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Catherine Stanley
- Preferred Name: Catherine Stanley[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
- Alternate Name: Savage
- Gender: F
- Birth: 1 MAY 1431 in Knowsley, Lancashire, England at LATI: N3.4539 LONG: E2.8525
- Burial: 1498 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England at LATI: N3.25 LONG: E2.1167
- Web Source: with note: Description: http://breretonhistory.ca/Cheshire Breretons.pdf
- Death: 22 NOV 1498 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England at LATI: N3.25 LONG: E2.1167
- Christening: 1 MAY 1431 in Knowsley, Lancashire, England at LATI: N3.4539 LONG: E2.8525
- Life Sketch: with note: Description: CATHERINE STANLEY was born 1 May 1431, Stanley, Erewash Borough, Derbyshire, England, to Sir Thomas Stanley (1406-1459) and Lady Joan Goushill (1404-1466.) She married John Savage about 1447 of Clifton, Cheshire, England.Catherine Stanley died 22 Novem
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lady
- Burial+information: with note: Description: St. Michael's & All Angels, Savage Chapel, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
- FSID: MB4W-7WN
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
CATHERINE STANLEY was born 1 May 1431, Stanley, Erewash Borough, Derbyshire, England, to Sir Thomas Stanley (1406-1459) and Lady Joan Goushill (1404-1466.) She married John Savage about 1447 of Clifton, Cheshire, England.
Catherine Stanley died 22 November 1498, Clifton, Cheshire, England, age 67. Buried at St. Michael’s and All Angels Churchyard, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. PLOT : Savage Chapel 1430 Stanley, Erewash Borough, Derbyshire, England
Katherine was the daughter of
Sir Thomas Stanley KG, 1st Lord Stanley, (1400 - 1459)
by his wife
Joan Goushill, (1401 - 1460)
daughter of Elizabeth de Arundel (Fitzalan), Duchess of Norfolk, by her Robert Goushill of Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire.
John Savage (1422 - 1495) and Katherine Stanley were married and they had ten sons and five daughters:
• Katherine, married Thomas Legh of Adlington, Cheshire in 1479.
Children of John Savage and Catherine Stanley:
1. Eleanor Savage (1447-1491) married Legh
2. *ALICE DULCIA Savage (1448-1481) married Bold
3. Elizabeth Savage (1452-1492)
4. Margaret Savage (1452-1525) married Bulkley
5. Anna Savage (1455-1512)
6. Ellen Savage (1460-1512)
7. Edward Savage (1461-1513)
8. Archbishop Thomas Savage (1463-1507)
9. Alice Savage (1464-) married Roger Pilkington
10. James Savage (1464-)
11. Sir John Savage K.G., K.B. (1465-1492)
12. Sir Humphrey Savage (1465-1510)
13. Richard Savage (1467-)
14. William Savage (1469-1536)
15. George Savage (1471-1536)
16. Sir Christopher Savage (1473-1513)
17. Sir Lawrence Savage, Knt
Sir John Savage K.G., K.B. 1450 - 1492
Thomas Savage, bishop of Rochester 1492, then London 1497, then Archbishop of York 1501 and died 1508, his body being buried at York and his heart at Macclesfield in Cheshire, where he built a chapel at the side of the church and intended to have a college there.
Edmund or Edward, Knt. (knighted in 1544, on Sunday, May 18, at Butterden, Scotland)
Siblings:
Katherine Stanley (1430 - 1498)
Thomas Stanley (1435 - 1504)
Margaret Stanley Troutbeck (1436 - 1481)
St Michael's & All Angels Church
Also known as: Macclesfield, St Michael's & All Angels Church Macclesfield Cheshire East Unitary Authority Cheshire England St Michael and All Angels Church, Macclesfield overlooks Market Place in the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield.[1] It forms a team parish with three other Macclesfield churches: All Saints, St Peter's and St Barnabas'. Two ancient chapels remain dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. Inside the church are a number of tombs and memorials, mainly to the memory of the Savage and Legh families.
Thomas Savage (1449, Clifton, Cheshire – 3 September 1507, Cawood, Yorkshire) was a prelate, diplomat and scholar during the Tudor period. Savage served as Chaplain to King Henry VII and was Archbishop of York from 1501 until his death in 1507.[2] Prior to his consecration as a Bishop, Savage served as a diplomat and rector (Savage continued to carry out diplomatic duties whilst he was a Bishop). As a diplomat Savage held the positions of English Ambassador to Castile and Portugal, during which time he helped broker the marriage treaty between Arthur, Prince of Wales and Catherine of Aragon in 1489,[3] and later held the position of English Ambassador to France from 1490, where he took part in the conference at Boulogne.
Contents
1 Family and studies
2 Career
3 Death and legacy
4 Citations
5 Bibliography
6 External links
Family and studies
Coat of Arms of the Savage family
Born a member of the Savage family, Thomas was the second son of the many children of Sir John Savage (1422–1495) and Lady Catherine née Stanley, daughter of Lord Stanley,[4] the knight and military commander Sir John Savage, KG, was his elder brother. Among his other siblings were the knights Sir Edward, Sir Richard, Sir Christopher and Sir Humphrey Savage. His sisters married into county families, including the Booths, Duttons and Leighs. Through Savage marriages with the various Cheshire county families, he was related to Archbishop Lawrence Booth. Among his other close relatives were his uncles Lord Thomas Stanley (who was created Earl of Derby after Bosworth in 1485) and Sir William Stanley and his cousin George Stanley, 9th Baron Strange.[5]
After graduating from Oxford University, proceeding Master of Arts c. 1473, Savage was sent abroad to further his studies in divinity, first at Bologna and then, in 1477, at the University of Padua, receiving a doctorate of Canon Law before serving there as Jurist Rector (1481–82).[6] He was awarded the degree of LLD (Cantab) in 1495.
Career
Thomas Savage early ecclesiastical career entailed appointments to several rectorships. Savage was first appointed Rector of Davenham, Cheshire in 1470, before successively becoming; Rector of Jacobstow, Devon in 1474, Rector of Monks Risborough, Buckinghamshire in 1484; and Rector of Rostherne, Cheshire. Such advowsons provided him with a source of income whilst he pursued his academic studies abroad.
Savage benefited greatly from Henry VII's ascension to the throne. Savage's brother Sir John Savage had been one Henry's main commanders at the Battle of Bosworth Field (the battle which had put Henry on the throne) and the Savage family enjoyed newfound prominence and privileges after victory was achieved on the field of battle. Previously only a rector and scholar Savage now received appointments to several positions of power and prestige; first receiving important diplomatic appointments as English ambassador to Castile and Portugal in 1488[7] during which time he helped broker the marriage treaty between Arthur, Prince of Wales and Catherine of Aragon in 1489,[8] and then later as Ambassador to France in 1490, where he took part in the conference at Boulogne (where Sir John would be killed whilst besieging the city in 1492).[9] Before beginning a career as a high ranking cleric (prelate), being nominated to the position of Bishop of Rochester in 1492 (consecrated on 28 April 1493)[10] serving until 1496 when he became Bishop of London and Chaplain to King Henry.[11] During this time the Bishop continued his diplomatic duties, negotiating a trade treaty between England and Riga in 1498.[12] Before finally becoming Archbishop of York and Primate of England in 1501 a position which he held until his death in 1509.[13] Both Sir John and Dr Thomas became part of the King's inner circle, of 11 known meetings of the King's council in the months June-July 1486, one or both of the brothers was present at 8.[14]
Savage served as President of the council attendant on the King and Chaplain to Henry VII, before being appointed as Archbishop of York on 18 January 1501.[15][16] While Archbishop he played a part in the marriage ceremony of Arthur, Prince of Wales, to Catherine of Aragon. Prince Arthur died young, and his brother Henry, who became Henry VIII, then married Princess Catherine. Archbishop Savage had earlier led the ceremony by which Henry was made Duke of York________________________________________
Preferred Parents:
Father: Thomas Stanley, b. 23 OCT 1406 in Lathom St James, Lancashire, England d. 20 FEB 1459 in Knowsley, Lancashire, England
Mother: Joan Goushill, b. 1 NOV 1401 in Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England d. 11 FEB 1459 in Lathom, Lancastershire, England
Family 1: Christopher Savage, b. 1430 in Kent, England
Family 2: John Savage - High Sheriff of Clifton, Knight, b. 1 NOV 1422 in Clifton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England d. 22 NOV 1495 in Macclesfield Forest with Wildboarclough, Prestbury, Cheshire, England
- m. ABT 1447 in Clifton, Cheshire, England
- Ellen Eleanor Savage, b. 1453 in Clifton, Cheshire, England d. 17 MAY 1512 in Bewgenet, Sussex, England
Sources:
- Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
Author: Citations [S6166] Unknown author, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th Ed., by F. L. Weis, p. 111; The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 30; Magna Charta by Wurts, p. 1005. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 638. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 491. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 554. [S10297] Unknown author, History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Omerod, 1819., p. 51.
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p665.htm#i19969;
Note: Eleanor Brereton1,2,3,4
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
F, #19969, b. circa 1388
Father Sir William Brereton2,3,4 b. c 1363, d. 1425
Mother Anyll Venables2,3,4
Eleanor Brereton was born circa 1388 at of Brereton & Egerton, Cheshire, England.5 She married Sir John Savage, Bailiff of the Forest of Macclesfield, Chamberlain of Middlewich, son of Sir John Savage, Bailiff of the Forest of Macclesfield, Constable of Halton Castle, Chamberlain of Middlewich and Maud Swynnerton, before 1423; They had 1 son (Sir John) and 2 daughters (Margery, wife of Edmund Legh, & of Thomas Leycester; & Margaret).2,3,4
Family
Sir John Savage, Bailiff of the Forest of Macclesfield, Chamberlain of Middlewich b. bt 1401 - 1410, d. 29 Jun 1463
Children
Margaret Savage+2
Margery Savage+2
Sir John Savage, Mayor of Chester, Chamberlain of Middlewich+2,3,4 b. c 1423, d. 22 Nov 1495
- Title: Katherine Stanley Savage, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-2XVC : 7 August 2020), Katherine Stanley Savage, ; Burial, Macclesfield, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England, St. Michael's & All Angels Churchyard; citing record ID 63242339, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-2XVC;
- Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/15516605;
- Title: Katherine Stanley in the Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
Author: London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 17; Page: 827
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/1981/records/20048348;
Note: page 827 [image 844] Sir John Savage (d. 1492) was the son of John Savage (1422-1495) and Katherine Stanley, daughter of Thomas Stanley
- Title: Wikitree
Note: Wikitree is variable in dependability. The research for the Savage tree is given throughout and well documented.
- Title: John Savage (soldier), Wikipedia
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Savage,_KG;
Note: Sir John Savage, KG (1444–1492), of Cheshire landed gentry, was a noted English military commander of the late 15th-century, who fought at the Battle of Bosworth Field, before being killed on active service in France.
Savage was a supporter successively of Edward IV, Henry VII, who bestowed the Order of the Garter upon him in 1488. Son and heir of Sir John Savage (1422–1495) and Lady Catherine née Stanley, daughter of Lord Stanley, he died three years before his father.
Savage married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Ralph Vernon of Haddon. They had one son, Sir John Savage (1470–1527), ancestor of John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers, and the subsequent Earls Rivers, and four daughters.
- Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700
Author: page 208 [image 232] 36. Thomas Stanley m. Joan Goushill 37. Katherine Stanley m. John Savage 38. Katherine Savage m. lic. 4 Nov 1479 Thomas Legh
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-AncestralRoots&h=10651&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt;
- Title: Katherine Stanley Savage (1430-1498), Find a Grave
Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63242339/katherine-savage;
Note: Katherine Stanley Savage
BIRTH 1430 Stanley, Erewash Borough, Derbyshire, England
DEATH 1498 (aged 67–68) Macclesfield, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
BURIAL St. Michael's & All Angels Churchyard
Macclesfield, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
PLOT Savage Chapel
MEMORIAL ID 63242339
Katherine Stanley was daughter of Thomas Stanley and Joan Goushill. She married Sir John Savage in 1447 in Clifton, Cheshire, England.
- Title: Geni -Katherine Savage (Stanley) Biographical article
Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Katherine-Savage/6000000020227263016;
Note: Also Known As: "Katherine Savage (born: Stanley); Katherine Stanley;"
Birthdate: circa 1430
Birthplace: Stanley, Derbyshire, England
Death: November 22, 1498 (64-72)
Clifton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Place of Burial: Macclesfield, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Sir Thomas de Stanley, Sr., 1st Baron Stanley and Joan Goushill, Baroness of Stanley
Wife of Sir John Savage, IV, of Clifton, Knight of the Garter
Mother of Sir John Savage V, K.B., K.G.; Elisabetha Leeke; Margaret Savage; Sir Edward Savage; Ellen Savage, of Clifton and 12 others
Sister of Elizabeth de Stanley; Sir John Stanley of Weever & Over Alderly; Joan Stanley; Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby; Margaret Grey and 3 others
- Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
Author: Citations [S3823] Unknown author, Ormerod's Cheshire, 1819, p. 527. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 638-639. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 679. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 491-492. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 91. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 296. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 554. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 28. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 323. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 638-639. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 90. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 27. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 639. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 559. [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 653. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plant
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p464.htm#i13932;
Note: Katherine Stanley1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
F, #13932, b. 1430
Father Sir Thomas Stanley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord of Latham and Knowsley, 1st Lord Stanley, Constable & Justice of Chester10,3,4,11,6,7,12,9 b. c 1405, d. 11 Feb 1459
Mother Joan Goushill2,3,4,11,7,12 b. c 1401, d. c 27 Apr 1466
Katherine Stanley was born in 1430 at of Lathom & Knowsley, Lancashire, England.2 She married Sir John Savage, Mayor of Chester, Chamberlain of Middlewich, son of Sir John Savage, Bailiff of the Forest of Macclesfield, Chamberlain of Middlewich and Eleanor Brereton, circa 1447 at of Clifton, Cheshire, England; They had 10 sons (Sir John; Thomas, Bishop ofRochester & London, Archbishop of York; Sir Humphrey; Sir Lawrence; James; Sir Edward; Sir Christopher; George; William; & Sir Richard) and 5 daughters (Ellen, wife of Sir Peter Legh; Katherine, wife of Thomas Legh; Margaret, wife of John Honford, Esq; Alice, wife of Roger Pilkington; & Elizabeth, wife of John Leeke, Esq.)2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Katherine Stanley was buried before 22 November 1495 at Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.13,4,7
Family
Sir John Savage, Mayor of Chester, Chamberlain of Middlewich b. c 1423, d. 22 Nov 1495
Children
Sir John Savage+14,13,4,15,7 b. c 1448, d. 18 Oct 1492
Margaret Savage+13,16,4,17,7,18 b. c 1450
Thomas Savage, Bishop of Rochester & London, Archbishop of York13,7 b. c 1452, d. 3 Sep 1507
Elizabeth Savage+19,4,6,7,9 b. c 1453
Helen Savage+ b. c 1454
Sir Homphrey Savage b. c 1456
Lawrence Savage b. c 1458
Ellen Savage+20,13,21,4,22,7 b. c 1460, d. 17 May 1491
Katherine Savage+23 b. c 1462
James Savage b. c 1464
Alice Savage b. c 1464
Sir Christopher Savage, Mayor of Macclesfield+4,7 b. c 1468, d. 9 Sep 1513
- Title: Catherine Stanley in the Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/15446561;
Note: Name: Catherine Stanley
Gender: f (Female)
Birth Place: Stanley (Derbyshire) England
Death Date: 22 Nov 1498
[1495 Nov 22]
Death Place: Clifton (Gloucester) Gb
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