Savile, John (1415 - 1482)

of Thornhill, Yorkshire

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1415
Death Date: 1482-06-15

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Gascoigne, Alice ( - )

  1. Female offspring: Savile, Isabel (d. 1488)
  2. Male offspring: Savile, John (d. 1481)
  3. Male offspring: Savile, William (n.d.)
  4. Male offspring: Savile, Thomas (n.d.)
  5. Male offspring: Savile, Richard (n.d.)
  6. Male offspring: Savile, Henry (n.d.)
  7. Male offspring: Savile, Nicholas (n.d.)
  8. Female offspring: Savile, Margaret (n.d.)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed By 1452
    Vacated 1482-06-15

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Chief Steward & Master Forester, Yorkshire: West Riding n.d. -12-16
Constable, Yorkshire: North Riding n.d. -12-16
MP, Yorkshire 1450 1451
Sheriff, Yorkshire 1454-11-4 1455-11-4
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1455 n.d.
Sheriff, Yorkshire 1460/1-3-6 1461-11-7
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1461 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1461 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1467 1468
MP, Yorkshire 1467 1468
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1469/70 n.d.
Constable, Yorkshire: West Riding 1471-7-5 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1471/2 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1471/2 1473
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1480 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Thornhill, Yorkshire: West Riding
    Patrimony

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1450-1450 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir John Savile's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir John Savile's Minstrels Savile, John (1415 - 1482) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936.