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b. c. 1325, s. and h. of Sir John Saville (d.1353) of Shelley and Golcar by Margaret or Margery, poss. da. of Matthew Wood. m. by June 1353, Isabel (fl. 1423), da. of Thomas Elland of Elland and Tankersley by his w. Joan, poss. 3s. 1da. Kntd. by May 1369.Scrope v. Grosvenor, i. 112; ii. 302; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xxv. 5; xxviii. 386-406, 409-12; Yorks. Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. xxxix. 111; LII 45, 157; CP25(1)280/155/3.
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Commr. of oyer and terminer, Yorks. Nov. 1364 (conspiracies), Feb. 1365 (disorder at Wortley), Feb. 1370 (poaching at Halifax), Apr. 1388, May 1390 (obstructions to the Ouse); array Apr., July 1377, Feb. 1379, Dec. 1383, Aug. 1384,Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 58, 67. Apr. 1385, June, Aug. 1388,Ibid. ii. 95. Mar. 1392; to make an arrest Aug. 1380; of inquiry Jan. 1381 (liability for poll tax) Nov. 1382 (goods of traitors), Nov. 1382 (wastes at Ravensthorpe), Mar. 1385 (insurrections), Oct., Nov. 1388 (escapes from York gaol), Nov. 1391 (obstructions to highways), to suppress the insurgents of 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; recruit artisans to repair the King’s manor of Thorpe Aug. 1383; hold a special assize July 1384 (ownership of land in Selby).C66/318 rot. 28v.

Assessor of taxes, Yorks. (W. Riding) Mar. 1371, May 1379; collector June 1371, Dec. 1372; surveyor Mar. 1381.

J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 2 June 1371 – May 1380, 15 July 1389 – Nov. 1397, liberty of Beverley 12 Oct. 1381.

Escheator, Yorks., Northumb., Cumb., Westmld. 12 Dec. 1374–12 Nov. 1375.

Sheriff, Yorks. 3 Mar. – 18 Oct. 1380, 24 Nov. 1382 – 1 Nov. 1383, 18 Nov. 1387–1 Dec. 1388.

Constable of Pontefract castle, Yorks. for John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, by June 1396.Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xxviii. 409–10; S.K. Walker, ‘John of Gaunt and his retainers, 1361–99’ (Oxf. Univ. D.Phil. thesis, 1986), 294.

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SAVILLE, Sir John (c.1325-c.1399), of Shelley and Golcar, Yorks.
Main residences: Shelley; Golcar, Yorks.
Seyvyll, Soyvill(e)
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C.R.
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Commons 1386-1421
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SAVILLE, Sir John (c.1325-c.1399)

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