Henry Rishworth.

Notwithstanding all these various accounts, we can only say that the
Saviles originally started with lands in Shelley and Golcar, near
Huddersfield, which they might have obtained through an heiress, as
they quartered the Golcar arms, but that, of course, may have been an
after-consideration. Their real rise was by fortunate marriages with
heiresses. The first one with the Eland heiress brought in the Elland
and Tankersley manors, and soon after the great Thomhill property came
in. All these estates still remain to the present owner.

It seems impossible to start the pedigree properly before the Rishworth
marriage, till there is more information, which can only probably be
obtained if there are some early deeds at Rufford,1 [FN1: I believe
that Mr. W Paley Baildon has the offer of looking at the deeds at
Rufford, and if he succeeds in finding anything important that he will
bring it forward at a future date] which have never been properly
examined. We therefore propose in this paper to begin with Sir John de
Savile who married Margery de Rishworth as follows.

THE PEDIGREE OF SAVILE OF THORNHILL.

I. SIR JOHN DE SAVILE, Knt., of Golcar and of Rishworth, by his
marriage; mar. Margery, daughter and coheir of Henry de Rishworth, of
Rishworth2 [FN2: All the authorities agree about this match, but it is
a pity we have no dates. This marriage took place certainly before 1306
and probably in 1300. The other coheirs were Ellen, wife of Thos. de
Lang-field, and Isabel, wife of John de Insula. The general account is
that his son married Isabel de Eland, but Mr. Baildon is confident
there must have been a generation between. The Rishworth property has
always been held by the family, and the moors there still afford much
sport of grouse to the present lord] probably dead in 1337. They had
issue -

II. SIR JOHN DE SAVILE ; did homage 1337; dead 1353 ; mar.
Margerie. They had issue-

III. SIR JOHN SAVILE, Knt., of Golcar. and of Elland and Tankersley,
by his marriage; was High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1380-83-88; Knight of
the Shire 1375-82-84-89.

He founded a chantry at Elland church by licence, 10 Julv, 1396, to
pray for John, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, Sir John Sayvill
and Isabella his wife and their children, Henry, late Earl of
Lancaster, John Sayvill and Margaret his wife, the parents of the said
Sir John, Thomas de Eland and Joan his wife, parents of the said
Isabella (Chantry Surveys, Surtees Soc., ii, 298J.1 [FN1: In the same
Chantry Surveys, p. 292, Sir John Savile is said to have founded a
chantry at Thornhill with rents of lands "in Brigehowse by will xmo
Decembris Edward iiij, xxmo] Inq. ad quod damnum, file 436, no. 36.

Will.-2 [FN2: Mr. E. W. Crossley found this long Latin will at York,
and copied it in Halifax Wills, ii, 216, but nothing further relating
to the savile family is in his extract] No date, proved 23 September
1399 (BIHR, Reg. Scope, f 157); he desires to be buried at Elland; he
gives many legacies to sundry people, to his tenants at Golcar and
Tankersley, and only mentions John Savile of Shelley, who was executor
and proved his will.

There seems no Inquisition. Mar. Isabel, daughter of Thomas de Eland,
Esq., of Elland and Tankersley, before 1353, which manors she brought.

1399. Nov. 17, in the chapel within the manor of Newstead, near the
Priory of St. Oswald's of Nostell, William, Bishop of Pharos, the
suffragan of the archbishop, received the vow of chastity of Isabella,
widow of Sir John Saville, knt., and gave her the ring and mantle
(Reg. Scrope, 21 a).
They had issue-
Sir John Savile, of Elland, Knt., High Sheriff 1402; mar. Isabel,
daughter of Sir Robert Radclyffe, of Radclyffe Tower (Whitaker's
Whalley). They had issue-

Sir John Savile, Knt., died s.p.; mar. Isabel, daughter of Sir
William Fitzwilliam.

Isabel, mar. Thomas Darcy, second son of Philip, Lord Darcy.

HENRY (IV).

IV. HENRY SAVILE, ESQ., of Elland and of Thomhill, by his marriage;
died 1412 (Hunter); mar. Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Simon, son
and heir of Sir Brian Thomhill, Knt., of Thomhill. They had issue-

Sir THOMAS (V).
Henry, mar. Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Copley, Esq., of Copley (A quo
the Saviles of Copley, Hullinedge, Newhall, Methley, etc.)

V. SIR THOMAS SAVILE, Knt., of Thornhill, and heir to his cousin,
Isabel Darcy, to Elland and Tankersley, etc.; M.P. Yorkshire 1439.

Will.-In the feast of St. Edmund, Archbp. of Canterbury, after the
feast of St. Martin in Winter, 1449, I, Thomas Savyll, knight, sound of
mind, make my testament. First I bequeath my soul to God, the Blessed
Mary, and St. Michael and all Saints, and my body to be buried in the
parish church of Thornhill near the grave of Margaret my wife. I
bequeath for my mortuary my best horse with the better trappings; to
the church of Thornhill one suit of vestments, viz. for priest, deacon
and subdeacon, of yellow cloth, with a cap; to the fabric and repair of
the bridge of Horbery xls.; to each order of Friars, viz. to the Friars
of Pontefract xiiis. viiid., and to the Friars of Tikhill vis. viiid.,
and to the Carmelites of Doncaster vis. viiid.; and to the Friars
Minors of Doncaster vis. viiid.; to the house of St. Robert of
Knaresburgh with my land iiis. iiiid. I bequeath to buy a table for the
high altar xls., to the light before the crucifix xls., for my funeral
and burial and to make a tomb over me and my wife iiii marcs, for a
chaplain to celebrate for me, my wife and ancestors in the church of
Thornhill1 [FN1: Dodsworth says there was the following inscription:
" Orate pro anima Thome Sayvill, militis, qui hanc capellam fieri fecit
..... anno Domini 1447."] on the altar of St. Mary near my tomb for vi
years after my decease xxiiiid.; to the Recluse at Beston iiis. iiiid.
The residue I bequeath to my son and heir John, knight, whom I
constitute my executor. Proved by John Netiltown and Richard Whitley,
16th December, A.D., abovesaid, at York (Reg. Test., ii, 204).

Mar. Margaret, daughter of Sir John Pilkington, Knt., of Bradley; bur.
at Thornhill. They had issue-
Sir JOHN (VI).
Margaret, (?) mar. Sir John Hopton, of Swillington.
Alice, (?) mar. Conan Aske.
Elizabeth, (?) mar. Sir John Harrington.

VI. SIR JOHN SAVILE, Knt., of Thornhill, Elland, etc.; High Sheriff
of Yorkshire 1455 and 1461; M.P. Yorkshire 1450, 1467. Mr. Hunter says
" he was chief steward of the manor of Wakefield, connected with which
office was the custody of the castle of Sandal. The castle thus became
his occasional residence, where he died on the morrow of the feast of
St. Basil, 1482. He was carried through Wakefield and sumptuously
buried at Thornhill'

Will.-Nov. 23, 1481. Johannes Savile, miles. Corpus meum
loco sepulturse patris in eccl. St. Mich. de Thornhill. Margaretae
Savile, filiae mese, xlli. Lego ad distribuendum inter servientes
meos secundum eorum merita et servitia, xli. Johanni Savile pro le
heirelomes, j lectum pendentem cum pertin., j librum vocatum Missale,
cum calice et vesti-mento, cum pannis ornament is altari pertinentibus,
j cra-terem argenti stantem et coopertum, j craterem stantem et
deauratum cum quibusdam signis argenti, j mappam cum tuello, j
salsarium argenti et coopertum, j par de awndeirenes, cum tabulis et
formis, tristellis, ct cathedris, ij ollas aenneas, j stantem in le
fournes, aliam sine fournes, j pate 11am, j pelvim cum lavacro de
masselyn, ij veruta ferrea, vj cocliaria argenti, ij plumba, et iij le
worteledes, j maskefat, j gilefat, j stepefat cum carteris vasis
ligneis pandoxatorio pertinentibus, j cili-cium j plaustrum j aratrum
cum cultura et vomere, ij herpicas. Item Willelmo Savile, filio meo, xx
marcas. Thomas Savile, filio meo, xx marcas. Henrico Savile,
filio meo, xls. Ricardo Savile, filio meo, xls. Nicholao Savile,
filio meo, xls.

(As to estates, in English.) Wife Alice, if she survives me, to have
for her life the manor called Bothamhall and all those lands, etc., in
Risshworth and Goulkery which Thos. Savile, knt., my father, by his
deed gave to me and Alice my wife at our marriage. Wife to have also
for life the capital messuage of Coldeby with the lands thereto
belonging in the Isle of Axholmc, and lands in Estrington and in
Thurleston in the parish of Penyston, which the said Thos. Savile,
knt., by his deed gave to us after our marriage. Wife to have also
for life the manor of Thornhill and lands in Ovenden, Waddesworth and
Skircoittes, which Wm. Gascoigne, knt., and others granted
to me and Alice my wife by deed dated 1 July, 28 Hen. VI. My
feoffees to grant by deed, with power of distress on non-payment, to my
son Henry an annual rent of £4 out of the manor of Hundesworth for his
life. And like annuities to my sons Richard and Nicholas. And to
my son, William Savile, a moiety of the manor of Hundesworth in tail
male, with remainder to his brother Thomas, And to my son, Thomas
Savile, the other moiety of the said manor in tail male, with remainder
to his brother Wm. And after the death of the said Henry, Nicholas,
and Richard, the said William and Thomas Savile to have the said manor
free from the said annuities. After wife's death my feoffees to
convey all my lands, etc., to my right heirs according to my deed.
Residue of my goods to wife Alice and son William, extrix. and exor.
Witnesses, John Cooke, vicar of Sandall, John Porter, rector of High
Holand, and Robt. Chaloner, literate.
Proved June 21, 1482, by widow, power reserved for son William, the
other exor. (Reg.Test.,v, 66; Halifax Wills.i, p.21).

Mar. Alice, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne, Knt., of Gawthorp,
extrix. of her husband's will. On July 3, William, Bishop of Dromore,
was commissioned to veil Alice, widow of Sir John Savile (Reg.
Rotherham, 236). On Jan. 14, 1493-4, Sir John Waterton, Knt.,
administered the effects of Lady Savile (Ibid., 3616). They had
issue-

JOHN (VII).
Henry, in his father's will.
William, exor. of his father, of Grays Inn, enlarged the choir of
Thornhill church.1 [FN1: There was in Dodsworth's time in the east
window of the choir the following inscription: Pray for the gude
prosperity, mercy and grace of William Say-vile, one of the Company of
Grayse In, and for the Sowles of Sir John Sayvile and Dame Alice his
wief, fadyr and modyr to the said William, and also for the gude
prosperity, mercy and grace to Sir John Sayvile and Dame (Alice) his
wief. The which William Sayvile en-lardged this quyer att his cost, att
the oversight of the said Sir John, his nephew, wherwith pray we all
that God be pleased, the which werke was finished the yere our Lord
1493.] Richard, in his father's will. Nicholas, in his father's will.
Thomas, of Lupset (see Savile of Lupset, p. 15). Elizabeth, mar. 1st,
Sir Robert Waterton, of Walton;
2ly, Thomas Savile, of Hullinedge. Adm. Jan. 14, 1493-4, to John
Waterton, Knt. (BIHR, Reg Rotherham, i, 61).

Isabel, mar. Oliver Mirfield.
Anne, mar. ist, John Butler, of Lancashire (Tonge); 2ly, Ralph Snaith2
[FN2: There is a long will of Ralph Snaith, ii March, 1472, proved
York, 23 March, 1472-3 (Test. Ebor., iii, 203), mentioning his wii'e's
brother, Win. Savile, and sister, Waterton.] 3d, Sir Roger Hopton.3
[FN3: ? of Arkworth. Sec engraving of a memorial slab in the church
there to him and his wife Anne (Banks, Wakefield Walks)] . Margaret,
had xl/i. in her father's will.

VII. JOHN SAVILE, died vi. pa.; mar. Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas
Harrington, of Brierley, Knt., and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas,
Lord Dacre (Hunter's South Yorkshire, ii, 402). They had issue-

Sir JOHN (VIII).
Alice, wife of Sir William Calverley, of Calverley; will, 10 Sept., 14
Henry VIII (1522), proved Sept. 25, (?) 1522; to be buried in
Calverley church near her husband (Reg. Test., ix, 235; Thoresby
Soc., ix, 174).

VIII.'SiR JOHN SAVILE, Knt., of Thornhill; High Sheriff of Yorkshire
I Henry VII (1486), the year of the battle of Bosworth. He
probably died on Palm Sunday, 20 Hen. VII (1504)

Will1 [FN1: Mr. E. W. Crossley found this will in the State Papers,
which does not appear to have before seen the light.] -The last day
of March A.D. (1503), 18 Henry VII, I Sir John Sayvell, Knight. Soul to
God, body to be buried in church of Thornhill, debts to be paid.
Whereas by indenture between William Calverley, the elder, now deceased
and me, of the marriage of Sir William Calverley, the elder, his son
and Alice my sister, it is lawful for me, if my sister inherit my
lands, to do with lands of the yearly value of 100li what my will is,
or shall be; also if I die without issue the same William immediatly
after my decease shall pay 100li. yearly to my executors, till 800
marks be fully paid; I will that if he and my sister and their heirs
peaceably suffer my executors to occupy and minister according to this
my last will, the same sum of 800 marks be not asked of the said
William (his) heirs or executors. Immediately after my decease my
feoffees, viz. Thomas, earl of Surrey, Sir Raynold Bray, George
Tailbois, Sir Thomas Wortley, Knts., William Fayrfax, John Cut, Richard
Chumley, John Chaloner, and Robert Fryston, shall make a lease of all
such lands and advowsons and chantries, to take such profits of, to my
son Henry or to such as there happen to be next heir, if he or they be
at the age of twenty years, he or they finding sufficient surety to my
executors to pay them yearly 100/2. during ten years next after my
decease at Whitson and Martinmas equally, Provided that the said lease
be not prejudicial to my wife in such lands as her jointure or to any
other grant by me made in this my last will; and if he or they to whom
the said lease be made, be under twenty, or refuse to find the said
surety, then I will that my executors take the profits of all my lands*
which should . . . the said lease, till such time as the sum of
1,000li. be received; if my said heir or heirs being at the age of 20
trouble my executors, I will that my feoffees sell the lordship of
Thornhill with the advowson and lands to the yearly value of 100li. to
the King of England for the time being after the price of xiiiith yere
purchase to be paid in iiii yerez day; and if his higness refuse to buy
it, then my executors to sell it at their pleasure and ther with
perform this my last will. Provided if my son Henry or other issue of
my body, be within the age of twenty years at the time of my decease,
then my feoffees shall suffer my executors to take the whole profits of
my lands during the nonage of my said heir, my wife's jointure
excepted, and if the said profits shall content the King's grace 1,000
marks, so that his highness suffer my lady his mother, the said earl of
Surrey, Sir Henry Vernon, Master Robert Frost, Chancellor to the prince
and Sir Thomas Pek, parson of Thornhill, or such of them as shall be
then living, to have the ward, marriage and governance of my said son
and heir; if it be a daughter or daughters, his Grace to have 1,000li;
either sum to be paid in (three) years after my decease; and if his
Grace refuse the said sum or sums then I will that his Grace have the
governance of my said heir or heirs and 20li. a year for finding
thereof or they come to the age of twenty years, to be paid yearly by
my executors; executors to suffer wife to have all her apparel and all
such goods as was her father's, and over that of my goods to the value
of 100 marks in such stuff as she think convenient, to be delivered
and appraised by Master Robert Frost, chancellor to the prince, if
living, and if not by Sir Thomas Pek, parson of Thornhill; my house
to be kept as it is at my costs twenty weeks after my decease; if son
under age at my death live to age of twenty, executors to account to
him, and my debts paid and will performed, the residue over costs and
charges to be to the (use of such) son; on coming to his age of sixteen
son to have 100li yearly for his finding, if the King suffer him to be
married by such as I have assigned before, and that he be in such place
as life may go to school till he be fourteen years old and it at the
discretion of them that have the ordering of him as is aforesaid, and
if it be a daughter or daughters it to be disposed by my executors and
if or they (to have) nothing at the age of twenty years but my lands
and the 20li to their finding as is aforesaid, the 1000li. aforesaid
received, anything behind to be received after she or they be twenty
after the some of 100li. a year, as above. At Michaelmas after my
decease my executors shall meet at the abbey of St. Oswald's and the
prior for the time being, calling to him John Chaloner, William Eleson
and William Amyas, is to take account of my executors, and yearly at
Michaelmas, or within twenty days, the said prior to have 40s. at the
finishing of the account and 5li. for the costs of the audit, if he
will be content and the audit to be at my charges; provided always
that every of my executors exceed not the number of eight hcrses and
the auditor four horses; and I will that the said John Chaloner,
William Eleson, and William Amyas to have 40s. for their reward at
every audit when they have made and engrossed their books, and such as
minister of my executors to have 10 marks yearly during their
(ministering) over their reasonable costs; if they all die within ten
years such other persons to act as shall be assigned by the said earl
of Surrey and Sir Reynald Bray, or if they die the said prior for the
time being to put in such as he shall think meet. If any of my
executors fail in coming to the audit, if he send his accounts he is to
be rebated 5 marks of his reward, if he neither come nor send his
account, the said prior is forthwith to sue him by the church law and
compel him thereto, the said prior so doing to receive 5 marks over the
said costs; and if the said John Chaloner, William Elleson, and
William Amyas or any of them fail in coming to the audit, they shall
lose their reward for that year, if they die the prior shall put in
other as aforesaid. At the three years' (end) (the executors) to
bring or send the accounts then finished to the said carl, Sir Raynald
Bray and Marmaduke, now Abbot of Fountains, and John Cutt to
comp(t)rolle the said accounts, whether it agree with my will and
thereupon to subscribe it with their hands, the earl and Sir Reynald
receiving 100s. each and the abbot and John Cutt 46s. 8d., etc. At
the ten years' end the accounts to be engrossed and sent to the
archbishop of York under the seals of the earl and the others and of
the said prior of St. Oswald's and the archbishop to make acquittance
to the executors. Anything doubtful in the will to be construed by
Master Robert Frost, one of my executors or the said Sir Thomas Pek.
Servants to have a year's wages, etc. Executors, Sir Harry Vernon,
Knight, Master Robert Frost, chancellor to my lord prince, and Sir
Thomas Pek, parson of Thorn-hill. Witnesses, Robert Fryston, William
Levet, and Richard Breres.

The said John Sayvell, Knight, died on Palm Sunday, 20 Henry VII. Henry
Sayvell is his son and heir and was aged at the time of his father's
death six years and more.

Cal. of State Papers. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII, vol. ii, p. 511, No. 803.

There is an Inquisition, very dilapidated. Mar. 1st, Alice, daughter of
William Vernon, Esq., died s.p. ;_mar. 2ly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
William Paston, Knit., by Jane daughter and coheiress of Edmund
Beaufort, Duke of Somefset who was slain at the battle of St Albans,
1455, and cousin german to the Countess of Richmond, mother of King
Henry VII. Mr. Hunter calls this the most splendid marriage of any of
the earlier Saviles, as the son was thus a partaker of the royal
blood.1 [FN1: Mr. Hunter says she remarried ist Sir Richard Hasting,
2ly Sir Edward Poynings, sd Robert Gargrave. If so, she kept the
Savile name.]

Her will, 1 July, 33 Hen. VIII (1542). Called Elizabeth Savile of
Tankersley, widow. To be buried in the Lady quire in Thornhill church.
To Edward and Dorithie, children of my son Henry Savile, each a spoon.
To my daughter, Lady Anne Thwaites, my daughter, Lady Elizabeth
Conyers, each a goblet. To Margaret Wortley a goblet. To Christopher
Conyers, son of Sir Christopher Conyers, knt., 2 silver salts. To
William and Isabell Thwaites, children of the aforesaid Anne, to
Michaell and Frances Sotehill, children of the aforesaid Elizabeth
Conyers, each a spoon. To Elizabeth Lacie, wife of Richard Lacie, a
spoon and a pair of beads. To Katherine Thwaites, daughter of Lady
Anne, a pair of coral beads. To Richard Lacie and Henrie Thwaites, sons
of the Lady Anne, each a spoon. All other goods to Isabell Thwaites and
Frances Sotehill equally. The Lord Talbote, Earl of Shrewsbury, and
Henry Savile, knt., supervisors. Proved 12 Jan., 1541-2, by Lady
Elizabeth Conyers, Lady Anne Thwaites, the other executrix, renouncing
(Reg. Test., xi, 591).

They had issue-

Sir HENRY (IX).
Anne, mar. Sir Henry Thwaites, of Lund.
Elizabeth, mar. 1st, 18 July, 2 Hen. VIII (1519), Sir Thomas Conyers,
of Sockburn, Knt., who died June, 1520; mar. 2ly, Thomas Sothill, Esq.,
of Sothill.
Margaret, mar. 1st, Thomas Wortley, of Wortley, Esq., cov. 7 June, 13
Hen. VIII; mar. 2ly, Richard Corbet, Esq., of Wortley, whose will is
dated 5 Oct., 1564, proved London, 20 Aug., 1566 (Crymes, 22; North
Country Wills, Surtees Soc., cxxi, 42)."

[David Hepworth]

THE SAVILE FAMILY PART 2

"IX. SIR HENRY SAVILE, Knt., of Thornhill, etc., and of Sothill, ju.
ux.; High Sheriff of Yorkshire I537-41; a verv important man in the
reign of Henry VIII, to whom he steadfastly adhered at the time of the
Pilgrimage of Grace -a great supporter of Robert Holdsworth, Vicar of
Halifax, and an enemy of Sir Richard Tempest, Knt., of Bolling.1 [FN1:
He had an illegitimate son whom he entail as much as was possible of
his allowed to bear the name of Savile, whose mother was Margaret
Barkston one of the waiting maids of Lady Savile. estate, that he might
establish a family, in this son was centred the talent of the family,
and . it was a great object to release out entail as much as possible
of his estate, that he might establisha family in posterity of this son
called Robert (Hunter's Lupset) See the Savilles of Howley. the
posterity of called Robert In this son (Hunter's Lupset). See the
Saviles arid Howley]. He died 25 April, 1558 (Dewsbury Reg.), but
probably bur. Thornhill.

Will.-Feb. 15, 1555. Henrye Savyle, of Thornehill, knyghte. I wyll
that my bodye be buryed at Thornehill if I die wythein the countij of
Yorke, the same buryall and funralles expenses there of to be done by
the dystression of my executrix. I wyll that Dorythe Savyle, my
dowghter, shall have all my manors, landes, tenementes and heridamentes
in the countie of Yorke or ells where wythein the rcalme of Englande,
and shall tayke all the yssues of all the manors, &c., unto the end of
fyve yeres next, and that she shall pay all my lawfull debtes and
performe all my gyftes, &c., in my will. Also I gyve to Elizabethe my
wyffe all my corne in Dewsburye and Emlay peryshes, also all mauer of
my goodes there, my playtt onelye except, which playtte wythe all my
goodes wythein the peryshes of Thornhill and Tankersley I gyve to
Edwarde Savyle, my sonne, my corne at Thornhill bothe grovynge and in
the lay the excepted. Also I gyve to John Byrkes all money as he no we
owe the me, except suche money as he owethe me for corne. An,d I wyll
that my sayde exectrixe shall appoynt Henrye Bayt to keipe the courtes
wythein all my lorde shippes and manors, and yf he dye, wyche God
defende, then Henrye Gryce to enyoye the same offyce. I gyve unto the
sayde Henrye Batte one yerelye annuyte of fortye shil-linges to be
payde to hime durynge his lyfe. I gyve Henrye Gryce one yerelye annuyte
of fortye shillinges. I gyve unto Henrye Payge all somes of money as he
dyd owe me at the fourte clay of Aprill last past. I wyll that my
executrix shall pay unto George Savyle one hundrethe markes in fyve
yeres. I gyve the profyttes of all the landes belongynge to yonge
Claton to my cosyn Thomas Savyll of Kyrkbye, he honestlie kepingc the
sayde Rycherde in lerneynge. I gyve to the sayde Rycherde his maryage
so that he do not marye but by the consent of John Birkes, John Claton
of Dewly (? Denby) grannge, and Robert Wheatley, or two of them. Also I
dyscharge all wardes dew to me at this day of there mayages I wyll that
all my landes whiche I have com-mytted in maryage in the indentors of
Henry Savyll of Lupsett, my wyll fulfylled, yf anye thinge chance to
Edwarde Savyll, my son, wythe oute yssew mayle to remayne treulye
accordyngc to the same commyttes, and also all landes as I have
couynanted in maryage in the indentors of couynantes of Robert Savill
shall remayne to the true intent of the same couinanttes. Also I gyve
unto my dowgter Dorythe my leasses of Waythe and Bolton frome the terme
of Ester next to the end of thos yercs that I nowe have in the same so
that she suffer my son Thomas Wcntworthe and his uncle Thomas
Wentworthe durynge the same terme to haue that that they do occupye at
this present day paynges lyke rentes for the same as they do to me. And
I wyll my dettes and bequestes be truly payd wythe reasonable charges
for execution of my wyll. And all the rest of the revynes to be re say
ved durynge the sayde fyve yeres I gyve to Dorythe Savyle, my dowgter,
for the avauncement of hir maryage. Also I gyve Geffray Barmeby and
Fraunces his Wyffe all my leas and terme I haue of the Lady Brandon
durynge there lyves, and yf they dye durynge the sayd yeares I gyve the
rest of the sayde terme to the heyres malle of there two bodyes lawf
ull ye begotten. I do mayke the abouesayde Dorythe, my dowghter, my
hole executrix. Thes beynge wytnes, Alverye Coppelay, esquyer, Thomas
Cockson, preist, Henrye Batte. I mayke the supervisors of my wyll Sir
Thomas Gargrave, Sir John Nevyle, and Sir Wyllm Caluerlay, knyghtes,
and every one of them to have twentye nobylls for there paynes. No
probate annexed (Reg. Test., xv, ii, 387).

Inq. p. m.-25 Aug., 5 and 6 Phil, and Mary (1558). This Inquisition
is very imperfect, but a little information can be extracted. It was
taken at Pontefract before Thos. Gargrave, ..... Nevile, Knt., Francys
Frobisher, Wm. Hawmond. The Jury say he was seised with his wife
Elizabeth in her right in the manors of Soythyll, Rowtonstall, Laxton,
Hadle-say, Daryngton and Emley, and of 10 watermills, i windmill, .....
acres of pasture, 80 of wood, 4,000 of heath and furze, £20 rent in
the above and in Chydsell, Myrfeld, Stansfeld, Dewsbury and Ovenden,
and the advowson of the parish church of Emley, with remainder to
Edward Sayvell, their son and heir, and in default of his issue to
Elizabeth and her heirs.

Sir Henry before his death, in consideration of a marriage between
Henry Sayvell of Lupset, Esq., his kinsman, and Margaret Fuller, one of
the daughters and heiresses of Thos. Fuller, late of Islington, Esq.,
granted an estate in Hunsworth to the said Henry, Knt., and heirs, and
in default of issue to the same Henry Sayvell, Esq., and heirs, in
default to Robert Sayvell and heirs, remainder to Sir Henry Sayvell. By
the same deed he would make sufficient estate. In consideration of a
marriage between Robert Sayvell and Anne Thymbleby, widow, he granted
to Humfrey Browne, Knt., and Francis Ascough, Knt., he would have an
estate made in the manors of Elland, etc., to the use of Sir Henry,
Knt., remainders to Robert Sayvell, the heirs of Thomas Sayvell, late
of Lupsett. In consideration of a marriage between Edward Sayvell, his
son and heir, and Mary, one of the daughters and heiresses of Richard
Leigh, Knt., he granted to said Edward and M£ry and their heirs the
manors of Tankersley and Southourome, the park of Southourome called
Eland Park, and ..... of Myrfeld, Thurleston, and Estryngton, with all
his lands in the said places by deed 3 Feb., 2 and 3 Phil, and Mary
(1555-6), by virtue whereof they are still possessed.

He died 23 April last. These manors are held of the King and Queen as
of their lordship of Wakefield, now parcel of the Duchy of
Lancaster-Wadsworth and Stansfeld by rent of 2s. yearly, worth £30.
Ovenden by rent 5s., worth £26 10s. Skircote and Halifax, rent 2s.
worth £13 6s. Sd. Shelf by rent 2s., worth £8.
Ryshcworth, Shakelton, Heptonstall and Northland, Northowrome,
Hunshelfe by rent 2s., worth £22. Brygehouse in free socage by
fealty only, worth 8s. beyond a rent of £5 6s. 8d. (to the chantry
priest of Thornhill). The manors of Eland, Southowram and Gretland,
and messuages there, are held of the King and Queen of their honor of
Pontefract, parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster, for the third part of a
knight's fee and rent of 6s., worth £56. The manor of Myrfeld for
20th part of a knight's fee, worth £5. The manor of Thornhill by 4th
part of a knight's fee and rent of 16s. 8d., worth £80. The manors
of Gylcerr and Bothomley, worth..... Haddlesey, worth £3. Darton
manor, worth £13. Thurleston, worth £4. The manor of Wyke held
of the King and Queen of their manor of Bradford, parcel of the Duchy
of Lancaster, and that an annual rent of £5 6s. 8d. was paid yearly,
having been granted by the ancestors of said Henry to a chantry priest
in Elland church, worth £5 6s. 8d. The manor of Estrington
is held of the Bp. of Durham, worth £29. Huns-worth is held of
Henry and Ellen Tempest of their manor of Tonge, worth £80. Laxton
held of the Bp. of Durham, worth (?) £33. Hanging Heaton, Chydsell
of the manor of Wakefield, worth £5- Stainland, Barkisland, and Over
Lyndley, worth £61.[FN1: Mr. Whitaker has printed a list of the
estates in Loidis and Elmete, p. 312, not quite corresponding with the
above. He makes the total £489 145., consisting of 300 messuages, 300
tofts, 10 water mills, and 22,080 acres, not including the extensive
wastes and commons perhaps amounting to as much more.]

Mar. Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Sothill, of Soothill;
remar. Thomas Gascoigne, of Barnbow, Esq. They had issue-
Edward Savile,2 [FN2: He lived in obscurity, and it is said he was
under the influence of the Earl of Shrewsbury. A settlement of the
estates was made 28 Sept., 1559, which transferred them at Edward's
death to the Lupset Saviles] of weak intellect, aged 20 years 20 weeks
and 12 days at his father's death; bapt. Dewsbury, 16 Feb., 1538-9;
bur. 16 Feb., 1603-4, Thornhill; mar. ist, Mary, daughter and heiress
of Sir Richard Leigh, Knt., of St. Albans, before his father's death in
1555; she was divorced; mar. 2ly, Elizabeth, daughter of Geoffrey
Barnby (Whitaker).

Dorothy,1 [FN1: The daughter is almost the only lady of the great
Yorkshire houses of the sixteenth century who has been handed down as
having sullied the honour of her family (Hunter's Lupset). She is said
to have had seven illegitimate children.] mar. John Kaye, of Okenshaw;
executrix of her father's will, but she renounced that post.

Jul. 28, 1558. Dorothy Savile, the sole executrix in the will of Sir
Henry Savile of Suttihall, par. of Dewisburye, Knight, her father,
appeared in person in the Exchequer of York before the commissary, and
exhibited the will of the deceased written on paper, and then publicly
refused to take upon herself all execution of the will, and afterwards
Lady Elizabeth Savile, relict of Sir Henry, appeared personally and
sought administration of the goods of her husband, and the lord
committed it to the said Elizabeth, and a bond is entered sealed by the
said Lady Elizabeth Savile, Henry Grice, and Henry Batt, etc.
(ActBook).

John, died young.

THE LUPSET (after of Thornhill) SECOND BRANCH.

I. THOMAS SAVILE, of Lupset, younger son of Sir John Savile, Knt., of
Thomhill (VI), and Alice, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne, of
Gawthorpe, Knt.; valet of the Crown.
Will.-Dec. 17, 1505. Thomas Sayvill of Lopished, Esq. I bequeath my
body to be buried in the parish church of Wake-field in the Quire of
St. Katherine. Also to the Curate of the same church for tithes
forgotten iijs. iiijd. I will that Margaret my wife have for her own
use for life the hall of Lopished and a close called Bachrode;
remainder after her decease to John and Ralph my sons, to be equally
divided. I will that Johanna and Alice my daughters have that messuage
in the " graifship of Allerthorp " with the croft and all its
appurtenances. I will that George, James, Robert, Thomas, and Percival,
my sons, have that messuage built in Thornes and another messuage built
in Dewisbery with appurtenances, and the said messuages to"remain to
the survivor of them. To Elizabeth my daughter one heifer. The residue
I give to Margaret my wife and to Alice my daughter, making them my
executrices. Witnesses, Leonard Reidknap, Robert Bedforth, and Eliz.
Boiling. Proved 20 February, 1505-6, by the executrices (Reg. Test.,
vi, 224).
Mar. Margaret, daughter and heiress of Thomas Bas-worth, licence 21
Aug., 1482, in Wakefield church (Reg. Rotherham; Test. Ebor., iii,
346). They had issue-
JOHN (II).
George, of Grantham (see Savile of Grantham, p. 36).
James.
Ralph.
Robert.
Thomas, of Wakefield (see Savile of Wakefielcl, p. 38).
Peicival.
Johanna.
Alice.
I Elizabeth.

II. JOHN SAVILE, Esq., of Lupset. '
Died 16 Jan., 21 Hen. VIII, according to the Inquisition 30 June, 25
Hen. VIII (1533), taken at Wakefield before Sir Brian Hastings and
Anthony Awkwood, Esq. He was seised in his demesne of 4 acres of land
called Gylbert's Rodde in Lupsett in the township of Stanley, also in
one messuage and three acres of land in Stanley called Lupsett. The 4
acres are held of the King in socage as of his manor of Wakefield by
fealty and a rent of 4d. yearly, and are worth yearly 2s. The said
messuage and 3 acres in Lupsett are of like tenure, rent 71/2 d.
yearly, and are worth yearly 2s. 8d. The said John was seised in his
demesne as of fee tail, viz. to himself and the heirs male of his body,
reversion to Henry Savile, Knt., for ever of one messuage, 100 acres of
land, 60 of meadow, 100 of pasture, 20 of wood, in Hunsworth, Byrley,
and Clakheton, and of one water mill in Clakheton, and so seised he
died. The premises in Hunsworth are held of the said Henry Sayvyll by
reason of the said reversion by what tenure the jury know not, and are
worth yearly 10li. clear. The said John died 16 Jan., 21 Hen. VIII,
Henry Sayvyll, son and next heir, was then aged 12 years and more.
Mar. Anne, daughter and heiress of William Wyatt; re mar.
Leonard Bate. They had issue- HENRY (III).

III. (HENRY SAVILE, Esq., of Lupset and Barrowby, ju. ux.
Surveyor of the Crown for the Northern Provinces, commonly called "The
Surveyor"; M.P. Yorkshire 1558;
High Sheriff 1567; one of the Council of the North; Will 5 Jan.,
1568-9, proved 16 May, 1569 (Reg. Test., xviii, ii York, and
Sheffield 2, P.C.C.); Inq. p. m. 7 Sept.,12 Eliz. (1570).

Will.- 1st Jan., 1568. Henry Savile of Lupsett, Esquier. My body to
be buried in the parishe churche, where it shall please God to call me,
onlesse it be in the Countie of Yorke or Lincolne, then I will that my
body be buried in the parishe churche of Thornehill or Baroughby by my
ancestores at Thornehill, or at Barowghby where Johan, my late wief,
lieth, decentlie and coiiielie as to my executor slialbe thought most
mete. I will that my house at Wakefelde bridge and called the Chauntry
house, of the yerelie value of xxvjs. viijd., and the messuage over
against the same wherein John Roo dwellith, of the yerely value of
xxiiijs., and my cotages lieng nere and those closes nere to Hernes (?)
feilde in the parishe of Wakefelde, of the yerelye rent of .....
belonging to my Chauntery, and all that messuage in Wakefelde, of the
yerlie value of xxs., which latelie belonged to the late Chauntery of
our Lady in Wakefelde, and all my houses belonging to my late Chauntery
to Sir William Cordell, knight, Mr. of the Rolles, Leonard Bate,
gentleman, William Savile of Humby, Esquier, Henry Bate, gentleman, and
William Savile, gentleman, my servaunt, and to their heires, upon
condicon that they with the said landes make an hospitall at the bridge
ende at Wakefelde, in suche order as the said Mr. of the Rolles shall
devise, in the names of me and Dorothie my wife, the said Leonard Bate
and Anne his wife, being my naturall mother, who I trust will augment
the same according to their promyse unto me for six pore people
contynuallie for ever to pray for all Christian people, the which
hospitall I will shall be erected within thre yeres after my death,
which I do most hartelie require my wife and Mr. Bate and my mother to
consent unto, and to suffer the promttes of the premisses to be
bestowed there on as my full trust is they will do. I give to Sir
William Cordell, Leonard Bate, William Savile, Henry Bate, and William
Savile for the building of the hospitall, and to make convenient romes
for every of the six pore folkes with gardeyns, as shalbe convenient,
Sortie poundes, and do chardge George Savile, my sonne and heire, upon
my blessing to agree to the same foundacon, and to make assueraunce of
the premisses asmuche as in hym is, and to augment the same to his
power for his duetie to Almyghtie God, and to be thankefull to hym for
the greate benefites that he hath received at his handes. To Dorothie,
my wife, the occupacon and profnttes of my parsonages of Wakefelde and
Dewisburie, whiche I have for terme of yeres, according to the
covernauntes at our mariage, she paieng the yerlie rent, and after her
decease I gyve my lease to George my sonne upon condicon that he shall
suffer Dorothie, my wife, to have during her life all the mannors and
landes in the parishe of Barowghby, late the enheritament of William
Vernon, Esquier, and the Lady Bozome, his wife, which I now holde as
tenaunte, she paieng to hym as shall hereafter be appointed by this my
will, and if my sonne George do not suffer my wife to enioye the
Mannors in the said parishe during her life, then I will that after the
death of my wife my sonne, ffraunces Savile, shall have the lease of
the parsonages. I give the manor of Crumwell, in the Countie of
Nottingham, which I latelie purchased of my cosen Dorothie Savile, to
my wife during her life, and after her decease to Cordell Savile, my
thirde sonne, and the heires of his body upon this condicon hereafter
expressed, and for defaulte of yssue to my right heires. I bequeath the
occupacon of the parsonage of Crumwell unto my wife, and after her
decease to Cordell Savile. To George Savile, my sonne, my lease of my
farme at Whissendine in the Countie of Rutland, which I have of the
grannie of Thomas Cony of Bassingethorpe, Esquier, my stocke of c shepe
and two mares in Castrooppe feilde, in the parishe of Barowghbie, and
the tythes of Newboo, he paieng yerelie to my wife for the shepe gates
xls., and for the tyth iiijs. iiijd. I will that within a convenient
tyme all my cattell, corne, horses, mares, cowltes, and shepe being
upon the demesnes of Barowghby, Whissondyne, Wyvell, Hough ton, and
Lynly, in the Counties of Lincoln and Nottingham, and Hatfield gate and
Hooke in the Countie of Yorke, and Epworthe and Crowle (excepte suche
legaces bequeathed out of the same), shalbe solde towardes the payment
of my funeralles, debtes, and legaces. I gyve all my housholde and
ymplementes of husbandry at Barowghbie unto my wife, and I will that
she enioye to her use during her life all the said mannors in
Barrowgbiie, paieng my sonne George foertie pouudes yerelie, and
the parsonage of Baroughbie and landes, and after the death of my wife
my sonne George shall have all the parsonage and said landes and my
interest of the patent and office which my Lorde Admyrall, the Lorde
Clynton, and I have graunted to us by the Quenes Matie of thoffice of
Hat-feilde and Thorne Meare, and all my householde stuffe, &c., at
Hatfeilde, my leases of the Mannor house of Epworth, and landes of the
manor of Wrotte, upon this condicon, that he suffer my wife to have
during her life the said mannor, and if he refuse, then I gyve them to
my sonne, Cordell Savile. To my wife all my housholde stuffe,
cattell, horses, corne (excepte my plate), at Thornhill and New Parke
and at Crumwell, in full satisfaction of her porcon. I will that all
my plate shall be equallie devided in two partes, thone to my wife,
thother to my sonne Frauncis Savile and my daughter Katheryne, his
wife. To my wife the profittes of one lease nere Lupsett of the
devise of Mistres Palmes, and of closes and the vicaridge of Crowle,
and after her decease to my sonne George. I will that my sonne
Cordell Savile shall call for an accompte for the goodes of the father
of Mary, his wife, to be made by his executor according to his
Inventory at Yorke, her parte wherein amountitli to a thousand
markes, and do pray myne executors to assiste my sonne and his wife.
I will that George Wyett shall have the occupacon of the house of the
said Mary, which she hath in lease of the late Archebusshop of Yorke,
and of Wellam tythe, unto my sonne Cordell be of thaige of xxj yeres,
paieng to my sonne and his wife fiftie poundes yerelie. I will that
my sonne Cordell and Mary his wife shalbe in the order of his godfather
Sir William Cordell, Knight, Mr. of the Rolles. I will the mannour
of Crumwell after the death of my wife to Fraunces Savile, my sonne.
I will that the said Fraunces and Katheryne his wife shall enter into
her parte at Whitsontide or Metyl misse after my decease, so that they
be ordered by Sir William Cordell, Knight. To my daughter
Bridgitt fower hundreth poundes, the money for the payment whereof I
will to my executors the mannors of Sotell, Hangingheaton, Chidsell,
and Darrington, after the death of the Lady Savile untill suche tyme as
they have received the some of ccccli., and that the said Sir William
shall have the bringing upp of my daughter. And also for avoiding of
trouble hereafter betwene my executors and the Commyttees of Thomas
Wilbram, my wyves sonne, I do declare I did owe to my said sonne Thomas
Wilbram cclxli. and vijclxli. I have put into the handes of Sir William
Cordell, my brother, Anthony Gravener, and Henry Bate, certyn leases
and goodes. Whereas two hundreth poundes is owing to me by Peter
Haldsworth of Hallifax, I will my executors shall receive the same and
shall pay the same to Dorothie my wife, who I will shall have the same
and pay the debtes due to her sonne. I will that Friswithe my daughter
shall have a full parte of my goodes according to my covernauntes made
with Roger Ratcliif, Esquier, her husbandc's father. To my sonne George
my flagan chayne. To Dorothie my wife my chayne of lincke fasshion,
parte wherof was my father Vernons. To Fraunces Savile, my sonne, my
cheyne of small linckes which George my sonne now hath, and if my sonne
George be not content with theis thre devises then my wife to have the
flagan cheyne. To my Lady Cordell my white gelding. To Mrs. Allington
my owen gelding. I will that George Wyett have the ferme in Barrowghbie
in the tenure of Henry Horner. To John Wyat landes in Sutton upon
Lounde of the value of iiij/i. xs., and after to Cordell Savile. To
said John one fermeholde in Crumwell. Whereas I have one lease of the
Mr. of the Savoye in the Counties of Yorke, Lincoln, Nottingham, and
Lancashire, I will the same to William Savile, my servaunt, also one
yerelie rent of \i\li. of the mylne of Horbury during the life of the
Lady Savile, now wife to Richard Gascoigne, Esquier, and after his
decease the said annuitie of iijli. shalbe taken upon my landes in
Chidsell. I gyve my lease of my terme of Horburie myll to George
Savile, my sonne, during the life of the Lady as is aforesaid. To
Gabriell Savile, my servaunt, one yerelie rent of foure markes. Whereas
I owe somes of money aswell to my cosen, Dorothie Savile, as to others,
and there is landes put upon trust towardes the, payment of the debtes,
parte whereof is solde, I will that somuche as is unsolde shall be
solde towardes the payment of my cosen Dorothie and my debtes,
legacies, and funeralles, as to my executors shalbe thought mete to
supplye the rest over my corne, cattail, and other goodes before
appointed to be solde, and the residue of the said landes I will that
John Bate and Edward Birtbye shall make a good estate to my sonne
George Savile. The residue of my goodes thone moitie I gyve to Dorothie
my wife, and thother to my sonnes George, Fraunces and Cordell, and to
my daughters Friswith and Bridgett. I make executors Sr William
Cordell, Knight, Mr. of the Rolls, Dorothie my wife, William Savile, of
Humby, Esquier, Leonard Bate and Henry Bate, Esquiers, and I gyve to
Sir William Ixxxlyz. and one yonge dapled grey hobby, and to William
Savile, Leonard and Henry Bate, to every of them twentie poundes.
Witnesses, Bryan Thornehill, p. me Willm. Savile, p. me Gabrielem
Savile, p. me Johem Nottingham. Proved 16 May, 1569.

Inq. p. m.-Henry Savile, late of Lupset, arm., taken at Wakefield 7
Sept., 12 Eliz., 1570, before Thomas Gargrave, Knt., William Hamond,
Esq., Robert Lee, Esq., and Charles Jackson, Esq.
The Jurors say, That before his death, he and one Thomas Savile, late
of Exley, were seised of the manors of Thornhill, Southowrom, Eland
Parke, Skircote, Brighonse, Hipperholme, Ovenden, Shelfe, Wyke,
Waddesworth, Stansfeld, Myrfelde and Thurlston, and of 400 messuages,
206 cottages, 200 tofts, 20 watermills, 6 fulling mills, 10 wind mills,
2o dove cotes, 70 gardens, 6,000 acres of land, 2,200 acres of meadow,
4,000 acres of pasture, 1,030 acres of wood, 8,000 acres of moor, 1,000
acres of moss, 1,000 acres of turbary, 1,000 acres of heath and furze,
and £20 rent and of a free fishery in the water of Chalder, and of the
advowson of the church of Thornehill, to the use of Edward Savile,
Esq., during his life, and after his decease to the use of Henry Savile
in the writ, and his heirs male, and their heirs, as by an indenture 10
Oct., 8 Eliz. (1566), made between Edward Savile, late of Thornhyll, on
the ist part, and the said Henry Savile and Thomas Savile, of Exley,
Esq., of the 2d part, and Richard Beamond of Whitley and John Thornhyll
of Fixby, Esqres, of the 3d part, by which the said Edward Savile was
seised of all the premisses for his life, and is still living.
Moreover the jurors say that the said Edward Savile was seised to
himself and heirs male in the reversion of the manors of Gretland,
Routonstall and Emley, and of lands in Byerley, Bollinge, Clayton,
Heaton Clacke, Gomersall, Leversedge, Huddersfelde and Skelmanthorpe,
and of the reversion of the manors of Hunsworth, Elande, Staneland,
Barkisland, Rysh worth, Norlande, Golcarre, and Bothomhall, which Lady
Elizabeth Savile, formerly wife of Sir Henry Savile, held and yet holds
for her life, and being so seised the said Edward Savile levied a fine
in the ocfave of St. Michael, 8 Eliz., between him and Robert Fletcher,
querents, and the aforesaid Henry Savile, Dorothy Savile, sister and
heir apparent of said Edward, Michaell Sotehill. Thomas Savile of
Copley, Esq., Thomas Savile of Hullinedge, Nicholas Savile of Newhall,
Thomas Savile of Exley, Thomas Savile of Banke, Thomas Thornhyll, and
John Batte, deforciants, by which fine the said Edward and Robert
granted the manors to Thomas Thornhyll and John Batte for 100 years if
Edward so long shall live, and alter to remain to Henry Savile, late of
Lupset, deceased, and to his heirs male, remainder to the heirs of
Thomas Savile, formerly of Lupsett, deceased, grandfather of the said
Henry, with remainder to the Saviles above.

Moreover the jurors say that Lady Elizabeth, above, late wife of Sir
Henry Savile, deceased, was seised for life of the manors of Sotehill,
Chydesell, Hanging Heaton, Smeaton, Laxton, Darrington in Darton, with
remainder to Dorothy Savile, daughter of the said Sir Henry, and her
heirs for ever, and the said Dorothy in consideration of £1,800 paid
her by the said Henry in the commission, by her deed 5 Oct., 9 Eliz.
(1567), sold the said lands to Henry Savile and Richard Beamonde and
the heirs of Henry, by virtue of which indenture the said Henry and
Richard were seised of the above manors, &c.

Moreover the jury say that some time before the decease of Henry
Savile, named in the commission, Edward Savile was seised in the manors
of Haddlesay and Tankersley, and of lands in Hunshelfe and Pondes, and
being so seised, in consideration of a marriage to be had between
George Savile, son and heir of Henry Savile of Lupset, and Mary Talbot,
one of the daughters of George, Earl of Shrewsbury, by indenture 10
June, 2 Eliz. (1560), made between The Honourable George Talbot, now
Earl of Shrewsbury, of the ist part, Edward Savile of the 2d part, and
Henry Savile of Lupsett of the 3d part, he the said Edward agreed he
would make a good estate of the manors, &c., Edward, Earl of Derby,
Henry. Earl of Rutland, William, Earl of Pembroke, William Cecill, Kt.,
James Dyer, Kt., William Cordell, Kt., Thomas Gargrave, Kt., William
Calverley, Kt., William Gascoigne, and Walter Calverley, Esqres., to
hold the same to the use of the Lady Elizabeth, after to said Edward,
and after to the said George Savile and Mary Talbot and heirs male.

Mar. 1st, Margaret, daughter and coheiress of Henry Fuller or Fowler,
licence 3 May, 1545. They had issue-
Henry, bur. at Islington, 1546.
Mar. 2ly, Joan, daughter and heiress of William Vernon, of Barrowby,
co. Lincoln, widow of Sir Richard Bozon, Knt. (Line. Pedigrees, Had.
Soc.); bur. at Barrowby. They had issue- Sir

GEORGE (IV).
Francis, mar. Katherine,1 [FN1: Mr. Brown, in Yorkshire Deeds, i, 89
(Rcc. Ser.), rather doubts this match. Katherine Conyers mar. John
Atherton, Esq., of Atherton, and her will, 10 Jan., 1625-6 (Katherine,
late wife of John Atherton), makes no mention of Francis Savile. On the
other hand Henry Savile the father, leaves legacy to him and his wife
Katherine. Foster says he married ist, Mary, daughter of Gilbert
Salton-stall, of Rookes. There seems no further information about him.]
daughter of John, 3d Lord Conyers of Hornby (Glover and Flower's
Visitations). Cordell, of Sutton-upon-Lound, co. Notts.; bur. 14
Sept., 1615, Barnby-upon-Don; Adm. 27 Oct., 1615 (Act Book)', mar. ist,
Mary, daughter and heiress of William Welbeck, died s.p.; mar. 2ly,
Susan, daughter of ..... Shakelton, of London.
They had issue-*
Cordell, of Clerkenwell, in Nottingham Visitation, 1623; mar. Catherin,
daughter of Edw. Hunings, of Aye, co. Suffolk, and had several children
entered in the register of St. James', Clerkenwell.
Mar. 3d, Jane, daughter of Richard Beaumont, of Elmley, widow of Robert
Holmes, of Barnby; bur. 28 Jan., 1615-6, Darton.

Will.-20 Dec., 1615. Jane Savile, widow, late wife of Cordell Savile
of Barneby-sup.-Donne, gent., deceased. To be buried in the chancel of
the parish

church of Darton. To my cosen Winifride, wife of the right worshipfull
Mr. John Armitage of Kirklees, Esq., an angel of gold. To my cosens,
Jane and Dorothie Beamont, my sadle cloetli, pillion seate and
furniture tlicrto belonginge. To my brothers, Mr. William Beamont of
Lassell Hall, and Mr. Thomas Beaumont of the Nether Haigh, gent., eacli
xijd. To John Savile, youngest son to my cosen, Mr. Francis Savile of
the Haigh, deceased, five marks, and I ordain Francis Savile, second
son of the aforesaid Francis Savile, sole executor, and supervisor
Ralphe Carr of Nether Haigh, gent. Proved 23 Feb., 1615-6 (Reg. Test.,
xxxiii, 755).
Bridget, mar. Henry Nevile, Esq., of Grove, co. Notts.
(Visitation).
Frediswide, mar. ist, Francis Radcliffe, of Mulgrave (Glover, 206);
mar. 2ly, William Vernon, of Wake-field; bur. Wakefield, 24 Jan.,
1618-9. Mar. 3d, Dorothy, who had great legacies in her husband's will.

SIR GEORGE SAVILE, of Barrowby, after of Thornhill, created a Baronet
29 June, 1611; High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1613; of St. John's College,
Oxford; M.P. Borough-bridge 1586-87; Yorkshire 1592; succeeded to the
great Savile estates on the death of his cousin, Edward Savile, 1603,
by settlement; died 12, bur. 19 Nov., 1622, at Thorn-liill (Reg.);
M.I.; Adm. 21 Dec., 1622 (Act Book): mar. 1st, Mary, daughter of George
Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, who brought Rufford as her dowry.

They had issue-
Sir GEORGE (V).
Mar. 2ly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Ayscough, of South Kelsey,
co. Line., by Hester, daughter of Thomas Grantham, widow of George
Savile, of Stanley; lie. 1596; bur. 25 Jan., 1625-6, Horbury (Reg.).

Will.-4th Oct., 1625. In the name of God, Amen. I, Dame Elizabeth
Sauile of Lupsett, widowe, calling to mynd the uncertaintie of this
mortall life, beeing in perfect memorie doc make and ordaine this my
last will, first I committ my selfc wholie bodie and soule into the
handcsof the Almightie, by whose exceeding grat mercie and favour
through the deatli of his sonne our onlie Saviour Jesus Christ, I doe
asuredlie beleeue and am certainlie persuaded by the testimonie of the
holie spirit being witnes thereof from tyme to tyme to my conscience
that I am one of the number of the faithfull and elect children of God.
For my bodie when it shall please God to parte the same from my soule I
will that it shall bee buried in the Chappell of Horburie if I die at
Lupsett, or if not there at the discrecion of my frende and executor. I
demise £40 of lawful money to be paid to 16 governors appointed by
Decree by virtue of a Commission with the towne and parish of
Wakefield, to be employed towards a stocke for setting in work such
poor people in the said town and parish as are able to work, or for the
yearly releefe of such poore as are not able to work. Whereas Sr.
George Sauile, Knt. and Bart., my deceased husband, have heretofore
made a lease to Henrie S., our 2nd son, of all that mess, called the
Parsonage House in Wakefield, and of tithes of corn and hay I confirm
the same. I give my daughter, Margaret S., £1,500 to be paid at 21 by
my said son, Henry S., out of the profits of the rectories of
Calverley, Cottingham and Bardsey, and moiety of the Rectory of Ottley.
I give to Henrie S., my son, and his heirs the said Rectories and
moiety. To my sister Sauile of Wath one saluer, being double gilt with
gold, and used for sucke with the cover thereof. To every one of my
friends whose names are written in a paper made for that purpose, a
ring of gold as is mentioned, with some posie grauen in everie one of
them, for a remembrance of my love to them. I will £100 to be bestowed
upon a tomb for a memorial of Sr. George S., Kt. and Bart., my late
husband, and I desire the same tomb be placed in the church of
Thornhill as near where his corps lye interred. The residue of all my
goods I give to my son Henric, whom I make my executor. In presence of
Xpofer Naylor, Gilbte. Barrett, and Henrie Savile.

Codicil.-14 Oct., 1625. I give my son, John S., Esq., towards the
furthering of his house £100, to Mrs. Marie Pearsie, servant, £10, to
Eliz. Pearsie, daughter of Henrie Pearsie, gent., my god-daughter.
Whereas I bequeathed my daughter Margaret £1,500, if she die before
she shall be married then the portion to be equally divided between my
sons, John and Henrie S. Witness, Henrie S. Proved 21 March, 1625 (Reg.
Test., xxx, 350).
They had issue-
Sir John, of Lupset (see Lupset branch A, p. 31).
Henry.
Richard, died unmar.; bapt. 28, bur. 30 Oct., 1605, Thornhill (Reg.).
Elizabeth, bapt. 4 June, 1601, Thornhill (Reg.).
Hesther, bapt. 19 July, 1604; bur. 21 April, 1605,Thornhill (Reg.).
Margaret, bapt, 23 aug., 1612, Thornfill (reg); mar. John Archer, Utter
Barrister of Grays Inn.

V. Sir George Savile, Knt., of Thornhill; born 1583; died vp, Bur.
24th Aug., 1614, Thornhill (reg); MI

Will- 20th July 1612. George Savile of Soothill, Knt. To be buried in
Thornhill Church or where my wife pleaseth. I give her all my claim in
the milnes of Wakefeild, Horbury, Numiller Dame, my right in the tythes
of Wakefeild, Warmfeild, Heath, the ould parke of Wakefeild, the newe
parke of Wakefeild, Ouchthorpe,Wrenthorpe, Deusbury, Soothill,
Chidsell, Heaton, and Ossett. To my eldest son George all right in my
landes in Thornehill, Soothill, Chidsell, Heaton, Darrington,
Went-brigge, Smeaton, Yorke, Emley, Thnrston, Bothomhall, Golcer,
Eland, Barrowbie, Hunsworth, except the Heath landes, to him and his
heirs. I give him one ringe of gould set with diamondes in forme of a
harte. To my secondc sonne William one annuytie of a hundreth poundes,
and the little howse at Heath, and a ring wherein is sett a blewe
saphire. If my wife have any other sonne I will he have one hundreth
poundes by year, if a daughter I will she have at her mariage or at
nyneteene yeares one thousand poundes. To my ever honored father, my
most honorable uncle, the Earle of Shrewsbury, my Ladie Grace
Cavendish, Mrs. Jane Talbott, and my kind cosin, Gilbert Nevill of
Grove, esquire, a gould ringe weighing twentie shillinges. To my aunt,
Mrs. Vernon, and my cosen, Mrs. Hester Savile, to either tenn poundes
in gould. I appoint George, Archbishop of Canterbury, my antient
lovinge tutor in Oxford, Edward Talbott, Esquier, my uncle, Sir Thomas
Wentworth, Knight, my brother in lawe, and Mr. Charles Greenwood,
parson of Thornhill, my cosen, my executors, giving each a silver
bowle. Proved ult. Apr., 1616, London (Cope, 34).

Mar. 1st, Sarah, daughter of John Rede, of Cotesbrooke, co.
Northampton; bur. 16 Feb., 1604-5, Thornhill (Reg.) ; mar. 2ly, Anne,
eldest daughter of Sir William Wentworth, of Wentworth Woodhouse,
sister of the Earl of Strafford, 14 Sept., 1607, at Wentworth; bapt.
11th July, 1591, St. Dunst art's in the West (Coll. Top. et Gen., v,
366); bur. 31 July, 1633, Thornhill (Reg.). They had issue -

Sir George, 2nd Bart.; student of University College, Oxford; mat. 5
May, 1626; born circa 1611; died . at Oxford 19 Dec., bur. 20 Jan.,
1626-7, Thornhill.
Sir WILLIAM (VI).

VI. SIR WILLIAM SAVILE, 3d Bart., of Thornhill, succeeded his
brother; mat. University College, Oxford, 8 Dec., 1626; of Gray's Inn,
1628; M.P. Yorkshire April to May, 1640; for Old Sarum ; a Commander on
the Royalist side; Governor of Sheffield 9 May, 1643, and of York; died
there 24 Jan., bur. at Thornhill, 15 Feb., 1643-4 (Reg.); will 18 July,
1642, proved 21 Jan., 1643-44 (unregistered).

Will.- -18 July, 1642. To be buried (if with conveniency it; may be)
at Thornhill amongst my ancestors. Whereas on the 20 Nov., 1634, I
being then by reason of fines and other assurances seized of an
estate in fee simple of and in divers manors, lands, etc., in counties
York, Nottm., Lincoln, Derby, Stafford, Oxon., Salop, Wilts., and co.
of city of York, did by indenture of that date grant 2 thirds thereof
to my brothers in law, John Coventry of Barton, co. Somst., esq., and
Sir John Hare of Stow, co. Norf., knt., and my friends, Sir John
Ramsden of Longley, co. York, knt., Sir Rd. Hutton of Hutton Pannell,
co. York, knt., Fran. Nevile of Chivete, co. York, esq., Wm. Walter of
Sarsdcn, co. Oxford, esq., Chas. Greenwood, elk., rector of Thornhill
aforesaid, and Henry Cooksonne, gent., my servant. To hold to them
for 20 years upon the trusts therein declared. My will is that the
said lease be for payment of my debts, and if it and my personalty be
insufficient for that purpose, my land and tithes in Craven to be sold,
and my exors. to have power to demise for 21 years (reserving £5 rent
per annum.) my manor of Hunsworth, and all my lands in Birstall, co.
York. My most deare and louinge wife £500, and the best bed I have,
and such a suit of hangings as she shall choose, and all the plate and
jewels she commonly keepeth in her chamber or closet. Eldest son
George all my arms both horse and foot. Daurs. Anne and Margt.
£5,000 each at 18. Son Wm. £500 at 21. Son Henry £200 yearly
for life out of my lands in Alton, co. Stafford, and £1,000 at 21.
If my wife shall have a child before I make provision for it, I give
it, if a son, £200 a year for life out of my lands in co. Derby, and
£500 at 21; and if a daughter, £4,000 at 18. Each of my daurs. £120
per aim., till they have their portions, out of my lands in co. Derby.
All my children to be bred in such place as my exors. shall think
fit. John Coventry, esqr., and the rest of my friends named with me
in this my will as parties to lease of 20 Nov., 1634 (living at my
death), £30 each. Servants 2 years' wages each, except those to whom I
leave annuities. List of annuities set down in a separate paper, to
be paid out of my lands and milnes in Denby, Claiton, and Inburchworth
during the several lives of the persons to whom I give same. Henry
Alien to have the land he now is in possession of, part of my demesne
of Thornhill, until my son Geo. is 21, paying for the same £200 per
ann., and not ploughing any part of the ground the last 3 years of his
term. [N.B.- The whole will appears to be in the testator's own
handwriting, and in the margin here he puts: " Md. that I doe not
meane he shall by this bargaine have the 20 loades of hay I now pay
him, but I meane that he enioy the closes knowen by the name of Britan
closes and Gelder closes."] I give my wards their marriages, except
His Majesty's ward, Wm. Savile, " to whom I entreat my executores to be
verry kind, and if he doe well to give him the least halfe of his
wife's portion." Friends Sr. Thos. Danby, Sr. Ingram Hopton, John
Vauhan of the Inner Temple, esq., and Captaine Tho. Beamount, £20 each
and a horse out of my stable. My honourable kinswoman, the Countess
of Kent, £50. My faithful friend, John Selden, esq., £50. £100
to be bestowed in rings and given to my friends in remembrance of me:
Wife and friends, Sr. John Ramsden, Sr. Rd. Hutton, Fran. Nevile, esq.,
exors. My exors. to take (if the Mr. of the Wardes be so pleased)
the wardship of my son. To each of my exors. £40, and the running
of 6 horses in any of my parks until my son shall attain 21. Witnesses,
Chas. Grenewoode, W. Armitage, George Cartwright, Willm. Denison, Tho.
Beaumont, John Batte, and Joseph Sill. Proved 21st Jan., 1643, in the
house of John Savile in York, before Philip Brooine, M.A., surrogate,
by Lady Anne Savill, Sir John Ramsden, Sir Rd. Hutton, power being
reserved for Francis Nevile.
List of annuities to be paid out of my lands and milnes in Denby,
Claiton, and Inburchworth, co. York. John Batt of Okwell, esq., £20.
Thos. Farran, gent., my servant, £20. Joseph Sill of Thornhill, gent.,
£20. Robt. Bladen, my servant, 20 marks. Geo. Cartwright, Tho.
Colbrand, Tho. Kaulines, my servants, 20 nobles each. Tho. Addy, my
servant, and his wife, and the survivor, 20 nobles. Joseph Sikes, John
Milner, my servants, 5 marks each.
Codicil.-1st Jan., 1643. " Upon perusall of my will made the 18th of
July, 1643, findinge that I haue made noe provision for the maintenance
of my sonne Win. duringe his minority," and I have settled the
inheritance of Barroby and the rest of my lands in co. Link, on him. I
hereby give to him the manor and advowson of Barroby and all other my
lands in co. Line., and because this cannot take effect during my
wife's life in case she stand to her jointure, therefore I give my said
son Wm. £100 yearly during his mother's life out of all my manors,
etc., in co. Salop, with power of distress in default of payment. But
if my wife do take to her thirds and waive her jointure, then this rent
charge to cease. Sir Paul Nele to have as I have devised (sic) to Sr.
Ingram Hopton. Mr. Robt. Butler £10. Witnesses, Jo. Cosin, Robert
Butler, Tho. fferrand, Sam. Jackson, Paul Neile, J. Monckton.
Mar. Anne, daughter of Thomas, 1st Lord Coventry; she was with her
husband at Sheffield, and had a child there (luring the siege; she
remaf. Sir Thomas Chicheley, of Whimple, co. Cambridge, and was bur.
there circa 1661. [FN1: See her life, by Dr. Barwick (G.E.C.) ] They
had issue-
Sir GEORGE (VII).
William, died unmar. before 1660; to have £500 inhis father's will.

Henry, of Barrowby; M.P. Newark 1673; an envoy at Paris;
Vice-Chamberlain. His correspondence was printed by the Camden Society
in 1858, edited by W. D. Cooper, F.S.A. He was born at Rufford 1641 or
1642, and died at Paris 6 Oct., 1687 (see Diet. Nat. Biog.).

Will.-15 June, 1687. Henry Savile of Barroughby, co. Lincoln, esq.,
now not in very good health. I make my dear brother George, Marquess of
Hallifax, sole exor., and give him and his heirs all my manors, lands,
etc., debts, goods, and personal estate, as well what doth belong unto
me as one of the exors. of Sir William Coventry, Knt., deceased. If the
Marquis die during my life then I make his 2nd son, the Lord Wm.
Savile, exor., and in such 'case I give him all my manors, lands, etc.,
and personal estate. To my dear friend and kinsman, Sir Chas. Sedley,
Bart., £500. I give unto the Chest of Chatham £1,500 due to me from
the King upon a privy seal. To my Lady Eland £200 for a ring. To my
sister in law, the Marchioness of Halifax, to my nieces, the Countess
of Carbery and Lady Eliz. Savile, Thos., Earl of Plymouth, John, Earl
of Carbery, Henry, Lord Eland, Thos., Visct, Way mouth, Lord Wm. Savile
and Lord George Savile, and Sir Thos. Chicheley, to each alive £10 for
rings. To my cousin, Henry Savile, now Captain in the King's Regiment
of Foot Guards, £100. My exor. to pay the poor French Protestants
£100 as he shall think fit. To Monsieur de Ruvigny, eldest son of old
Monsieur de Ruvigny, the picture of a French Lady in an oval frame in a
kind of boyish dress that hangs in the gray bedchamber at Bushy Parke,
as also a little picture of the Dutchess of Mazarin which will be found
in a drawer of one of my cabinets. To Thomas Jobson, gent., £100, also
mourning to him and his wife. To my servant Mozay £150, with all such
guns, pistols, or other arms as I shall have left at Bushy Park. To
Mrs. Lord and Ellinor Blyton the yearly sum of £5 each. To Henry Guy,
esq., my gilt cup which has his arms on one side and mine on the other
with the late King's cypher on the cover. To Henry Sedney, Esq., 2
fowling peeces with my arms on them, left in the custody of Mr. Thos.
Robson. To Mr. Hall, rector of Barrowby, £10 for a ring. To the
Corporation of Newark a piece of plate of value of £50, my arms to be
put on it. To the poor of Newark £20, of Barroughby £10, of Bampton
in Oxford £10, of Hampton in Middlesex £10, in which place I desire
to be buried if I die in England, but if I die beyond the seas I desire
only the con-venienest interrment may be had there. My executor out of
my estate shall pay my funeral charges, debts, legacies. Proved London,
12 Oct., 1687, by executor (Foot, 130).

Talbot, born 12 Aug., 1644; died young.
Mary, bapt. 29 Aug., 1632, Thornhill; died young, (?) 1637.
Anne, born 18 Jan., bapt. 10 Feb., 1634, Thornhill (Reg.) ; mar. 12
May, 1656, at St. Giles in the Fields, Thomas Windsor, 1st Earl of
Plymouth; she died 22 Mar., 1666; bur. Tardebrigg, co. Wore. (G.E.C.);
she had £5,000 in her father's will.
Margaret, bapt. 22 Sept., 1640, Thornhill (Reg.); had £5,000 in her
father's will.

VII. SIR GEORGE SAVILE, 4th Bart.; created 13 Jan., 1668, Baron
Savile of Eland and Viscount Halifax; 16 July, 1677, Earl of Halifax;
17 Aug., 1682, Marquess of Halifax, the eminent Statesman (see his life
and letters by H. C. Foxcroft, and Did. of Nat. Biog.); bapt. 28 Nov.,
1633, Thornhill (Reg.); bur. n April, 1695, in Westminster Abbey.

Will.-17 Mar., 1691. George, marquesse of Halifax. "I am not
sollicitous to chuse my grave, neither do put any weight upon the being
buryed where I was borne, yet not to appear singular I am content in
case I shall happen to dye at Rufford or in Yorkshire, to be carryed to
Thornhill, there to lye amongst my ancestors; if I shall dye in London
I desire to be buried at Westminster, but wherever I shall be putt into
the ground my will is that the ceremony of it may be performed with noe
greater expence than must in strict decency be thrown away upon me." To
my dear wife one thousand pounds, her jewels, chamber plate, or other
plate upon which her coat of arms only shall be engraved, with the
usual furniture belonging to any one room in my house at London at her
choice, and I give her the terme of the house in St. James Square, now
possessed by my son William, Lord Eland. To my wife my house, gardens,
etc., purchased by me in the name of Sir Thomas Clergis, in Acton, with
all that belongith me in Acton, and the use of all the furniture, and
after her decease to my son Wm., Lord Eland, and his heirs. I give her
all the lands in Crich with the profits of the lead mines for her life.
My will is that as touching all my lands not included in the settlement
made on the marriage of my son, Lord Eland, I give the same to my son
and his heirs, and for want of issue to my daughter Stanhop, my
intention being that my daughters of the half blood shall not hinder
her from inheriting in course as is above directed. My son, Lord Eland,
sole exor.
Codicil.-19 Nov., 1693. I give my godson, George Savile, son of the
present rector of Thornhill, £1,000 towards his education and support
that he may be the better qualified to enjoy a considerable part of my
estate which I have settled upon him by deed in case my son William,
Lord Eland, should die without issue male.
Codicil.--4 April, 1095. To my wife £500. To my cousin, Henry
Savile, £100. To the poor of St. James' £100, and £100 amongst the
poor French Protestants. To the Governors of the Hospital of King James
in Charter House, at the charges of Thomas Sutton, Esq., of which I
have been for some years a Governor £100. To servants, Thos. Medhurst
£100, John Gregory £100, and to the rest a year's wages. John
Nicholls and Nathaniel Champion £10 yearly. To Mr. John Conyers £20
for a ring. To my steward, Theophilus Shelton, £10 for ring. My will
is to be buried in the Abby church of Westminster with as little
ceremony as may be. Proved 17 April, 1695, by his son (Irby, 57). Mar.
ist, 29 Dec., 1656, St. Giles in the Fields, Dorothy, daughter of Henry
Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland; she died 16, bur. 31 Dec., 1670,
Thomhill (Reg.). They had issue-
George, bapt. 10 March, 1659-60, St. James', Clerkenwell; bur. there
10 Jan.,
1660-1. Henry, Lord Eland of Christ Church, Oxford; mat.11th April,
1674,'aet. 13; bapt. 2 Mar., 1660-1, St. James', Clerkenwell; died
1688 v.p.

Will.-7 Oct., 1687. Henry Savile, Lord Eland. Wheras my father, the
Lord Marquess of Halifax, by indenture n Apr., 36 Chas. II, did settle
the reversion of a certain fee farm rent of £550 out of the manors of
Bradbury and Hilton, co. Durham, after the death of the now Queen
Dowager, unto himself, and after his decease unto me and my heirs. I
give unto my dear wife Hester, Lady Eland, and her heirs, all such rent
of £550, and other rents issuing out of the said manors. I make my
wife sole executrix, and give her all my money, plate, jewels,
furniture, and personal estate whatsoever. In presence of Carbery, Tho.
Tenison, Win. Smythe, Edward Browne. Proved 8 June, 1688, by Hester
Savile.

Mar. Esther, daughter of Charles Gouvernet, Marquis de la Tour, circa
April, 1684; she was bur. 26 May, 1694, in Westminster Abbey; M.I.
George, born 1667; wounded at the siege of Buda; died s.p., 1688 (see
Cooper's Savile Correspondence).

Sir WILLIAM (VIII), 2d Marquis.

Anne, born 1663; mar. 10 Aug., 1682, St. Martin's in the Fields, John
Vaughan, Earl of Carbery; she was bur. 23 Jan., 1689-90, St. Andrew's,
Holborn. Mar. 2ly, Nov., 1672, Gertrude, daughter of Hon. William
Pierrepont, son of the Earl of Kingston; she died I, bur. 5 Oct., 1727,
in Westminster Abbey.




The Will of Gertrude, Marchioness Dowager of Halifax.

24 Oct., 1723. My body to be privately buried, and no scutcheons, and
laid, if I die in London, by the body of my dear Lord, George, Marquis
of Halifax, at Westminster; if in the country in the next parish
church. Rest of personal estate to my grandson, Phillip Dormer
Stanhope, commonly called Lord Stanhope, to be sole exor. I declare
this paper part of my will. To the parish church where I shall die
£20. To the poor of Belforston parish, now my jointure, £30; of
Wingfield, Crich, Shirland, and Streeton, £10 each. To Penelope Talbot
30 guineas. To Mr. James Morris, clerk in the Pell office, 20 gs. To
John Mumford 10 gs., and to all my servants |1/2 year's wages. 26 Oct.,
1723. To Martha Davis ro gs. Proved London, 10, Oct., 1727 (Farrant,
234).

They had issue-
Elizabeth, bapt. 4 Sept., 1675, St. Martin's in the Fields; mar. 24
Feb., 1691-2, Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield; she died 4, bur. u
Sept., 1708, in Westminster Abbey.

VIII. SIR WILLIAM SAVILE, 5th Bart., 2d Marquess of Halifax; born
1665; mat. Oxford, 5 Dec., 1681; M,P. Newark 1689-95; bur. 9 Sept.,
1700, St. Alban's.

Will.---16 Aug., 1695. William, Lord Marquis of Halifax. I desire my
body may be buryed either at Thornhill or at St. Miles in St. Albans at
the discretion of my executors with respect to the place I shall die.
To my dear wife all her jewels, dressing plate, all my guilt plate,
together with the service of plate which was my late uncle's, Henry
Savile's, also the use of the jewels which were my late dear wife's
until my daughter, the Lady Anne Savile shall attain 21 or be married,
if she die then I give her the absolute property. If my daughter
live I give her all her mother's jewels, and to my wife in recompence
£1000. For the rest of my personal estate, except leases for years
and furniture of my houses, if I have no sons living, then I give the
rest to be equally divided as followeth: if I have no issue female or
born afterwards then one moiety to my wife and the other to my
daughter, the Lady Anne, but in case I have issue one third to my wife,
one third to the Lady Anne, and one third to my daughter or daughters
by my wife. In case I have issue male that then my exors. do stand
possessed of the residue of my personal and leasehold estate in trust
to raise £5,000 increase of portion for my daughter, the Lady Anne
Savile, to be paid her, together with the £15,000 provided for
her by the settlement on her mother's marriage. I charge my
leasehold estate and ground rents in London with £500 p. an. to my
wife for increase of her jointure. As to the furniture of my
houses, Halifax house, Rufford, and Acton, my will is the same shall
belong to such persons to whom my houses shall descend. For my
leasehold estates if I have no issue male I give the same to my
daughter, the Lady Anne, and to all other my daughters living or
afterwards to be born, equally. If all die, to my sister Stanhope.
Education of daughters by my.wife by the advice of her father, the
Earl of Nottingham, Hon. Heneage Finch, and Wm. Finch, esq.
Guardianship of my daughter, the Lady Anne, to Rt. Honble. Gertrude,
March. Dowager of Halifax, my wife, the Earl of Nottingham, and her
grandfather, Sr. Samuel Grimston, Bart., Lord Visct. Weymouth, and the
survivors. I make the Earl of Nottingham, Lord Visct .Weymouth,
Heneage Finch, esq., Francis Gwyn of St.Martin's in the Fields, esq.,
and lohn Conyers of Middle Temple, esq., exors. In presence of Tho.
Medhurst, Sam Hoyle, Nathl. Champion, Tho. Gregory.
Codicil.-20 Aug., 1700. Additional portions for daughters if no son.
Proved London, 11th March, 1700-1 (Dyer, 36).
Mar. 1st, licence, 24 Nov., 1687, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Samuel
Grimston, 3d Bart.; died 1694. They had issue-
George, died inf.
Lucy Anne, died young, 1700.
Anne, coheiress; mar, Charles Bruce, 3d Earl of Ailesbury; died 18
July, 1717.
Mar. 2ly, Lady Mary, daughter of Daniel Finch, 2d Earl of Nottingham, 2
April, 1695; she remar. 1st Jan., 1708, John Ker, 1st Duke of
Roxburgh.
They had issue-
William, Lord Eland; bapt. 2 April, 1696; bur. 18 Feb.,
1696-7, St. James', Westminster. George, died young.
Essex, died young.
Dorothy, bapt. 24 Sept., 1699, St. James', Westminster; mar. 21 Mar.,
1720-1, Richard Boyle, 3d Earl of Burlington; bur. 12 Oct., 1758,
Londesborough.
Mary, bapt. 30 Sept., 1700, St. James', Westminster; mar. n June, 1722,
Lincoln's Inn Chapel, Sackville Tuft on, 7th Earl of Thanet.
The 2d Marquis of Halifax having left no male issue, the Thornhill and
Rufford estates, etc., descended to the Lupset (after of Thornhill)
branch, sprung from the marriage of Sir George Savile and his second
wife, Elizabeth Ayscough."

[David Hepworth]

THE SAVILE FAMILY PART 3

"YOUNGER LINE OF LUPSET, AFTER OF THORNHILL.

SIR JOHN SAVILE, Knt., of Lupset, eldest son of Sir George Savile, ist
Bart. (IV), by his 2d wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Ayscough;
Knighted 22 June, 1627; High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1649; a
Parliamentarian ; bur. Horbury 8 May, 1660 (Reg.).

Will.-24 Oct., 1659. Debts to be paid out of lands. I give my whole
estate (except manor of Wath on Dearne, manor house, etc., there, and
lands hereinafter devised to my son, Thos. S., as per Marriage Articles
made between John Armitage, esq., deed., and me) to my exors. and
trustees upon trust to pay as follows: To Kath. S., my 2nd daur.,
£2,000 for her portion, and to my daur., Mary S., £2,000 at 21, and
to my daur., Anne S., £2,000 at 21. In pursuance of an indenture made
between me and Dame Anne, my late wife, deed., of the one part, and Sr.
Thos. Glemham and Sr. John Wentworth, knts., and John Soame, gent., of
the other part, I give to my son, John S., £300 a year till my eldest
son, Thos. S., shall attain 21, for said John's maintenance and for
raising a portion for him. Son and heir, Thos. S., closes near Lupsett
hall called Gt. Tunstall Close and Little Tunstall Close, Hilly Close,
Well Close, Gt. Waltroyd, Mistriss Ingg, Broakesbanks Close, and Head
Ings, with right of way to the River Calder. To hold to him in tail
male. My servants 405. each. Servant John Foster £10 yearly for life,
to be paid to him by John Archer and Rd. Tolson, esqres., my Trustees,
and he to be employed in collecting my rents. I have surrendered my
copyholds of the Manor of Wakefield on date of this my will, and my
copyholds in Crigleston Court on the same date, to John Archer, esq.,
and Rd. Tolson, esq., to the uses of my will. Upon trust to pay debts,
etc., and then to the use of Thos. Savile, my son and heir in tail
male, with rem. to my 2nd son, John S., in tail male. Manor of Wath on
Dearne, and manor house and lands, etc., there, to Sr. John Armitage,
bart., and Wm. Hustler, esq., Provided that if said Rd. Tolson, esq.,
or his heirs or assigns shall pay to them £1,200 on the 5th July,
1663, towards payment of my debts and legacies, then they shall convey
sd. manor, etc., to him. But if not paid, the sd. Armitage and Hustler
to sell sd> manor, etc., towards payment of my debts, etc. Eldest
daur., Frances Hustler, and sd. Wm. H., her husband, exors. John
Archer, esq., supervisor. Said John Archer, esq., and my daur. Frances,
100 marks each for their pains. Wits., Rd. Benett, Abraham Haighe,
Timothy /'. Milner, John Foster, and Thos. Scholay.
No probate in Register [1661-2] (Reg. Test., xliv, 73, York).

Mar. 1st, 4 Feb., 1626-7, Hartshead (Reg.), Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
John Armytage, Bart., of Kirklees; bur. 14 Jan., 1638-9, Horbury
(Reg.).
They had issue-
George, bapt. 22 Jan., bur, 2 Feb., 1627-8, Hartshead (Reg.). Margaret,
bapt. i Dec., 1628, Wakefield (Reg.); bur.8 Oct., 1629, Hartshead.
Elizabeth (twin with Margaret), bapt. 1 Dec., 1628, Wakefield (Reg.);
bur. 17 April, 1630, Hartshead (Reg.).
Frances, bapt. 24 Aug., 1630, Wakefield; mar. 9 Nov., 1654, Horbury,
William Hustler, Esq., of Acklam. Marie, bapt. n Dec., 1632, Wakefield;
bur. 24 April, 1633, Horbury (Reg.).
Christian, bapt. 9 April, 1635; bur. 7 Feb., 1640-1, Hartshead
(Reg.).
Anna, bapt. 24 Aug., 1636; bur. 7 Jan., 1640-1, Hartshead (Reg.).
Katherine, of Acklam, bapt. 31 Mar., 1634, Wakefield; died unmar.

Will.-31 July, 1680. " A true and reall daughter of the Church of
England." To be buried in Acklam church, close to my dear deceased
servant, Mary Parker. Poor of Acklam and Middlesbrough, £5. Brother,
Joseph Savile, £400. Sister, Mary Jenison, £200. Nephews, John
Hustler, Rd. H., and James H., £200 each. Nieces, 'Elizabeth and
Catherine Hustler, £200 each. Mr. John Johnson of Thorn ton, £30; and
£50 more to dispose of as I have ordered. Abraham Haigue £20. Sister,
Anne Harris, los. Residue to Sr. Wm. Hustler, exor. Wits., John
Johnson, Eliz. Hustler, Ellen Corney, and Eliz. Lodge.
Proved York, 9 Aug., 1680, by extrix. (sic) (Reg. Test., Iviii, 95).

Winifred, bapt.11th Jan., bur. 12 Jan., 1638-9, Horbury.
Mar. 2ly, Anne, daughter of Sir John Soame; bur. 23 May, 1651, Horbury
(Reg.).
They had issue-

THOMAS SAVILE, Esq., of Lupset, which he left to his sister Anne
Harris, passing over his brother John; mat. St. Alban Hall, Oxford, 19
Oct., 1666, aet. 18; bur. 3 Sept., 1677, Horbury (Reg.).

Will.-1676, 17 June. Thomas Savile of Lupset Hall, Esq., son and heir
of Sr. John Savile, Knt., my late father, deceased. To be buried at the
discrecon of my Executors. I give unto my loveing brother in law, John
Harris of the Inner Temple, London, gentl., and to my loveing sister
Anne, the now wife of the said John Harris, and to the heirs of their
two bodies, and for want of such issue to the right heirs of the said
John Harris for ever, all my capital messuage called Lupsett wthin the
manor of Wakefield, and all my lands, etc., in the said manor in
Thornes, Sandall, Horbury, Ossett and Stanley, (and) all my rectory or
parsonage impropriate of Wakefeld. I give £500 a ps. unto my nephews
and neeces, John, Ann, Thomas, and Mary, the four children of my
brother in law, John Harris, and of my sister Anne, and for want of
issue to the right heirs of the said John Harris. I make my brother in
law and sister exors. In presence of us, George Hill, Richard Taylor,
Will'm Edward Hutton, Edward Dalby (Copied in Taylor's Rectory Manor,
110).

Sam., bapt. Horbury; bur n Mar., 1647-8 (Reg.).

Sir JOHN SAVILE, 6th Bart., succeeded to the Thorn-hill and other
estates on the death of his cousin, the 2d Marquis of Halifax, 1700;
bapt. Horbury, 15 Feb., 1650-1 (Reg.); died unmar. circa 1704.

Anne, bapt. 24 Aug., 1636, Hartshead; had Lupset from her brother
Thomas; mar. John Harris, seal-bearer to the Earl of Nottingham, but
lived apart from her husband, and is said to have shortened her days
with intemperance; she died 28, bur. 29 Oct., 1681, Wakefield; their
son, John Harris, sold Lupsel.

Mary, mar. Robert Jennison, Esq., of Newcastle, licence, 30 Sept.,
1667 (Surtees Durham).

B HENRY SAVILE, Esq. (younger son of Sir George Savile by his 2d wife,
Elizabeth Ayscough), of Bowling, near Bradford, which he bought 1648,
and sold 1669 to Francis Lindley; Aclm. Lincoln's Inn, 2 April, 1618;
bapt. Thorn-hill, 9 Dec.,1599 (Keg.); bur. i June, 1667, Bradford
(Reg.); mar. Anne, daughter of Robert Cruse, of London (Dugdale). They
had issue-

George, son and heir, aet. 22 ann. 2 April, 1666; Adm. Lincoln's
Inn, 9 May, 1661; bapt. 16 July, 1643, Thornhill (Reg.). JOHN (C).

Henry, a Colonel, of St. James', Westminster; bapt. 12 Feb., 1648-9
(Reg.); bur. 6 Aug., 1706, Thorn-hill (Reg.).

Robert, bur. 22 June, 1660, Bradford (Reg.).

Edward, died s.p.

Elizabeth, mar. Charles Ubaldino, Marquis de Montesaltro, licence, 2
Sept., 1668.

Anne, mar. Sir Robert Forbes.

Mary.

C JOHN SAVILE, Rector of Thornhill for 29 years 8 months and 10 days;
bur. there 25 Jan., 1700-1 (Reg.).

Administration of Revd. John Savile, Rector of Thornhill
(from Original papers unregistered).
Date 12 July, 1701. Sureties, Barbara Savile of RufTord, Notts., widow,
relict of said Rev. John, the Administratrix, and Geo. Savile of
Rutford, Esq. Mar. ist, Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Tully; died s.p.',
bur. 17 Feb., 1675-6, Thornhill (Reg.).; mar. 2ly, Barbara, daughter of
Thomas Jennison, of Newcastle.
They had issue-

Sir GEORGE (D).

Anne, mar. ist, Sir N. Cole, of Brancepeth, 3d Bart.; mar. 2ly, a
Belgian adventurer called " Baron Dognyes " (G.E.C.); bapt., 9
Feb., 1680-1, Thornhil (Reg.).

Gertrude, bapt. 9 Feb., 1696-7, Thornhill (Reg.).

D. SIR GEORGE SAVILE, 7th Bart., of Thornhill, Rufford, etc.;
succeeded in Baronetcy his cousin, Sir John Savile, 6th Bart., in 1704;
mat. Christ Church, Oxford, 4 July, 1696; M.P. Yorkshire 1728-34; bapt.
18 Feb., 1678-9, Thornhill, (Reg.); died 16, bur. there 25 Sept., 1743
(Reg.).

Abstract of Will of Sir Geo. Savile of Rufford, Notts., Bart.

Date 9 June, 1743. Very long Will, mentions following relations,
Daughters Arabella and Barbara Savile (under 21). Only son, George
Savile. Sister, Gertrude Savile. Aunt Newton. Cousin, Eliz. Ogle, daur.
of sd. Aunt Newton. Cousins, Nathl. Ogle, Newton Ogle, Chaloner Ogle,
Isabella the wife of Sir Chaloner Ogle, and Elizth. wife of ..... Gray,
Esq., sons and daus. of my sd. cousin, Elizth. Ogle. Also Martha Ogle,
unmarried clau. of sd. cousin Elizth. Ogle. Cousin, Jane Bird, widow
Exors., Nathl. Ogle, Hy. Elmsall of Thornhill, clerk, 3-nd Gilbert
Mitchell, Rector of Eakring, Notts.

1st Codicil.-Dated same day, 9 June, 1743. Mentions Mr. Newton Ogle,
Mr. Chaloner Ogle, and Miss Martha Ogle, the 2 youngest sons and
daughter of my Cousin, Eliz. Ogle, widow of Nathl. Ogle, late of
Kirkby, co. Northumberland, Esqre., and Nathl. Ogle, eldest son of
same.

2nd Codicil.-Dated loth June, 1743. Provision made for housekeeper,
Mary Ardell.
Proved 7 July, 1744.

Mar. 19 Dec., 1722, St. James', Westminster, Mary, daughter
of John Pratt, of Dublin. They had issue-
Sir GEORGE (E).

Arabella, mar. John Thornhagh or He wet, Esq., of Osberton.

Barbara, mar., Richard Lurnley, 4th Earl of Scarborough, 12 Dec.,
1752; she died 22 July, 1797; bur. St. Marylebone; M.I. E

E SIR GEORGE SAVILE,1 [FN1 1 He was the last heir male ot the main
branch of the Savile family. The estates came to his nephews, Richard
and John LumJey, Earls of Scarborough, who assumed the name of
Savile.] 8th Bart.,of Thornhill, Rufford, etc.; 1111 eminent
politician; M.P. Yorkshire 1758-83; died im-niar. 10, bur. 24 Jan.,
1784, Thornhill (Ref(.), aet. 57 years (Whitaker); M.I. (see Dic., Nat,
Biog.).

Abstract of Will of Sir Geo. Savile- of Ruilord, co. Nottm., Bart.

Date is 18th Aug., 1783. Very long Will, mentions Brother in law, John
Ilewitt of Shire Oaks, Notts., Esqre. Rev. John Michell of ThornhilI,
clerk, and Gilbert Michell of same. Rev. Dr. Newton Ogle of Abbots
Worthy, co. Southampton, and Sir Chaloner Ogle, Knight. Nephew in law,
Francis Ferrand Foljambe, and niece, Mary Arabella Foljambe hjs wife,
John Foljambe their eldest son, and Francis Foljambe their 2nd son.
Nephew, Hon. Richd. Lumley (2nd son of my sister Barbara, Countess of
Scarborough, by the Rt. Hon. Richd., late Earl of Scarborough, decd.).

Nephew, John Lumley, 3rd son of sd. Barbara. Nephew, Frederick Lumley,
4th son of sd. Barbara.

Nephew, Savile Hy. Lumley, 5th son of sd. Barbara. Nephew, William
Lumley, 6th son of sd. Barbara. Person becoming entitled to Mansion to
take sir name Savile.

Codicil.- Dated 19 Aug., 1783. Mentions Cousin, Fliza Pratt, now living
witli my Mother. Cousin, Baroness Starck.
Proved 25 March, 1784.

SAVILE OF GRANTHAM.

1 GEORGE SAVILE, of Grantham, 2nd son of Thomas Savile, of Lupset, and
Margaret Basforth2;[FN2 Page, 15] mar. Elizabeth, daughter and
heiress of ..... Sturley, son and heir of Henry Sturley; bur. at Some
rby-by- Grant ham. They had issue -
WILLIAM.

II. WILLIAM SAVILE, of Grantham, Humby, and Sappcrton; will 3 May,
1598, proved 24 May, 1600; to be buried at Somei by; Inq. p. m. 20
Oct., 43 Eliz. (1600).

Willelmi Savyle, nuper de Humby, co. Link
P. 1, N. 90. Inq. p. m. - 20 Oct., 43 Eliz. (1601). He was seised of
the Manor of Sapperton within the . . . . . of Granthem, and of divers
lands and Messuages there. The Manor was worth £3 6s. 8d. yearly, the
lands, etc., £4. He died at Humby, 20 Feb., 41 Hlix. (1598-9), when
Wm., son . and heir of John Savile, gent., son and heir of the said
William, was found to be his heir, and aged 14 years and more at his
grandfather's death.
Wilhelmi Savile, armigeri.
P. 1 N. 104. Inq. p. m.-19 Jan., 4 Jac. I (1607). Melius Inquirend',
and merely relates to tenures in Lincolnshire, referring to a former
Inq.
Wilhelmi Savile, armigeri.
P. 2, N. 83. Inq. p. m.-8 April, 3 Jac. I (1605). He was seised in
his demesne as of fee of the Manor of Saperton, co. Line., formerly the
estate of Lord Audley, and of another Manor of Saperton, late the
estate of Lord Hussey, and of divers messuages and lands there. He was
seised also of a moiety of the manor of Humby Magna and Somerby, co.
Lincoln, and of divers messuages and lands at Humby Magna, Somerby,
Ingolsby, Ropseley, Walcott, and Haseby, parcel of the said Manor of
Humby, and of the advowson of the church of Saperton, and a moiety of
the advowson of the church of Somerby. And being so seised on the igth
May, 2oth Eliz., by Indenture made between said William Savile and Ann
his wife of the one part, and Nicholas Strelley of Stratford Bow, in
co. Middx., Esq., and Susan his wife of the 2d part, and in
consideration of a marriage before then solemnized between John Savile,
gent., son and heir apparent of the said William, and Cecily, then only
daughter and heir apparent of the said Nicholas and Susanna, he the
said, covenanted and agreed with sd. Nicholas for settlement of the
estate as set out here at great length. Wm. Savile, gent., was found to
be kinsman and heir of the William above mentioned, viz. son and heir
of John, son and heir of the said William, and now aged 19 years and 8
days.
Wilhelmi Savile, armigeri.

P. 2, N. 68. Inq. p. m.-27 Aug., 3 Jac. I (1605). Melius
Inquirendum about facts stated in the Inq., 8 April, 3 Jac. I.
Mar. Anne, daughter and coheir of Godfrey Colville of Humby; will 31
Aug., 1600, proved May, 1601; bur. at Somerby.
They had issue-

JOHN (III).

Robert, s.p.

Henry, 1598, s.p.

George, proved his mother's will 1601, s.p.

Frissold or Fridiswide, mar. William Walcott, of Walcott. ·

Anne, mar. William Porter, of Grantham.

Frances, mar John Dalton.

Elizabeth.

III. JOHN SAVILE, High Sheriff of Lincoln, 1590; bur. at Somerby;
mar. Cecily, daughter of Nicholas Strelley, of Stratford Bowe; remar.
Humphrey Cardinal!.
They had issue-

WILLIAM (IV),

Susan, mar. William Holmes, of Claypole.

Anne, mar. ..... Smith, of London, silkman.

IV. WILLIAM SAVILE, of Humby, aet. 14, 1598; Patron of Rectory of
Sapperton; mar. Katharine, daughter of Sir Richard Pell, Knt., of
Dembleby, licence, 20 Jan., 1605.
They had issue-

Thomas, bapt. at Grantham 23 May, 1616.
William, died young.

Jane.

Mary. (Lincolnshire Pedigrees, Harl. Soc., 860.)

SAVILE OF WAKEFIELD.1[FN1 There is very little information about this
branch. Part is in Glover's Visitation and in Foster's Pedigrees, and
Mr. Taylor, in Wakefield Rectory Manor, refers to several of the
persons. It seems strange that no M.I. exists in Wakefield
Cathedral. There are many entries in the registers difficult to
identify.]

THOMAS SAVILE, of Stanley Hall in Wakefield parish, some tlme~of
Netherton (Glover), a younger son of Thomas Savile, of Lupset2; [FN2:
Page 15.] mar. 1st, Katherine, daughter of John Chaloner, of Stanley
alias Midgley Hall; mar. 2ly, Joan, daughter of John Michell, of
Crossley.
They had issue-
Henry Savile, of Wakefield, eldest son, sans issue (Glover).

Thomas Savile, of Overthorpe, Thornhill; bur; 15 June, 1601 (Reg.);
will, no date, proved i Oct., 1601.

The Will of Thomas Savile of Thornhill, gent.

No date. Thomas Savile of Thornehill, gent. My bodye to be buried in
the churche of Thornhill amongest my freindes. To Richard Tempeste of
Tonge, gen., my sonne in lawe, iijs. iiijd., in consideracon of all his
porcon as promisse. Unto my sonne Thomas my beste goulde ringe and xli.
which nominated for him, of which som Mr. Tempeste gave him iijli. vjs.
viijd., and Mr. George Savile of Waickfeild other iijli. vjs. viijd.,
my beste cloake or the reasonable price of it, also a bedd. To George
Radcliffe my virginalles. To the poore vjs. viijd. To Robart Smalpadge
my frezed coate. To John Smalpadge a quie calfe. To Richard Singgleton
a doblet, and to his wief a gowne. To Elizabeth Smalpage a gowne. To my
sonne Thomas the salte which I claime of Mr. Radcliffe, or that which
shall be gotten or given in consideracon of it, and these parcelles to
stand for his sole porcon of my goodes without any more dividinge with
my daughter and wief. I will that my wief have her third parte, and
Anne my daughter the other third parte which by lawe belongeth to her
brother and her, and what re-maineth of my parte to be divided betwixte
my wief and my daughter, and I make my wief my executor and garden to
my children, also I desire my brother Robart and my sonne Mr. Tempeste
to be overseers, desiringe my sonne Tempeste to be good to my daughter
Anne. Proved 1st Oct., 1601 (Reg. Test., xxviii, 465).
Mar. (?) Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Nettleton, of Thornhill.
They had issue-
Thomas, in his father's will.
Elizabeth, mar. Richard Tempest, Esq., of Tong, cov. i Sept.,
1572, and bur. there 30 Sept., 1581.
Anne, in her father's will.
Dorothy.
JOHN (II).
Robert, of Snydale (Glover); (?) Adm. 15 June, 1603, to Alice and
Henry, children (Act Book)', mar. . . . . , daughter of .... Greene,
....
They had issue-
Henry, son and heir; (?) Adm. 25 April, 1606, to John Bedford (Act
Book). Robert (Glover).
George, in his uncle George Savile's, of Wake-field, will. Alice, mar.
Wakefield, John Bedford of Crow Nest, Dewsbury, 1603. George (see
younger line-A).

II. JOHN SAVILE, of Stanley, living 1585 (Glover); died Richmond, 10
Aug., 32 Eliz. (1590).
Will.-27 Jan., 1588-9. To be bur. in the Parish church of Wakefield.
Elizabeth, now wife. To godson, John Vavasour, son of Maior Vavasour,
an annuity of £3 6s. 8d. To Joane Vavasour, my daughter, now wife of
Maior Vavasour, an annuity of xv/i. To daughter, Margaret Waller, wife
of William Waller, an annuity of xvli. Thomas, George, my brethren,
supervisors. To Saraie Sproxton, daughter of Ric hard Sproxton, vli. To
Grace Sproxton, daughter of Richard Sproxton, vli. Residue to Elizabeth
my wife and Margaret Waller, my daughter, executors.
Codicil.-27 Jan., 1588-9. I give to John, son of Henry Savile, a
lease of tenement in Arkendall.
Proved 29 Aug., 1590 (Reg. Test., xxiv, 382).

Mar. Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Cockson, of Wake-field.
They had issue-
Edward Savile, of Stanley Hall, eldest son; (?) Adm. i>5 Aug., 32
Kliz. (1590) (Act Book)', mar. Katherine, daughter of Alvery Copley,
Esq., of Batley, mar. there 22 Nov., 1574; she remar., Sheffield
Savile, Esq., of Beeston; Adm. 18 Jiily, 1616, to Grace, daughter (Act
Book).
They had issue-
John. Grace, mar. Gervase Hatfield, of Hatfield Hall, near Wakefield.
Henry Savile, of Boxhall, in Wakefield (Glover); died 1st May, 33
Eliz. (1591), as by Inquisition taken · 1st Dec.; mar. Ann,
daughter of Gervase Bosvile, of Newhall (Glover).
They had issue-
George, aet. 5 years in 1585 (Glover). John (Glover).
Henry,1 [FN1 He built the church wall at his own charge (Reg.). ] of
Horbury, gent.; bur. there 18 July, 1639.

Will.-16 July,1639. Henry Savile of Horbury, gent. My body to be
buried at the discretion of mync executrix, and as for my landes I give
them to my loving wife both frehold and copyhold according to the lawes
of the land and the custome of the manner by which I hold them during
her life naturall, provided that she pay or cause to be payd unto my
two sonnes, John and Artur Savile eyther of them yearly during her life
xls. a peece in full satisfaction of their whole right, tytle, and
interest ujnto my sayd landes, goodes, cattells, chattells, and estate
whatsoever. Moreover I geve and bequeath unto my youngar sonne, Arthur
Savile, vli. to be paid unto him by myne heire out of a cloase cald the
Towne Carr within one yeare after my wives decease, provideed alwayes
that if myne heire do not pay the vli. within the tyme limited, that
then my will and mynd is and I do give the sayd close with all the
rightes therunto belonging unto my sayd youngarr sonne, Arthur Savile,
his heires and assignes. All the rest of my goodes, chattelles,
cattelles, credittes, and estate I give unto my loving wife, Benedict
Savile, whome I make whole and sole executrix of this my last will and
testament.
Henry Savile. Wittnes hereof
Ro. Radcliffe. ' Willm. W Pollard.
marke. Mercy V Shaw.
mark. Jurat Richard Wormald. Proved 2 Oct., 1639 (unregistered).
Mar.. Benedict1 ..[FN1:.. In the printed Thornhill Register, Mr.
Benedict Savile, bur. 22 Nov., 1652. Can it be a mistake for Mrs. ? ] .
sole executrix; (?) bur. 22 Nov., 1652, Horbury. They had issue-
John, bur. Horbury, 28 April,i6i4 (Reg.). Arthur,2 [FN2: Arthur had
legacy of manors in William Savile's will, 1653-4, and is mentioned in
Manor Rolls, 20 Car. II. Foster says he died unmarried. ]bur. Horbury,
6 Nov., 1616 (Reg.).

Elizabeth (Glover). JOHN (III).

Robert, of Broomhall, near Wakefield (Glover); mar. Noimanton, 30 May,
1587, Mary, daughter of Richard Breaton, of Normanton, gent. (Reg.).

Alice, mar. Richard Sproston, of Wakefield (Glover).
Jane, mar. 1st, James Metcalfe, Esq., of Nappa; mar. 2ly, Sir Mauger
Vavasour, of Weston; will, 19 May, proved 17 June, 1617; " to be bur.
at Askrigg nere my husband Metcalfe."

Margaret, executrix of her father; mar. William Waller, of
Wakefield (Glover).

Ann, (?) mar. William Wombwell, Esq.; died s.p.

III. JOHN SAVILE, of Netherton; bur. 14 Dec., 1602 (Reg.); Adm. 20
Dec., 1602, to wife Elizabeth (Act Book).

Inq. p. m.-6 Sept., 1 James I (1603). John Savile, late of Netherton,
or Nether Shitlington, gent., taken at Doncaster. He was seised of the
manor of Netherton and of 2 messuages, 2 cottages, 5 gardens, 2
applegarths, one water corn mill, 40 acres of land, 20 of meadow, 30 of
pasture, and 4 of wood, and by indenture i May, 37 Eliz. (1595), made
between him and his wife Elizabeth of the ist part, Jarvase Wyrrell,
Esq., of Loversall, and Sampson Mallory, gent., of the 2d part, and
Robert Stappleton of Wyghell, Kt., John Mallory, Esq., now Kt., of the
3d part, assured the premisses above to the use of the said John Savile
and Elizabeth his wife for their Jives, remainder to the use of
Stappleton Savile, gent.,title heir, remainder to the 2d, 30!, and 4th
sons of John and heirs, remainder to the right heirs of said
Stappleton. The said John died 20 Dec., 45 Elizabeth (1602), Elizabeth
his wife surviving, when Stappleton their son was aged 9 years and 10
months.
Mar. Elizabeth,. . . . .; remar. Thomas Riccard, Esq.; bur. 10 May,
1606, Thornhill (Reg.). They had issue-
John, bapt. 23 Feb., 1591-2, Thornhill (Reg.).

Stapleton, died 25 Sept., 1609.

Inq. p. m.-Stapleton Savile. 18 Jan., 7 James I (1610). His father,
John Savile, was seised of the manor of Netherton (see his Inq.), and
died 1602, leaving his wife Elizabeth surviving, who after married
Thomas Riecard, Esq., and died 7 May, 5 James I (1608), and Stapleton
the son died 25 Sept. last past. The Jurors say that Elizabeth then 19
years and more, Joana 15 years and more, Dorothy 14 years and more, and
Fridiswithe 12 years and 9 months, were sisters and next heirs of said
Stapleton.

Anna, bapt. 2 Dec., 1599; bur. 15 Feb., 1599-1600, Thornhill (Reg.).
Ellen, bapt. 31 May, 1601; bur. 7 Feb., 1601-2, Thornhill (Reg.).
Grace, bapt. 31 Aug., 1602; bur. 14 Nov., 1602, Thornhill (Reg.)-
Elizabeth, mar. Gregory, 2d son of John Armytage, Esq., of Kirklees,
and Emma Gregory, licence, 1611, at Hartshead; bur. in the quire at
Woodkirk. ]
Joana.
Dorothy.
Fridiswith, mar. John Payne, of Cheshunt, Herts, licence 13 April,
1611, at Enfield.

YOUNGER LINE.

A GEORGE SAVILE, of Wakefield (younger son of Thomas Savile,of Stanley)
(I); a woollen merchant, called a "Blackwell Hall man," lived at
Haselden Hall; Governor, or perhaps real founder of Wakefield Grammar
School; a churchwarden; died 24 Oct., 1593.

Will.-6 Oct., 1593. George Savile, Wakefield, gent.
Eldest son, George Savile, shall have all the lease which 1 or either
of my sons had of the grant of William Savile, of Humble, co. Line.,
Esq., of George Savile of Thornhill, Knt., of the tithes of corn and
hay of Osset, Standley, the new parke and ould parke of Wakefield. To
my eldest son George the parsonage and tithes of Otley and Calverley,
my second son Thomas and George Spivie to convey all their right to my
said son. To my second son, Thomas Savile, the parsonage and tithes of
Bardsey, George Savile and George Spivie to convey their interest to
Thomas Savile, also lease of Hassell tithe and lease I had at Owsten.
Fourscore pounds of current English money shall be given out of the
goods which I have conveyed to my brother, Robert Savile, John Battye,
and George Spivie, to the governors of the free school of Wakefield to
the use of the school in two years, and if there be not a house builded
for that use I will that the said sum shall be given to George Savile,
Thomas Savile, Richard Sproxton, Richard Claiton, William Savill, John
Battle, Thos. Robinson, Thomas Cave, to be employed for the poor of
Wakefield. George and Thomas Savile to convey to my wife the tithes of
corn in Haton in Nottingham. I will if my son Rodes be contented that
his son which he had by my daughter shall be brought up and kept with
one of my sons from the time of my decease until such time that he
shall be fit to go to one of the Universities, that then my nephew
shall have maintenance for his education and bringing up in learning
till the time the goods which I appoint be conveyed to my sons George
and Thomas for that purpose. George Savile, son of my brother Robert to
be maintained at school till he be fit for the University of the goods
which I shall appoint, and from the time he shall go to the University
he shall have £6 13s 4d. paid unto him yearly for 10 years, if he
continue so long there, out of the parsonages in Notts, by sons George
and Thomas and Geo. Sproxton. And if the school goe forward and be
built in the time aforesaid, I give £20 out of the leases in Notts, to
be for the use of the poor of Wakefield. To Margaret Walker one cowe.
To Alice Savile 2 kine. To Thomas his son of Thornhill, £3 6s. 8d. To
Sir Rodes a ring. John Spivie to have meat so long as he be content to
be in my house with son George. Sister Battle shall have one cloak of a
sad greene which was my wife's. Son George lease of tithe of Clayton,
Frickley, and Hooton Pannell, which I had of John Savile of Howley,
Esq., and that my brother Robert, John Battle, and George Spivie shall
make assurance to him, and son Thomas shall convey his right to George
of his right in tithe of Hooton, which my son Thomas and I purchased.
Residue to George and Thomas, executors. Proved 2 Nov., 1593 (Reg.
Test., xxv, 475).

Inq. p. m. (Abstract.)-26 Nov., 36 Eliz. (1593). He was seised of 50
messuages, 40 cottages, 40 tofts, 30 barns, 6 dovecotes, 50 gardens,
300 acres of land, 300 of meadow, 300 of pasture, 10 of wood, 50 of
heath and furze, 50 of moor in Wakefield, Standley, Sandall, Woodall,
Newton, Owthorpe, Pontefract, Hunsworth, Horbury, Ossett, Osgnathorpe,
Knowethorpe, Leedes, and Halton. He had the capital mes-~ suage of
Hasylden Hall, etc., which he left to George his son and heirs,
remainder to his son Thomas. He had a messuage called Horberry Hair in
Horberry, etc., which he left to his son Thomas, remainder to son
George. The said George Savilc died 24 Oct., 35 Eliz. (1593), when
George, his son and heir, was aged 33 years and more, and Elizabeth,
late wife of George, is still living.
Mar. Elizabeth, daughter of George Spivie, of Wakefield.
They had issue -

GEORGE SAVILE. Esq., of Wakefield; assisted in the foundation of
Wakefield School; died in London 2 Jan., 27 Eliz. (i594~5) (Scott,
2),

Will. - 16 Dec., 1594. To be bur. in Wakefield church. To daughter
Margaret all lease for years and interest which I have in all those
tythes of corn in the parishes of Mutton Pannell, Clayton, Frickley, if
my daughter shall live so long; if she do not to next heirs of her
body. Elizabeth, now my wife. I have tythes and advowson of Hutton
Pagnell, if no other heir then to my daughter, in default of issue I
give the 3d part to Edward Waud, pastor of Wakefield, Robert Dickson,
pastor at Birstall, and ..... Whittaker, pastor at Thornhill, to the
governors of the schole of Queen Elizabeth at Wakefield, and the other
2 thirds to my brother Thomas and Ins heirs, in default of issue to
John Rodes, son and heir of John Rodes of Barlborough. To my wife lease
of tithe of Stanley and the old parke of Wakefield. Tithes of Ossett to
brother Thomas. Proved 17 Feb., 1594-5 (Reg. Test., xxvi, 65).

Inquisition.- 25 Aug., 37 Eliz. (1595): l8 Jan 40 Eliz. (1597-8); 3
Oct., 42 Eliz. (1600). He was seised of tlie rectory of Hutton Pannell
and advowson of the vicaridge, of lands in North Elm sail, South
Kirkby, Alverthorpe, Flamshaw, Onckthorpc, Stanley, Sandal, Woolley,
Haselden hall, remainder to his brother Thomas and heirs, remainder to
George, 3d son of Robert Savile of Ouckthorpe, and heirs. Margaret his
heir was one year and more.

Mar. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Ays-cough, Knt., of South
Kelsey, there, 25 Oct , 1591 (remar. Sir George Savile, ist Bart., of
Thornhill); bur. 25 Jan., 1625-6, Hoi bury (Reg.). They had issue -

Margaret, mar. 29 July, 1612, Thornhill (Reg.), Thomas Middleton, Esq.,
of London; bur. 29 Dec., 1613, Thornhill.
THOMAS (B).
Dorothy, mar. Sir John Rodes, of Barlborough, 2d wife.
Mar. 2ly, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Grice, of Wake-field, widow of
John Nowell, licence, 1591.

Will.-ii Jan.,1613-4. Elizabeth Savile of Milnthorpe, wid-dowe. To
brother, Henry Grice, Esq., best geldinge in full satisfaction. To
Elizabeth, wyfe of said Henry my best gownc and kirtle. To his three
sonnes, Richard, Thomas, and Edward Grice, to everie of them one cowe
and all my sheepe devided. To Henrie, heyre apparant of said Henrie
Grice, Esq., all the glasse and sealinge in my nowe dwellinghowse at
Milnthrope, one longe table, one bench, one longe table, one square
table, one liverie cupbord and one bench in the dyninge parlor, and one
staudinge bed in the chamber over the parlor. To Elizabeth, daughter of
said Henrie Grice, Esq., my nutt sett in silver and guilded, one payr
of fyne lynne sheetes, and payre of pillowe covers, one damaske table
cloth, one dozen of fine line napkins, sowed withe white worke, and a
linnen towell. To Francis, Margaret, Anne, and Suzan Grice, daughters
of said Henrie, to everie of them a silver cupp and one payre of linnen
sheetes, one payre of linne pillow covers, and to everie one one linnen
table cloth. To Henrie, sonne of Henrie Grice, Esq., one trunke which
was his uncle, Mr. Robert Grice's, and these parcelles of plate and
lynnen therein, two saltes, double guilt, halfe a dozen of silver
spoones with lyons at the end, and two silver cupps, double guilt, one
silver beaker, one damaske table cloth, one dozen of damaske napkins,
and one damaske towell. Mr. Richard Lister shall have a morninge cloake
at my funerall, to him my new bible. To Mres. Ashburne my riewe freise
gowne and my freeze kirtle. (Bequests to servants.) £10 to repayringe
of the high wayes between Milnethorpe and Wakefield. £20 to be
bestowed on some parcell of land where uppon I will three Alms howses
shalbe buylded for three poore widdowes. Henrie Grice supervisor.
Residue to Henrie sonne and heir apparent of said Henrie Grice, and he
and his father executors. Thomas Watterton of Walton, Esq., and Michael
Wentworth of Wolley, supervisors. Witnesses, Richard Lister, John
Prynce, William Bevit, John Awstwick. Proved York, 9 Aug., 1614 (Keg.
Test., xxxiii, 239).

B THOMAS SAVILE, Esq., of Wakefield (heir male to his brother
George).

Will.-23 April, 1599. Thomas Savile, Esq., of Wakefield. I will that
my body shall be buried in the parish church of Wakefield. I will unto
my daughters, Dorothie, Margrett, and Elizabeth Savile, all those 6
messuages and 6 oxgangs of land in Owston which I hold by demise from
the Queen's Matie, to have the same for xxj years, and after the term
or after the death of the survivor of them I will the residue unto the
child which my wife goeth with (if it be a son), and if it be not a son
then to my son John. I will my rectory or parsonage of Everton, co.
Notts., which I hold of demise from the Queen, to said daughters for
xxj years, and after to the child (etc., as before). Whereas George
Spivie holdeth for his life after the death of me the parsonage of
Sutton. upon Lound, Scrowby, Gringley, Bollome, Tilne, Wellome, and
Mooregate in co. Nott, and the rectory of Heiton, yet nevertheless in
confidence tliat he shall convey the one moiety to such persons as the
said Thomas Savile shall nominate, my will is George Spivie shall
convey the same after my death to such persons as Richard Clayton of
Wakefield, and John Battie shall advise so that the benefit shall come
to my 3 daughters and to the child my wife goeth with, if it be a
daughter for xxj years, then to the use of my son John. I give the
child my right of the tithes of Hersell in the parish of Wragby. I will
my wife Sara shall have the education of my son and heir till xxj or be
married, my wife to become bound with securities as my supervisors, Sir
John Savile to be one, shall think fit, if my wife shall not I will my
supervisors especially Sir John Savile, to make choice of some persons
for the education of my children. I give her the 3d part of my goods-.
Rest to my daughters and the child my wife goeth with, whom I make
executors. Witnesses, Wm. Clayton, Richard Clayton, John Battie.
A codicil.-The said Thomas Savile did appoint by will nuncupative
supervisor, Richard Clayton of Wakefield, draper, William Clayton of
Okenshaw, and John Battie of Wakefield, chapman, and gave unto every of
them five pounds. Proved York, 7 Aug., 1599 (Reg. Test., xxvii, 661).

Inq. p. m.-23 Sept., 42 Eliz. (1600). He was seised of burgages in
Wakefield, 6 messuages, 6 gardens, 3 villages, 6 tofts, 5 applegarths,
40 acres of land, 30 of meadow, 30 of pasture, 20 of moor in Wakefield,
Newton, and Stanley. Sara was his wife. Elizabeth, wife of George
Savile, was seised of Haselden Hall. The said Thomas was seised in two
parts of a messuage called Horbury Hall, and of the rectory of Thorp
and advowson. He died - April, 41 Eliz. (1599), and John Savile, his
son, was aged 9 months and 4 days.

Mar. Sarah, daughter of Richard Clayton, of Wakefield (remar. 28 Oct.,
1602, Wakefield, Sir Robert Mounson, Knt., of North Carlton, who died
15 Sept., 1638); bur. High Choir, Wakefield, n Aug., 1640. They
had issue-
JOHN (C).
Dorothy, mar., licence, 1611, Sir Thomas Musgrave, Knt., of Norton
Conyers.
Margaret, mar. 5 Jan., 1619-20, Horbury (Reg.), Sir Francis Monckton,
Knt., of Cavil.
Elizabeth, mar. at St. Giles in the Field, n July, 1627, Sir William
Wentworth, Knt., of Ashby, co. Line., who fell at Marston Moor;
bur. 9 Nov., 1666, Goxhill.

C JOHN SAVILE, Esq., of Wakefield; aet. 9 months and 4 days at his
father's Inq.; mar. Katherine, daughter of Sir William Monson, Knt.,
of Carlton; bapt. 18 Sept., 1606 (Line. Visitation). They had
issue-
WILLIAM (D).

D WILLIAM SAVILE, Esq., of Wakefield.

Will.-31 Jan., 1653-4. I give an annuity of £10 to Jerman Poole of
Wakefielcl till he is 21, and then to have in lieu £100. To my aunt,
the Lady Wentworth, 10s., to my aunt, the Lady Monson, 10s., and to my
cosen, Mr. Simon Musgrave 10s., to buy rings. To my loving friend, Mr.
George Ryder of the City of Westminster, one bond of £3,ooo wherein
Mr. Rumsey and Mr. Irwin stand bound unto me for the payment of
£1,500, and I give him all the debt by virtue of the bond. To George
Ryder and my friend, Mr. Wm. Slater of Halifax, £50 a piece, to be
paid by Mr. Arthur Savile out of my lands. To my cosen, Thos. Hatfeild,
an annuity of £3. To Mrs. Williamson, wife of Francis Williamson of
Whitefryers, London, £20 to buy a horse. To Mr. Geo. Ryder all bedding
and furniture in the house now occupied by Wm. Beeston of Wakefield. To
said cozen, Mr. Arthur Savile, all my manors in co. York to him and his
heirs.
Codicil.-Feb. 6, 1653. To my loving friend, Geo. Ryder, my messuage
at Hemsworth after the death of Sir Thos. Midleton, Knt. Proved London,
20 Feb., 1653-4, by George Ryder (Vol. Alchin., 361).

Mar. 1st, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Williamson, of
Westminster; mar. 2ly, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Romley, Esq.
(remar. William Oglethorpe)."

ENDS