SAVILE, John I (1546-1607), of Bradley and Methley, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 26 Mar. 1546, 1st s. of Henry Savile of Bradley, and bro. of Henry Savile II. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1561, ?BA 1563; Clement’s Inn 1564; M. Temple 1565, called 1573, bencher and Autumn reader 1586, serjeant-at-law 1594. m. (1) 1575, Jane, da. of Richard Garth of Morden, Surr., 1s. 2da.; (2) 1587, Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Wentworth of Elmsall, wid. of Richard Tempest of Bowling, 1s. 2da.; (3,) 1594, Dorothy, da. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth of Nettlestead, wid. of Paul Wythypole of Ipswich, Suff. and of Sir Martin Frobisher; (4) 1603, Margery, da. of Ambrose Peake of London, wid. of Sir Jerome Weston of Essex and of one Thwaites of London. suc. fa. 1566. Kntd. 1603.Vis. Yorks. (Surtees Soc. xxxvi), 346-7; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 57; ‘Savile Fam.’, Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xxv. 4-41; DNB; Foss, Judges, vi. 186; Reid, Council of the North, 496.

Offices Held

J.p. co. Dur. and Hexhamshire from c. 1576, q. 1583; commr. eccles. causes, diocese of Durham 1576 – 77; j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) from c. 1580, q. 1583; justice oyer and terminer, N. circuit 1580 – 81; commr. subsidy, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1582; baron of the Exchequer 1598, justice of assize, N. circuit 1598; cj. Lancaster 1598, member, northern high commission 1599, council in the north 1599; commr. chancellorship of duchy of Lancaster 1599 – 1601; j.p.q. Cumb., Northumb., Westmld. 1601.Lansd. 35, ff. 133v, 138v; 737, f. 179v; Royal 18 D.111; CSP Dom. 1598–1601, pp. 71, 154; 1603–10, p. 133; Somerville, Duchy, i. 336, 396, 471; C66/1549.

Member, Antiq. Soc. c.1591.

Parlimentarian

SAVILE, John I (1546-1607), of Bradley and Methley, Yorks.

Main residences: Bradley; Methley, Yorks.

Notes

Except where otherwise stated his biography is based on ‘Autobiog. of Sir John Savile’, Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xv. 420-42.

Author

I.C.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

SAVILE, John I (1546-1607)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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