SAVAGE, John (1603-1654), of Rock Savage, Cheshire
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Family and Education
b. 25 Feb. 1603,Reg. St. Botolph Bishopsgate ed. A.W.C. Hallen, i. 154. 1st s. of Thomas, 1st Visct. Savage of Rock Savage, cllr. to Queen Henrietta Maria, and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Rivers. m. (1) bef. 1626, Catherine, da. of William Parker, Lord Morley and Monteagle of Hornby Castle, Lancs. 3s. 5da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) bef. 6 Mar. 1647, Mary, da. of Thomas Ogle of South Dessington, Northumb., 1s. Kntd. 7 Aug. 1624; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 186.suc. fa. as 3rd bt. and 2nd Visct. Savage 1635, maternal gdfa. as 2nd earl Rivers 1640. d. 10 Oct. 1654. G. Ormerod, Hist. Cheshire, i. 716-18; CP (Colchester, Darcy of Chiche, Rivers, Savage).sig. John Savage.
Offices Held
J.p. Cheshire 1619-at least 1642, C231/4, pp. 90, 227. commr. subsidy, 1621, 1624; C212/22/20, 23. freeman, Chester, Cheshire 1625,Chester Freeman Rolls (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 111. alderman 1633–46;Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. M.J. Groombridge (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cvi), 173; A. and O. i. 876. commr. sewers, Cheshire 1626, 1627, C181/3, ff. 215, 237v. Forced Loan 1627, SP16/56/72. charitable uses, 1630, 1631, 1637, 1639, C192/1, unfol. knighthood fines 1631–5, E178/5179, f. 5; E198/4/31, f. 1. inquiry fees, Cheshire and Flints. 1634, C181/4, f. 192. array, Cheshire and Essex 1642; Northants RO, FH133. ranger, Delamere Forest, Cheshire 1632; Add. 33378, f. 91v. steward, Halton, Lancs. c.1635–9,Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 237. high steward, Macclesfield, Cheshire 1635, surveyor, Macclesfield Forest 1637. Add. 33378, f. 92.
Member, Fishery Soc. 1632. SP16/221/15.
Col. of ft. (roy.) 1644–5. P.R. Newman, Roy. Officers in Eng. and Wales, 331.