SAVAGE, Robert (d.1399), of York. | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

nephew and h. of William Savage (d.1369) of Tynemouth, Northumb. and York, merchant. m. (1) Katherine; (2) by 1381, Emma (d. by 1415), da. of William Vescy (d.1407) of York, merchant, by his w. Marion (d.1393), wid. of Hugh Hanby of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks., merchant, 3s. 1da.Hist. Northumb. viii. 253-4; Trans. E. Riding Antiq. Soc. xxx. 69; Surtees Soc. clxxxvi. 33-34; Borthwick Inst. York, York registry wills, i. f. 60; iii. ff. 17-18, 266v-8v; CCR, 1413-19, pp. 107, 114.

Offices Held

Chamberlain, York 3 Feb. 1370–1; bailiff 1374 – 75; member of the council of 24 by Mar. 1376; constable of Saddlertower 1380; mayor 3 Feb. 1384–5, 1391 – 93; member of the council of 12 by May 1388.Surtees Soc. xcvi. 67, 80, 89, 90; cxx. 26, 32, 36, 152; cxxv. 17, 28–30, 33; clxxxvi. 30, 39, 82; Yorks. Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. lxxvi. 172; cxi. 187.

Collector of a tax, York May 1379.

Commr. of inquiry, York Mar. 1381 (inhabitants of the city), May 1381 (state of Holy Trinity priory), Oct., Nov. 1388 (escape of prisoners from York castle), Dec. 1391 (state of St. Leonard’s hospital); to take securities from lawbreakers Mar. 1382; of gaol delivery, York castle Feb. 1384;C66/317 m. 22v. oyer and terminer Apr. 1388 (obstructions to the river Ouse).

J.p. York 4 Dec. 1385-c. Oct. 1392.

Mayor of the Calais Staple by 1 July 1394.

Parlimentarian

SAVAGE, Robert (d.1399), of York.

Main residence: York.

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

SAVAGE, Robert (-d.1399)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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