Historical antiquities, in two books the first treating in general of Great-Brettain and Ireland : the second containing particular remarks concerning Cheshire / faithfully collected out of authentick histories, old deeds, records, and evidences, by Sir Peter Leycester, Baronet ; whereunto is annexed a transcript of Doomsday-book, so far as it concerneth Cheshire, taken out of the original record.

Now followeth the Descent of the Savages of Clifton.

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I. John Savage of Clifton, in Right of Margaret his Wife, Daughter and Heir of Sir Thomas Daniers of Bradley in Appleton, commonly called Daniel. Her Mothers Name was Isabel, Daughter and Heir of William Baggiley by Clemence his Wife, Daughter and Co-heir of Sir Roger de Chedill, Lord of Chedill and Clifton. Lib. C. fol. 150. l.

This Margaret Daniell, as I have told you before, had all her Mothers Lands; but her Fathers Lands were setled on the Heirs Males of the Daniels. She had three Husbands: The first was John Ratcliffe, 42 Edw. 3. who died without Issue by her not long after. Lib. C. fol. 229. v.

The second Husband of Margaret Daneil, was this John Savage, descended of the Savages of Steinesbie in Darbyshire* 1.1; whom he married about 49 Edw. 3. and had Issue by her John Savage Son and Heir, Elizabeth, and Blanch, all living 4 Hen. 4. Lib. C. fol. 290. d.

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This John Savage of Clifton, the Father, died 10 Rich. 2. 1386. and Margaret his Widow after∣wards married Piers Legh of Maxfield (younger Son of Robert Legh of Adlington) in November, 1388. 12 Rich. 2. Lib. C. fol. 290. b. by whom she had Issue Piers Legh, from whom the Leghs of Lime in Maxfield Hundred; and John Legh, younger Son, Escheator of Cheshire 12, 13 Hen. 6. from whom the Leghs of Ridge nigh Maxfield. Lib. C. fol. 290. d. e. & 234. n.

But Margaret survived all her Husbands, and in her Widowhood she gave the moiety of Gropenhall to her Son Piers Legh, 4 Hen. 4. Lib. C. fol. 290. d. And to John Savage her Son, and to his Heirs, she gave Liberty of Bearing her Coat of Arms, which descended to her after the death of her Father, as I have seen the Copy of the Deed in French, dated 3 Hen. 5. the Original whereof is now among the Evidences of Thomas Earl Rivers, at Rock-Savage, 1669. Vide Lib. D.

pag. 175. q. And the Posterity of Savage bore Daniells Coat and Crest accordingly, to wit, Argent, a Pale Fusile Sable; the Crest, A Unicorns Head Couped Argent; until Sir John Savage of Clifton in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth took up Six Lions Sable for his own Proper Coat, and the Lions Paw Sable erected, for his Crest.

This Margaret Daniell died 6 Hen. 6. 1427.

II. Sir John Savage of Clifton Knight, 6 Hen. 5. Son and Heir of John, married Maude Daughter and Heir of Sir Robert Swinnarton, by whom he had the Mannor of Barrow; and had Issue, John Savage Son and Heir, William, Arnold, George, and Roger; also Margaret married John Dutton, second Son of Sir Piers Dutton of Dut∣ton, 6 Hen. 5. afterwards Heir to Sir Piers his Father, Lib. C. fol. 160. w. x. Maude mar∣ried Sir Thomas Booth of Barton in Lancashire.

He married Maude Swinnarton about the beginning of the Reign of Henry the Fourth: For in Annn 1409. 10 Hen. 4. I find them married, Lib. D. pag. 170. d. Whose Ancestor Sir Roger Swinnerton was made a Banneret by Edward the Third, to whom the King (in part of three hundred Pounds worth of Land, for the supporting of the State of a Banneret for his Life) had given all the Lands which belonged to Hugh le Dispenser Earl of Winchester in the Counties of Stafford and Chester;{fleur-de-lys} 1.2 and after by his Charter, dated at Nottingham, 16 Julii, 8 Edw. 3. 1334. Consideratione Praemissorum àc obtentu laudabilis obsequii quod idem Rogerus nobis indiès impendit, Concedimus quòd ipse habe∣at & retineat sibi & Haeredibus suis, Mannerium de Magnâ Ba∣row in Comitatu Cestriae, cùm pertinentiis; ac omnes terras in Villis de Rushton, Corneford, Austanfield, in Comitatu Staffordiae; quae fuerunt praefati Hugonis le Dispenser. He gave also Little Barrow to him and his Heirs, by another Charter dated at Westminster, 25 Septembris, 8 Edw. 3. Lib. D. pag. 169. b. And these were confirmed to Robert de Swynerton Consanguineo & Haeredi praedicti Rogeri, 13 Decembris, 2 Rich. 2. 1378. Which Sir Robert Swynerton Banneret died 12 Edw. 3. after whose death Ro∣bert Swynerton Clerk possessed the same, as Son and Heir; which Robert died Mense Junii, 23 Edw. 3. after whose death, Sir Thomas Swynerton Knight, as Brother and Heir of Robert, possessed the same Lands; which Sir Thomas died Mense Decembris 35 Edw. 3. after whose death, Sir Robert Swynerton his Son and Heir enjoyed them, and left them to this Maude his Daughter and Heir. Lib. D. pag. 178. d.

{fleur-de-lys} This Sir John Savage I find stiled Knight, [Obiit 1450] 4 Hen. 5. and he died primo die Au∣gusti, 28 Hen. 6. 1450. Lib. D. pag. 169. c. Probably he was Knighted at the Battel of Agincourt in France, 3 Hen. 5.

III. John Savage of Clifton Esquire, Son and Heir of Sir John, married _____ _____ and had Issue, John Savage Son and Heir; also Margery a Daughter married Edmund Legh of Baggiley in Cheshire, Esquire, 1442. 21 Hen. 6. which Edmund dying about 15 Edw. 4. she afterwards married Thomas Leycester of Ne∣ther-Tabley Esquire, 17 Edw. 4. 1477. Lib. C. fol. 271. d. e. to wit, the second Wife of Thomas: Margaret, another Daughter, married John Maxfeld; afterwards she married Randle Manwaring of Carincham, third Son of Randle Manwaring of Over-Pever Esquire.

Obiit iste Johannes Savage, 29 die Junii, [Obiit 1463] 3 Edw. 4. 1463. Aetate 53 annorum. Lib. D. pag. 169. c.

IV. Sir John Savage of Clifton, senior, Knight,* 1.3 17 Edw. 4. 1477. Lib. C. fol. 271. d. He married Catharine Daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley, after Lord Stanley, and Sister to Thomas Stanley Earl of Derby; by whom he had Issue Iohn Savage Son and Heir, Thomas Savage Bishop of Rochester 1492. thence translated to London 1497. thence to the Archbishoprick of York, 1501. and died 1508. his Body being buried at York,

and his Heart at Maxfield in Cheshire,* 1.4 where he built a Chappel at the side of Maxfield Church, and intended to have made a College there; Sir Homfrey Savage, another Son; Lawrence Savage, another Son; James Savage, another Son; Sir Edmund Sa∣vage, another Son, Knighted at Leith in Scotland, 36 Hen. 8. 1544. 11 die Maii, by the Earl of Hertford then General; so Stow: Which Edmund married Mary the Widow of Roger Legh del Ridge nigh Maxfield, and Daughter and Heir of William Sparke of Surrey 30 Hen. 8. 1538. Christopher Savage, another Son; William Savage, another Son; George, another Son; and Richard, another Son: Also Ellen Savage, a Daughter, married Peter Legh of Lyme in Cheshire, Anno Domini 1467. as appears by the Licence of Philip Sancti Laurentii in Lucina Presbyter Cardinalis, for their Marriage; datum Ro∣mae, 2 Idus Januarii, Anno quarto Papae Pauli Secundi, Lib. D. pag. 172. c. The Original now among the Evidences at Rock-Savage, 1669. Katharine, another Daughter, mar∣ried Thomas Legh of Adlington in Cheshire, Esq Anno Dom. 1479. as appears by the Li∣cence of John Giglis utriúsque Juris Doctor, Collector of the Popes Rents in England, dated at London 4 die Novembris, 1479. in the ninth Year of Pope Sixtus the Fourth: Lib. D. pag. 177. x. The Original among the Evidences at Rock-Savage also, Anno Domini 1669. Margaret married Edmund Trafford of Trafford in Lancashire: Alice married Roger de Pilkington of Lancashire; and Elizabeth married John Son of William Leeke of Langford in Darbyshire.

[Obiit 1495] * 1.5This Sir John Savage died 22 Novembris, 11 Hen. 7. 1495. & quòd Johannes Savage Armiger, Filius & Haeres Johannis Savage junioris Militis, est Consanguineus & ejus Hae∣res propinquior. Lib. D. pag. 179. k.

Sir John Savage of Clifton, junior, Knight, Son and Heir of Sir John Savage senior, had the Charge of the Left Wing at the Battel of Bosworth-field in Lecestershire, 3 Rich. 3. 22 die Augusti, 1485. in which Battel Richard the Third was slain: So Stow, and other Historians inform us. He was very instrumental, together with Thomas Lord Stanley his Uncle, afterwards made Earl of Darby, in the promoting of Henry the Seventh to the Crown, and in obtaining the Victory of Bosworth-field; for which Ser∣vice Henry the Seventh, per Literas suas Patentes, datas 7 die Martii, 1 Hen. 7. 1485. Memoriâ reducens diutina & laudabilia Servitia, nec non probitatem actúsque strenuos inti∣mi dilecti Militis nostri Johannis Savage junioris, quem, tàm in Armis quàm in Moribus & Consilio, florere dinoscebatur; qualitérque idem Johannes cùm multitudine Copiosâ suorum Fratrum, Consanguineorum, Servientium, Amicorum benevolorum, ad sua Grandia Co∣stus & Onera, Personaeque suae pericula Multimoda, in Servitio nostro in Conflictu & praelio contrà magnum Adversarium nostrum Ricardum tertium tùnc nupèr Regem Angliae praeten∣sum, caeterósque suos Complices & Fautores, qàm contrà alios Rebelles & Proditores nostros contrà nos hostilitèr Guerram levantes, &c. Concessimus eidem Johanni Castrum & Maneri∣um de Gresley & Kimbley in Comitatu Nottinghamiae—& Ekleston in Comitatu Derbiae, ac Mineram Carbonum, &c. quae fuerunt Johannis Domini Zouche—: Ac etiàm Maneria Elineton-Holmesfield in Comitatu Derbiae; & Maneria de Granby & Sutton in Comitatu Not∣tinghamiae,—& Manerium de Shepeshed in Comitatu Leycestriae, ac Maneria de Sutton-Huby∣bunderell, alias dictum Hobbadler, & Watton alias Wotton, Croston, Eudeburne, in Comitatu Salopiae; quae fuerunt Francisci Lovell Militis, nuper Vice-Comitis Lovell: Habenda prae∣dicto Johanni Savage, & Haeredibus Masculis de Corpore: Lib. D. pag. 171. v. The Ori∣ginal among the Evidences at Rock-Savage, Anno Domini 1669.

2 Ricardi 3. 1484. this Sir John Savage junior, and eight of his Brethren, were made Freemen of Chester, Sir John Savage the Elder being then Mayor: Vale-Royal of Eng∣land, pag. 188. The Brethren are there ranked in this order.

• 1. Sir John Savage junior.
• 2. James Savage.
• 3. Lawrence Savage.
• 4. Edward, for Edmund.
• 5. Christopher.
• 6. George.
• 7. William.
• 8. Richard.
• 9. Homfrey.

Sir John Savage junior married _____ _____ and had Issue John Savage, Son and Heir; Alice married Sir William Brereton of Brereton in Cheshire; Felicia married Robert Milward of Eaton in Derbyshire, Esquire; Ellen married John Hawarden; Maude married Sir Robert Nedham of Shenton in Shropshire.

This Sir John Savage was slain at the Siege of Boloigne in France, [Obiit 1492] 8 Hen. 7. 1492. in the Life-time of his Father. See Stow in eadem Anno. He was a Valiant Man, and an expert Soldier, and made Knight of the Garter by Henry the Seventh.

He had a Bastard-son, called George Savage, Parson of Davenham in Cheshire. This George had several Bastards, to wit, George Savage Priest, Chancellor of Chester; John Wimslow, Archdeacon of Middlesex, begot on one Wimslow's Daughter; Eliza∣beth married _____ _____ Clayton of Thelwall in Cheshire; she was begot also on Wimslow's Daughter: Randle Savage of The Lodge, begotten on the Daughter of one Dyes of Bar∣row in Cheshire; Margaret married _____ _____ Colstensoke of Over-Whitley; she was be∣got also on Dyes Daughter; Ellen married _____ _____ Hayes of Litley in Aston juxtà Pickmere; she was also begot on Dyes Daughter; Edmund Bonner, first Dean of Ley∣cester, and after twice Bishop of London, begotten on Elizabeth Frodshum, first married to one Edmund Bonner a Sawyer with Mr. Armingham, who begot other Children on her afterwards, and dwelt at Potters-Hanley in Worcestershire.

VI. Sir John Savage of Clifton Knight, Son and Heir of Sir John;* 1.6 was Knighted about 13 Hen. 7. and was Sheriff of Worcestershire 24 Years together, from the death of his Father. He was stiled Sir John Savage the Elder, 12 Hen. 8. He married Anne Daughter and Heir of Raufe Bostock of Bostock, in Davenham Parish, Esquire; and had Issue John Savage Son and Heir, Edward, George, Lawrence, Roger, and Thomas; Anne married to Henry Lord Barkley, about 1533. See Stow sub eodem Anno.

This Sir John died 2 Martii, 19 Hen. 8. 1527. and survived Anne his Wife. [Obiit 1527] She had a Brother called William, 22 Edw. 4. but he died, and she became sole Heir. Lib. D. pag. 178. f.

VII. Sir John Savage of Clifton Knight, stiled The Younger, 12 Hen. 8. Son and Heir of Sir John, married Elizabeth Daughter of Charles Somerset Earl of Worcester, and had Issue John Savage Son and Heir; Henry Savage, second Son; Margaret mar∣ried Sir Richard Buckley of Beaumorris in Wales; Mary married John Hamden of Hamden.

This Sir John Savage killed one John Pauncefote Esquire;* 1.7 whereupon he and his Father both were Indicted for Murther, and Arraigned in the King's Bench; this Sir John Savage the younger, as Principal; and Sir John Savage the Elder, as Accessary; who confessed the Fact: But upon mediation of Cardinal Wolsey, and Charles Earl of Worcester the King's Chamberlain, they were pardoned by the King, paying four thousand Mark••, and covenanting that they would not come into the Counties of Worcester or Chester during their Lives, without the King's Licence under his Great Seal, Privy Seal, or Privy Signet; as appears by the Indenture made the 24 day of November, 12 Hen. 8. 1520. Lib. D. pag. 179. I. The Original now remaining among the Evidences at Rock-Savage, 1669. But after, the King under his Great Seal, dated 12 Junii, 16 Hen. 8. 1524. gave liberty to this Sir John Savage the Younger to go, ride, or dwell in any Place either in Worcestershire or Cheshire. Lib. D. pag. 172. y.

This Sir John Savage died 27 Julii, 20 Hen. 8. 1528. aged 35 Years. [Obiit 1528] John Savage his Son and Heir was aged three Years and nine Months at the death of his Father aforesaid.

Elizabeth his Widow was living 23 Hen. 8. Lib. C. fol. 291. d. and afterwards married William Brereton of the Bedchamber to Hen. 8.* 1.8 Beheaded for Matters touching Queen Anne, 17 Maii, 1536. 28 Hen. 8. Stow. He was younger Son of Sir Randle Brereton of Malpas.

VIII. Sir John Savage of Clifton Knight, Son and Heir of Sir John, married Eli∣zabeth Daughter of Thomas Mannours Earl of Rutland, about 1 Edw. 6. 1547. by

whom he had five Sons, and five Daughters; John, born 1548. died an Infant; Ano∣ther John,* 1.9 born 1554. succeeded Heir; Thomas, born 1556. died young; Edward, born 1560. and Francis, born 1562. died young: Margaret, eldest Daughter, born 1549. married Sir William Brereton of Brereton in Cheshire, afterwards Baron of Laghlin in Ireland, who built the fine new House at Brereton: For Sir Lawrence Smith of Ather∣ton in Cheshire marrying Jane the Mother of this Sir William Brereton, they granted the

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Argent, Six Lions Rampant, Sable.

Body and Wardship of this William Brereton to this Sir John Savage, who thereupon married his Daugh∣ter Margaret to him, with a thousand Marks Portion; dated 24 Januarii, 4 Eliz. 1561. Lib D. pag. 178. e. Elizabeth, second Daughter, born 1552. married Thomas Langton Baron of Newton in Lancashire, 1580. who was divorced from Margaret Shirborne his Wife by Sentence of the Consistory at York, 25 Junii, 1580. because it was in impubertate dicti Thomae, nec pubertate adveniente per ipsum Thomam ratificatum, sed potiùs idem Matrimonium reclamantem: Lib. D. pag. 177. z. b. & pag. 173. d. Elinour, third Daughter, born 1557. married Sir Henry Bagnall, Son and Heir of Sir Nicholas Bagnall Knight, Marshal of the Queens Army for Ireland, 1577. one thousand Pound Portion: Lib. D. pag. 177. y. a. Afterwards she married Sir Sackvill Trever, Lib. D. pag. 178. g. Mary, fourth Daughter, born 1563. maried Sir Richard Milles in Hamshire: Frances, fifth Daughter, born 1567. married Thomas Wilkes in the County of Surrey Esquire.

Richard Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield granted to this Sir John Savage Knight, the Mannor of Tarvin; reserving the yearly Rent of 31 l. 00 s. 00 d. Datum 10 die Apri∣lis, 4 Edw. 6. 1550. Lib. D. pag. 171. r.

* 1.10This Sir John assumed for his own Proper Coat, Six Lions Sable; and, The Lions Paw Sable erected, for his Crest; now onely quartering Daniell's Coat therewith among others, which before was born as his Proper Coat. But the Vertuous Lady Elizabeth, Wife of this Sir John Savage, died at Frodsham die Martis, 8 die Augusti, 1570. 12 Elizabethae. Lib. D. pag. 180.

After whose death he married Elinour, Widow of Sir Richard Pexhull of Beaure∣pair in Southamptonshire, and Daughter of John Cotgreve, 14 Eliz. 1572. but had no Children by her. Lib. D. pag. 170. I. & pag. 174. o.

Which Elinour had given unto her, by the Will of Sir Richard Pexhull her former Husband, all his Lands in Bromley, Beaurepair, Stratfield-Say, Stratfield-Mortimer, Ter∣ges, Basingstoke, Chinham, Tadley, Pamber, Silchester, Sherborne-Monachorum, Sherborne St. John, Sherborne-Cowdray, Stovington, Dene, Bradley, and Berdenstock and Clack, Cowich, and Basing, in the Counties of Southampton and Wiltshire: Which Lands Sir John Savage setled on Edward his younger Son, and on his Heirs by Polyxena Daughter of William le Griz of London, Gentleman, and of Katharine his Wife, natural Sister of the said Dame Elinour, Lib. D. pag. 174. o. p. Which Edward had Issue, Sir John Sa∣vage of Beaurepair, 17 Jacobi, 1619. Lib. D. pag. 172. x.

* 1.11This Sir John Savage of Clifton built the new fair House at Clifton, Anno Domini 1565. 7 Elizabethae; which was afterwards called Rock-Savage. I find that he first writ himself of Rock-Savage, 17 Eliz. and so by little and little, sometimes of Clifton, and sometimes of Rock-Savage, to the 21 Eliz. But afterwards he constantly writ him∣self of Rock-Savage, which his Posterity have ever since retained.

The Old Hall stood a little distance thence, where now the Out-housing standeth; being now converted into a Granary, Sable, and other Places of Office.

He was Seriff of Cheshire seven times, 1560, 1565, 1570, 1573, 1574, 1579, and 1591. and three times Mayor of Chester, [Obiit 1597] 1569, 1574, and 1597. And he died in the last year of his Mayoralty, 40 Eliz. 5 Decembris, 1597. aged 73 Years; and was buried at Maxfield the twenty fourth day of January following.

IX. Sir John Savage of Rock-Savage, Son and Heir of Sir John, was created Baro∣net 9 Jacobi, 1611. and married Mary one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Richard Allington Esquire, deceased, about the 18 Eliz. 1575. Lib. D. pag. 169. a. & 170. f. and had Issue, John, aged three Years 1580. who died young; Thomas Savage, second Son, who succeeded Heir; John Savage, third Son; Richard, fourth Son; and Willi∣am, fifth Son: All which four Sons last mentioned, were living 42 Eliz. 1600. Lib. D. pag. 170. g. Also Elizabeth, a Daughter; married Thomas Manwaring, who then wait∣ed on this Sir John Savage her Father, younger Son of Manwaring of Martin-Sands nigh Over in Cheshire, and had Issue: Afterwards she married Sir Raufe Done of Duddon in Cheshire, descended from the Dones of Utkinton; also Grace Savage, another Daughter, married Sir Richard Wilbraham of Woodhey in Cheshire, made Baronet 5 Maii, 19 Jacobi, 1621. Which Grace survived her Husband, and died at Chester, Anno Domini 1662.

This Sir John Savage had a Bastard-son, called John Savage of Barrow.

Sir John was Mayor of Chester 1607. and Sheriff of Chester also the same Year. He was Buried at Maxfield on Fryday the 14 day of July, 1615. 13 Jacobi, [Obiit 1615] in the Night-time.

X. Sir Thomas Savage of Rock-Savage, Baronet, Son and Heir of Sir John, was Created Viscount Savage by King Charles the First, to wit, 6 die Novembris, 1626. 2 Car. 1.

Jane Sister and Heir to Sir William Cordell Master of the Rolls, and Lord of Long-Melford in Suffolk, gave by her Will to Sir Thomas Savage, Long Melford, with other Lands in Suffolk; Dated 15 Julii, 1602. She was Widow of Richard Allington, and Grandmother to Sir Thomas Savage.

He married Elizabeth Darcy, eldest Daughter and Co-heir of Thomas Lord Darcy* 1.12: The Covenants of their Marriage bears date 26 Martii, 44 Eliz. 1602. Lib. D. pag. 170. h. and had Issue, John Lord Savage, Son and Heir; Thomas Savage, second Son, married Brigit the Widow of Sir Edward Somerset, fifth Son of Edward Somerset Earl of Worcester, and Daughter and Heir of William Whitmore of Leighton in Wirrall, in the County of Chester, Esquire, by Margaret his Wife, Sister and Heir to Sir George Beeston of Beeston in Cheshire, and Daughter of Sir Hugh Beeston; from whom the Sa∣vages of Beeston now in Cheshire: Francis Savage, third Son; William, James, Richard, died all three without Issue: Charles Savage, seventh Son, now living 1666. and hath Issue: Also Jane, eldest Daughter, married John Pawlet Lord St. John, 1622. after Marquis of Winchester: Lib. D. pag. 180 m. Dorothy married the Lord Andover, Son and Heir of the Earl of Barkshire, Thomas Howard: Elizabeth, third Daughter, married Sir John Thimbelby of Lincolnshire: Anne, fourth Daughter, married Robert Brudenal of Stouton in Northamptonshire; after Created Earl of Cardigan, April 20. 1661. Ka∣tharine, now a Nun at Dunkirk, 1666. And Henrietta-Maria, sixth Daughter, married Raufe Sheldon of Beeley in Glocestershire, Esquire.

Thomas Viscount Savage was Chancellor of the Queens Court at Westminster 1634. and died at London; but was Buried at Maxfield in Cheshire, the sixteenth of December, [Obiit 1635] 1635. The Lady Mary Savage of Bostock-Hall, his Mother, was also Buried there the same day, as appears by the Register of Maxfield Church.

XI. John Lord Savage of Rock-Savage, Son and Heir of Thomas Lord Savage, was Created Earl Rivers in Right of his Mother, 1639.

There were certain Articles drawn for this John's Marriage with Anne Compton Daughter of William Earl of Northampton, 16 Julii, 1619. 17 Jacobi, Lib. D. pag. 177. w. but it did not take effect: And after he married Catharine Daughter of Wil∣liam Parker Lord Morley, and Lord Mounteagle, of Horneby-Castle in Lancashire, by whom he had Issue Thomas Savage, now Earl Rivers, 1666. John, second Son, living 1666. Richard, third Son, married Alice the Widow of John Barneston, of Churton, and Daughter and Heir of Thomas Trofford of Bridge-Trofford in Cheshire, and had Issue

by her a Son called John Savage, living 1666. But Alice had Issue by both her Hus∣bands, and she died 1666. Also Elizabeth, eldest Daughter of John Earl Rivers, mar∣ried William Lord Peters: Jane married the Lord Chandoz, by whom she had two Daughters; after she married Sir William Sidley, but had no Issue by him; and third∣ly, she married George Pits of Stratfordsey in Hampshire, Esquire, and by him had Issue: Mary, fourth Daughter, married Henry Killigrew Groom of the Bedchamber to James Duke of York; Frances, another Daughter, died young; Catharine, third Daughter, married Sir Charles Sidley, Brother to Sir William.

John Earl Rivers, after the death of his first Lady, married Mary Ogle, formerly Waiting-woman to his Mother; by whom he had Issue Peter Savage, who onely sur∣vived, and is now living, 1666.

[Obiit 1654] This John Earl Rivers sold Long Melford in Suffolk: And he died at his House in Frodsham, commonly called Frodsham-Castle, the tenth day of October, 1654. And that very Night was the same House by Accident of Fire burned. He was Buried at Maxfield, among his Ancestors, in his Chappel at the side of the Church there: But since, the Roof of the said Chappel fell down; but is now repaired, 1669.

Notes

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  See Lib D. pag. 176. T. Omnibus—Jo∣hannes le Sa∣vage de Sar∣cliffe, Salutem. Noveritis me dedisse Stephano le Eyr de Cesterfeld totum jus meum in Tenemento in Halywel gate. Datum apud Cester∣field, die Mercurii, in Festo Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae, 3 Edw. 2. 1310. Lib. D. pag. 180. n The Original among the Evidences at Rock-Savage, Anno Domini 1669.

  So that this John Savage who writ himself of Sarcliffe in Darbyshire, I conceive was Ancestor to the first John Savage of Clifton.
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  Anno 5 Hen. 6. Johannes le Vernay (and other Feoffees) dederunt Johanni Savage Militi, & Ellenae Ʋxori ejus, Maneria de Pi∣cton, & Shibrok, & Advocationem Ecclesiae de Davenham, &c. quae Margareta (quae fuit Ʋxor Radulfi Vernon Militis) tenet in dotem; Remanere post decessum Margaretae, praefatis Johanni Savage, & Ellenae, & Haeredibus ipsi∣us Johannis Savage in perpetuum, Lib. D. pag. 174. I.

  So that Ellen the Daughter and Heir of Sir Raufe Vernon, seems to be the second Wife of this Sir John Savage.
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  Ʋnus militum pro Corpore Henrici Septi∣mi, 1494. 9 Hen. 7. Lib. C. fol. 186. ••.
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  See Stow's Annals, sub Anno 23 H. 7.
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  Aetat. 73.
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  This Sir John I find stiled Sir John Sa∣vage of Han∣ley in Worce∣stershire, sub Hen. 8. Lib. D. pag 171. S.
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  Lib. D. p 180.
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  This Tho∣mas Lord Darcy was after created Earl Rivers, 4 Novembris, 2 Car. 1. 1626