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Données personnelles Sir John Savile of Thornhill, Sheriff of Yorkshire (a 1460) 

• Il est né environ 1410 dans Yorkshire, England.Les sources 4, 5
• Profession: High Sheriff of Yorkshire.Source 4
• (Alt. Death) avant le 21 juin 1482.Source 4
• (Alt. Death) avant le 21 juin 1482: Thornhill Hall, Dewsbury, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.Source 5
• Il est décédé le 15 juin 1482 dans Yorkshire, England.Source 4
• Répartition des actifs le 21 juin 1482.Source 5
• Testament le 23 novembre 1481.Source 5

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• Un enfant de Thomas Savile et Margaret Pilkington
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 4 décembre 2022.

Famille de Sir John Savile of Thornhill, Sheriff of Yorkshire (a 1460)

Il est marié avec Alice Gascoigne.

Ils se sont mariés le 1 juillet 1450.

Enfant(s):

1. Isabel Savile  ????-< 1488 
2. John Savile  ± 1428-< 1481 
3. Alice Savill  
4. Thomas Savile   
5. Elizabeth Savile  ± 1435-> 1484 

Notes par Sir John Savile of Thornhill, Sheriff of Yorkshire (a 1460)

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Sir John Savile of Thornhill, Sheriff of Yorkshire (a 1460) m. Alice Gascoigne (dau of Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorp)

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Knight of Methley Hall in Yorkshire

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John was High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1450 and 1467; Chief Steward of the Manor of Wakefield; will Nov. 23, 1481, proved June 21, 1482, administration to his widow Alice who took the vow of chastity July 3, 1482.

The Savile family in the period of the Wars of the Roses are in some ways typical of the minor gentry of the time, whilst in other ways they are very unusual.
Sir John Savile lived at Thornhill Hall near Dewsbury in West Yorkshire.  He was probably born around 1430 and married around 1450 to Lady Alice Gascoigne daughter of a local Yorkshire family.  In about 1450 he rebuilt Thornhill Hall in the modern style (The house was eventually destroyed during the English Civil War).
It would seem that in the 1450?s Sir John took the Duke of York?s livery.  In other words he became the Duke of York?s supporter.  In 1455 he is mentioned as having been present at the Battle of St Albans (later called 1st St Albans).  In 1459 he was appointed Constable of Sandal Castle for the Duke (Sandal was the most important of the Duke of York?s castles).  In the same year his eldest son (also called John) went with men from the Thornhill estate under the Earl of Salisbury?s banner.  They marched to Blore Heath in Staffordshire where the Yorkist archers destroyed the Lancastrian forces of Lords Audley and Dudley.

In January 1460 the Duke of York was killed outside Sandal Castle at the Battle of Wakefield.  There is no record of Sir John being present, but he may have been.

In 1461 both Sir John and his eldest son fought at Towton which saw the establishment of the Yorkist dynasty.  The Savile family were becoming well connected.  Sir John was confirmed as Constable of Sandal and his brother was appointed Knight of the Body to the newly crowned Edward IV.  As Constable of Sandal, Sir John led his men north in 1462 to fight Queen Margaret?s shattered troops.

Things quietened down for the Savile family until the upheavals of 1470/71.  When Warwick seized power and forced Edward IV and his brother Richard Duke of Gloucester to flee the country, Sir John Savile was removed as Constable of Sandal.  He retired to his house at Thornhill. ; When Edward landed at Ravenspur, Sir John, who was now an old man, sent his eldest son with 100 men to support the king.  He and his men fought at Barnet and Tewkesbury.  Following the defeat of the Lancastrian forces Sir John resumed his position of Constable of Sandal.  He held the post for another 9 years finally passing it on to his son (by now also called Sir John) in 1480.  In 1482 Sir John Savile the elder died at Thornhill.  He was buried in the family chapel in the church of St Michael and All Angels at Thornhill.  In the same year the new Sir John took his son (also called John) with him on the Duke of Gloucester?s campaign against the Scots where he also died (could his death have caused his father?s?).

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