SAVILE, Sir Henry (1579-1632), of Methley, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 6 Oct. 1579, 1st s. of (Sir) John Savile† of Methley, exch. bar. 1598-1607, and 1st w. Jane, da. of Richard Garth of Morden, Surr., clerk of the Petty Bag.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 335 educ. Halifax, Yorks. (Mr. Maude); Staley, Derbys. (Mr. Margerison); M. Temple 1593; Merton, Oxf. 1594-6; travelled abroad (France) 1600-2; Court 1602-7. H.S. Darbyshire and G.D. Lumb, Hist. Methley (Thoresby Soc. xxxv), 23-4. m. 26 Oct. 1607 (with £1,600), Mary (admon. 9 July 1639), da. and coh. of John Dent, Salter of London, 3s. d.v.p., 1da. d.v.p. Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xv. 424; Add. 12497, ff. 297, 431; York Wills (Yorks. Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. xxxii), 245. Kntd. 23 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 116. suc. fa. 1607; Darbyshire and Lumb, 24. cr. bt. 29 June 1611. CB. d. 23 June 1632. C142/486/116. sig. H[enry] Savile.

Offices Held

J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding), 1608 – d., Cawood liberty, Yorks. 1609 – d., Ripon liberty, Yorks. 1613–d.; Darbyshire and Lumb, 24; C181/2, ff. 99, 183v. steward, Richmond, Yorks. Fee, barony of Kendal, Westmld. c.1608–17; Darbyshire and Lumb, 24. commr. subsidy, W. Riding 1608; member, Council in the North 1609 – d., v.-pres. 1626; R. Reid, Council in the North, 497; SP16/65/15. commr. aid, W. Riding 1609, to compound with duchy of Lancaster copyholders, Yorks. and Notts. 1611, sewers, W. Riding 1611; E179/283, ‘commrs. for the aid’; SP14/61/64; Yorks. ERRO, DDBE/27/2. capt. militia ft., W. Riding 1613, col. by 1626–d.; Darbyshire and Lumb, 24; Beaumont Pprs. ed. W.D. Macray (Roxburghe Club, xciii), 54. commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1616 – d., subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, 1629; C181/2, f. 255; C212/22/20–3; Fairfax Corresp. ed. G.W. Johnson, i. 210. collector, Privy Seal loan, W. Riding 1625–6; APC, 1625–6, pp. 369, 423–4. member, High Commission, York prov. 1625; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 90. commr. Forced Loan, W. Riding 1626 – 27, Yorks. coastal defence sqdn. 1627, recusancy, Northern parts 1628, taking accts., W. Riding 1630. C193/12/2; APC, 1627, p. 313; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 205; SP17/A/12.

Parlimentarian

SAVILE, Sir Henry (1579-1632), of Methley, Yorks.

Main residence: Methley, Yorks.

Author

K.E.B.

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Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

SAVILE, Sir Henry (1579-1632)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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