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

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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.
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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.

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

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SAYER, Richard (c.1562-1603), of St. Michael Penkivel, Cornw.

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b. c. 1562, 1st s. of Hugh Sayer of St. Michael Penkivel by Margaret, da. of Richard Digby of Coleshill, Warws. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1577. m. Ursula, da. of Hugh Trevelyan of Yarnscombe, Devon, 3s.
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J.p. Cornw. 1603.

Main residence: St. Michael Penkivel, Cornw.
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SAVILE, John II (1556-1630), of Doddington, Lincs. and Howley, Yorks.

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b. 1556, 1st s. of Sir Robert Savile of Barkston, Lincs. by Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Robert Hussey of Linwood in Blankney, Lincs., wid. of Matthew Thymbleby of Poolam in Edlington, Lincs., half-bro. of Stephen Thymbleby. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1572; L. Inn 1577. m. (1) Catherine, da. of Charles, 2nd Baron Willoughby of Parham, s.p.; (2) 20 Nov. 1586, Elizabeth, da. of Edward Carey, 5s. 3da. suc. fa. 1585. Kntd. by 1597; cr. Baron Savile 1628.‘Saville Fam.’ (Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xxv), 1-47; DNB; CP, xi. 459-61.
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Steward, honour of Wakefield 1588, honour of Ponefract; j.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) and Yorks. (W. Riding) from c. 1591; custos rot. Yorks. (W. Riding) from c. 1594; member, northern high commission 1599, council in the north from 1603, v.-pres. 1626 – 28; PC 1626; alderman (mayor) of Leeds 1626; commr. navy 1626, loan in Yorks. 1627, fees and offices 1627; receiver of revenues of northern recusants 1627; comptroller of the Household 1627.Somerville, Duchy, i. 523; Hatfield ms 278; Reid, Council of the North, 496; Thoresby, Ducatus Leodensis, 150, 263; HMC Hatfield, ix. 396; C66/1421; PRO, Index 4211.

Main residences: Doddington, Lincs.; Howley, Yorks.
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SCAMBLER, James (d.1633), of Peterborough, Northants; later of Hickling, Norf.

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s. of Edmund Scambler by Julian, wid. of one Francys of London. m. (1) by 1577, Jane, da. of John Freeman of Billing, Northants., s.p.; (2) Mary, da. of William Loveday of Norwich, s.p.Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 241; Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. V), 192.
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Feoffee of town lands, Peterborough from 1572; clerk of the foreign appostes in the Exchequer by 1589; j.p. Norf. 1593, rem. c. 1596, rest. c. 1598, q. 1601.Northants. Rec. Soc. ix. 195; xiii, p. lxxi; Add. 22924, ff. 6, 19; Lansd. 106, f. 1 seq.; A. H. Smith thesis, apps. ii. v.; Stiffkey Pprs. (Cam. Soc. ser. 3, xxvi), 33–6.

Main residences: Peterborough, Northants.; Hickling, Norf.
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SCAMBLER, James (-d.1633)

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SCORY, Sylvanus (d.1617), of Cordwainer Street, London.

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s. of John Scory, bp. of Hereford, by his w. Elizabeth. m. Alice, da. of Francis Walshe of Shelsley, Worcs., 2da. suc. fa. 1585.
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Servant of the Earl of Leicester by 1584.

Prebendary of Hinton 1565 – 69; esquire of the body at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral; gent. of privy chamber to James I.

Main residence: Cordwainer Street, London.
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SCORY, Sylvanus (-d.1617)

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