Francis Savage, Esq., of Elmley

(1) Francis Savage, Esq., of Elmley Castle, &c. (d. 19th August 1557) Eldest son and heir who also possessed the manors of Hardwick, Worcestershire, Aston-sub-Edge, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, and Tysoe, Warwickshire. He was a Knight of the Shire for Worcestershire. He married by license dated 26th November 1547, Anne (d. after 19th August 1557), daughter of William Sheldon of Beoley, Worcs.,(he d. 24th Sept 1570) by his spouse Mary (d. 25th January 1553) daughter of William Willington of Barston, Warwickshire (he d.1554). Anne Sheldon married twice, Francis Savage being her first husband. She is mentioned in, as well as being co-Executor of, her husband’s Will, proved 4th July 1558. Her second husband was Anthony Daston of Wormington, Glos.

Children born in Elmley Castle, Worcester, England

1. William, Esq. (1551 - 7 Aug 1616). Married Anne Knottesford.
2. Walter, Esq. (1553 - 1622). Married Elizabeth Hall.
3. Anthony (1555 - ).
4. John (1557 - ).

Sources

1. Faris, David, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. [2nd Edition]), p. 324, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974 F228 1999.
2. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004.), p. 640, Family History Library, 942 D5rd.
3. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.), p. 314, Family History Library, 273 D2rrd.
4. Ligon, William D., The Ligon Family and Connections (New York: 1947.), p. 39, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.2 L726.
5. Phillimore, William Phillimore Watts, The Visitation of the County of Worcester Made in the Year 1569 (London: Harleian Society, 1888.), p. 125, Family History Library, 942 B4h v. 27.
6. Camden, William, The Visitation of the County of Warwick in the Year 1619 (London: Harleian Society, 1877.), p. 3, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 942.005 H284 v.12.
7. Chitting, Henry, The Visitation of the County of Gloucester Taken in the Year 1623 (London: Harleian Society Publications, 1885.), p. 145, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 942.005 H284 v. 21.
8. Barnard, E. A. B., The Sheldons (Cambridge: University Press, 1936. FHL BRITISH Film #229,108 Item 9.), p. 26, Family History Library.

Links

• http://cotswoldsavages.wordpress.com/category/detailed-records/
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg2862.htm#67728
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wittichen/chrissavage.html
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• 'SAVAGE, Francis (by 1524-57), of Elmley, Worcs.
• Family and Education
• 'b. by 1524, 1st s. of Christopher Savage of Elmley by Anne, da. of Sir Richard Lygon of Worcs. m. lic. 26 Nov. 1546, Anne, da. of William Sheldon of Weston, Warws. and Beoley, Worcs., 4s. 2da. suc. fa. 23 Nov. 1545.1
• Offices Held
  • J.P. Worcs. 1554-d.; receiver, crown lands in Herefs., Leics., Northants., Rutland, Salop, Staffs., Warws. and Worcs. 28 Mar. 1555-d.2
• Biography
• 'A younger branch of the Savage family of Cheshire was established by Francis Savage’s grandfather at Elmley, where in 1544 his father, an esquire of the body, bought the castle and manor jointly with (Sir) William Herbert I, who in the same year relinquished his claim. With this property Francis Savage inherited Chipping Campden and five other Gloucestershire manors which descended from his grandfather as kinsman of Thomas Savage, archbishop of York; to these he was to add ex-monastic land in the same county, which he and George Wall acquired from Herbert in 1548, and the manor of Tysoe in Warwickshire, bought some five years later from Edward Aglionby II.3
• 'Savage’s election, while he was still young and untried, looks like the work of his father-in-law William Sheldon, himself knight of the shire in the previous Parliament, with perhaps the aid of Herbert, by then Earl of Pembroke and president of the council in the marches, and even of the Duke of Northumberland, whose son the Earl of Warwick counted Aglionby, also a Member of this Parliament, among his servants. Although Savage was to sue out a pardon at Mary’s accession, neither he nor Sheldon can have been seriously compromised by the events which preceded it, for in 1554 he joined Sheldon on the Worcestershire bench. In the following year he bought his father-in-law’s office of receiver in the augmentations for eight midland counties, including Warwickshire and Worcestershire.4
• 'Savage was ‘sick in body’ when he made his will on 17 Aug. 1557 and he died two days later. In fulfilment of his father’s will he left annuities to his five brothers, including one who was a London apprentice. To his two infant sons he bequeathed 100 marks each and to his two daughters 200 marks. He left his lease of the manor of Hardwick, Worcestershire, to his mother for life, with remainder to his brother Thomas, and his wife Anne was similarly to enjoy the house at Elmley and one-third of the manor of Aston Subedge, Gloucestershire. He included in the will a list of all his tenants with the value of their holdings. He named his wife and his father-in-law executors and directed them to pay £300 for the dissolved chantry in Elmley for his son William. The will was proved on 4 July 1558.5
• Ref Volumes: 1509-1558
• Author: M. K. Dale
• Notes
• 1. Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/72/101. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 125; Fac. Off. Reg. 1534-49, ed. Chambers, 285; PCC 32 Noodes.
• 2. CPR, 1553-4, p. 26; 1554-5, p. 77; 1557-8, p. 205.
• 3. Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xviii), 203-4; VCH Worcs. iii. 340-2; C142/33/132, 72/101; LP Hen. VIII, xiv, xix, xxi; CPR, 1547-8, pp. 276, 358; 1553, p. 113.
• 4. CPR, 1553-4, p. 422; 1554-5, p. 77.
• 5. PCC 32 Noodes; C142/112/168; CPR, 1557-8, p. 69.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/sa...
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• 'Francis SAVAGE (Esq.)
• 'Born: ABT 1528
• Father: Christopher SAVAGE
• Mother: Anne LYGON
• 'Married: Anne SHELDON BEF 1554, Elmley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
• Children:
  • 1. Anthony SAVAGE
  • 2. William SAVAGE
  • 3. Walter SAVAGE
  • 4. John SAVAGE
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SAVAGE.htm#Francis SAVAGE (Esq.)1
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• Christopher Savage, Esq.1,2,3,4
• M, #70507, b. circa 1490, d. 1546
• Father Sir Christopher Savage, Mayor of Macclesfield1,3 b. c 1468, d. 9 Sep 1513
• Mother Anne Stanley1,3 b. c 1471, d. c 1508
• Christopher Savage, Esq. was born circa 1490 at of Madresfield & Upon-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England.1 He married Anne Lygon, daughter of Sir Richard Lygon, Sheriff of Gloucestershire & Worcestershire and Margaret Greville, circa 1534 at of Arle Court, Worcestershire, England; They had 2 sons ('Francis'; & George, Archdeacon of Gloucester) & 1 daughter (Bridget, wife of Anthony Bonner, Gent.).5,1,2,3 Christopher Savage, Esq. died in 1546 at of Aston-sub-Edge, Gloucestershire, England.1,3
• Family Anne Lygon b. c 1514
• Child
  • Bridget Savage+3,4 b. c 1540, d. b May 1608
• Citations
• 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 639.
• 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 23.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 493.
• 4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 387.
• 5.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 448.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2346.htm#...
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