John Savile

• Preferred Name: John Savile^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}
  
• Alternate Name: John Savile
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: SEP 1399 in Elland, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.6835 LONG: E1.8451 with note: fh
  
• FSID: LBW5-1YD
  
• Birth: 1332 in Golcar, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.6378 LONG: E1.8457 with note: fh
  
• Notes:

  Narrative History of Sir John Savile
  The Savile family began to rise in status in the mid-fourteenth century when the head of the family, Sir John Savile, married Isabel de Elland in 1353. Isabel de Elland was an heiress and the marriage
  
  === Life Sketch previous entry ===
  s/o John Saville & Joan Bosco
  s/o sir, John Saville d-1353 & Margerie (Margaret)
  1380,83,88 -High Sheriff of Yorkshire
  1364 - Commissinor of Oyer
  1371 - Commissioner of Peace for Wewst Riding, Yorkshire
  1398 - Founded Chantry at Elland,Yorkshire - to pray for, John Duke of Aquitaine & Lancashire , Sir JOHN Saville & ISABELLA his wife,
  & their children, John Saville & Margaret his wife the parent of said JOHN & Thoms ELAND & Joan his wife, parents of
  ISABELLA..
  
  1350 - sir, JOHN Saville,Kntight, purchased from the Lord Pontrefract, for 200pds thw wardship & marriage of ISABEL ELAND
  he married her she brought manors Elland & Tankersley
  1353 - Yorkshire - fine - Hugh Brerlay & Maud his wife -vs- Ronert Neville of Hornby
  of manor of Brierley, near Barnsley ....together with the homage of JOHN Seville, of Tankerlsey & ISABEL his wife
  1358 - JOHn & Henry Seville witnesses charter
  6 Jul 1361 - Yorkshire - JOHN Seyville held manor of Marcheaden for life
  1361 - Yorkshire - John s/o Eve - granted his manor of Toothill -to- Henry Saville & othres
  wit - JOHN Saville
  1363 - Yorkshire - JOHN Saville, of Eland ,Knt & ISABEL his wife d/o John Eland
  acknowledge this manor to THomas s/o John Eland, Knt, & the heirs of his body,
  remainder to the Heirs of ISABEL
  
  will - proved - 24 Sept 1399 - sir, John Saviile, of Ellnad, Knight, Chivaler
  buried - Chapel of Elland
  to son John Saville of Shelley - money for the poor of Golcar & in Elland & in Tankersley
  ex - son John Elland of Shelley
  
  === History of Parliament Account on John De Saville ===
  https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/saville-sir-john-1325-1399
  
  The Savilles established themselves in the West Riding during the mid 12th century, if not before, and soon accumulated estates at Golcar, Silkstone, Dodworth, Shelley and Barnsley. Through an advantageous marriage, John’s grandfather and namesake was able to acquire other holdings in and around Rishworth; and at some point property in Kirk Smeaton and Grimston came to the family as well. John succeeded his father in 1353, by which time he had himself found a wealthy bride. His wife, Isabel, was the daughter of Thomas Elland, who settled upon them his two manors of Tankersley and Elland. Much later, in the autumn of 1372, the couple entailed a reversionary interest in the manors upon their sons, John and Henry, thus securing the title for their descendants. At the same time they themselves were confirmed in the reversion of Thomas Elland’s other estates in Brighouse and Carlinghow, although neither of them lived to inherit. We cannot now determine the exact size of their annual landed income, but they are known to have received at least £40 p.a. in net profits during the first years of their marriage.6
  
  Most of John Saville’s early life was spent campaigning overseas. He probably first saw action at the siege of Calais in 1346, when Edward III himself commanded the English army. Ten years later he received royal letters of protection pending his departure abroad in the retinue of the Black Prince; and it seems likely that he fought at the battle of Poitiers in September 1357. Just before leaving, he acknowledged a debt of £10 due to a local clergyman, although the money was duly paid and the bond was cancelled. For part of the ensuing expedition, John served in Brittany under the banner of Henry, duke of Lancaster. He subsequently gave evidence on behalf of two English soldiers found guilty of murder there, and was instrumental in securing pardons for them both. At about this time Duke Henry granted John a life tenancy of certain lands at Marsden in the duchy of Lancaster lordship of Pontefract, although, because a royal licence had not first been obtained,John was later obliged to pay a fine of £10 to keep the property after 1361, when his patron died. His involvement in the business of local government began in 1364, when he served on his first royal commission, yet he still took a keen interest in military affairs, and three years later we find him in Spain, again in the retinue of the Black Prince, with whom he fought at the battle of Najera.7 On his return to England he agreed to act as an attorney for the prior of Monk Bretton in Yorkshire, but once again his stay at home proved short lived. In common with many of the late duke of Lancaster’s retainers, he transferred his allegiance to the new duke, John of Gaunt, becoming a member of the latter’s affinity, at a fee of £20 a year during this period. In return for his annuity he took part in at least three expeditions to France. In April 1373, for example, Gaunt’s receiver was ordered to pay the 30 archers whom Saville and (Sir) Robert Rockley* had commanded on one of these recent operations. Sir John probably had the duke to thank for the knighthood which was bestowed upon him in the late 1360s; and he also acquired the marriage of Elizabeth Thornton, one of his patron’s wards, albeit for ‘un grant somme’. His election to the Good Parliament of 1376 may have owed something to Gaunt’s influence as well, although it is important to remember that, notwithstanding his frequent absences abroad, Sir John already possessed considerable administrative experience: he had not only served on the West Riding bench for the best part of five years, but had discharged a term as escheator of Yorkshire, too. During the Good Parliament, he was sufficiently trusted to conduct Thomas Caterton from Queenborough castle for interrogation before Parliament. Caterton had been appealed for treason by Sir John Annesley*, and the court party, including Gaunt, was anxious to protect him from attack. In the event, they were able to hold off the opposition, despite some damning revelations about their conduct of the war-effort. The duke himself was singled out for particular criticism, and during the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 he fled into Scotland, leaving his Savoy palace to be destroyed by the London mob. Gaunt was, understandably, reluctant to cross the border again without the protection of a sizeable bodyguard. In late June, therefore, his leading retainers in the north were instructed to provide an escort for his journey to Knaresborough. Not only did Sir John mobilize a personal retinue of ten men-at-arms and 40 archers; he also helped to suppress the rebellion in the north by serving on two commissions for the punishment of insurgents.8
  
  By the date of his second return to the House of Commons, Sir John had spent a few months as sheriff of Yorkshire, a post which he again assumed, this time for the customary term of a whole year, just after the Parliament ended. An increasingly heavy burden of administrative duties may have led him to seek royal letters of exemption from office-holding, but although these were granted in June 1384, he continued to occupy a variety of government posts in the north. Indeed, it was during his third and last shrievalty that he became involved in a dispute with Sir Robert Constable* over the payment of the latter’s parliamentary expenses, which he refused to hand over on the ground that they had already made private arrangements for Sir Robert’s benefit. Meanwhile, in September 1386 he gave evidence at York on behalf of Richard, Lord Scrope of Bolton, in his celebrated dispute with Sir Robert Grosvenor over the right to bear the same coat of arms. All in all, he represented Yorkshire in five Parliaments, being about 65 years old when he last entered the Lower House in 1390. He was then attempting to recover debts of almost £250 from a member of the local clergy, although the defendant’s persistent refusal to appear in court brought the case to a halt. Sir John remained active until his death, when he was probably still in office as constable of Pontefract. Only one reference, dated 1396, now survives to him in this capacity, but it seems likely that he received the post (which lay in Gaunt’s gift) at a somewhat earlier point in his career. Sir John certainly remained loyal—and grateful—to the duke, naming him, along with various members of his own family, as one of the spiritual beneficiaries of the chantry which he founded at Elland towards the end of his life. A royal licence permitting him to alienate extensive estates in the area for the support of a chaplain was accorded in July 1396, upon payment of a £20 fine; and all the necessary arrangements appear to have been made by the time of his death, two or three years later.9
  
  Sir John’s will, which bears no date, was proved on 23 Sept. 1399, his elder son, John, appearing as his principal executor. Two months later his widow, Isabel, took a vow of perpetual chastity before a suffragan of the archbishop of York. The couple had at least two other children: Isabel, who married into the Darcy family, and Henry, on whose behalf Sir John had evidently purchased the marriage of Elizabeth Thornton some 30 years before. The Thomas Saville who served Richard II as a serjeant-at-arms may, perhaps, have been their brother, but we cannot now be certain on this point. Sir John Saville the younger pursued a distinguished career, being, like his father before him, an enthusiastic supporter of the house of Lancaster. Henry of Bolingbroke’s coup d’état of 1399 ensured him a favoured position at Court, although he died six years later, and thus never really enjoyed the fruits of royal patronage. After his death both his widowed mother and his father’s executors experienced considerable difficulties. The latter were obliged to bring various lawsuits for the recovery of at least £60 owing to the testator’s estate, while Isabel encountered serious problems in retaining her rightful inheritance. At last, in 1423, she and her grandson, Thomas Saville, were finally confirmed in possession of the property which had previously belonged to her father
  
  === ! Sir John Savile Knight of Tankersly, S ===
  ! Sir John Savile Knight of Tankersly, Sherrif of York 3 and 11 (6 and 12) Richard II, Knight of the Shire, Co of York, 7 and 8 Richard II, Will was dated Richard II. or 1399 and desired to be Bur. in Eland. He amd Isobel, dau and heir of Thomas Eland Esq. of Eland, Co. of York. England, by his wife Joanna, dau of Gilbert Umfraville, on 17 Nov 1399, in the Chaple within the manor of Newstead, near the Priory of St Oswald of Nostell. William , Bishop of Pharos, then Suffragen of the Archbishop, received the vow of chastity of Isobella, Wid. of John Savile Knight , and gave her the ring and mantle.

1. Jane de Saville, b. 1372 in Tankersley, Yorkshire, England     d. 1410 in Ashton Hall, Ashton Under Lyne, Salford, Lancashire, England

1. John Saville, High Sherrif of Yorkshire, b. ABT 1325 in Rishworth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom     d. BEF 24 SEP 1399 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

1. Title: Book - Yorkshire Archaeological Journal "The Early Savilles
   
2. Title: The Publications of the Harleian Society, Volume 16
   Author: page 274-275 for Savile ancient pedigree chart...
   Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=BvFMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA275&lpg=PA275#v=onepage&q&f=false;
   
3. Title: Book - Yorkshire Archeaological Journal
   
4. Title: Online - Some Notes on the Medieval English Geneaology - The Saville Family
   
5. Title: Book - Chpeltown Reserches "Tankersley"
   
6. Title: Book - Halifax Wills
   
7. Title: Book - History & Antiquities in the Parish of Halifax in Yorkshire