SAVILE, Sir Henry (1498/99-1558), of Thornhill, Tankersley and Elland, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 1498 /99, 1st s. of Sir John Savile of Thornhill and Tankersley by 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Paston of Norwich, Norf. and London. m. 29 Aug. 1517, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Soothill of Soothill, Yorks., 2s. 1da. 2s. illegit. by Margaret, da. of Peter Barkston. suc. fa. 16 Mar. 1505. KB 30 May 1533.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., CIPM Hen. VII, ii. 803.Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 275; Glover’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 185.

Offices Held

J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1528, rem. 1530, rest. by 1534–d. (E. and N. Ridings) 1544–d., northern circuit 1539 – d.; steward, duchy of Lancaster, Pontefract honor 4 Nov. 1537 – 27 Nov. 1549, jt. (with George, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury) 27 Nov. 1549 – d.; sheriff, Yorks. 1537 – 38, 1541 – 42; capt. Pontefract castle in 1539, Bamborough castle, Yorks. in 1546; member, council in the north in 1542 – 49, by 1552 – d.; commr. benevolence, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1544/45, relief, Yorks. (E. N. and W. Ridings) 1550.LP Hen. VIII, iv, xii, xv, xvi, xx, xxi; R. B. Smith, Land and Pol. 148, 158; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 75, 91; 1553, pp. 353–4; Somerville, Duchy, i. 515–16; C60/355, m. 4; R. R. Reid, King’s Council in the North, 490ff; HMC Shrewsbury and Talbot, ii. 28; Strype, Eccles. Memorials, ii(2), 161.

Parlimentarian

SAVILE, Sir Henry (1498/99-1558), of Thornhill, Tankersley and Elland, Yorks.

Main residences: Thornhill; Tankersley; Elland, Yorks.

Author

A.D.K.H.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

SAVILE, Sir Henry (1498/99-1558)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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