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• Hij is geboren rond 1496 in Aston, Gloucestershire, England.Bron 2
• Beroep: Sir.
• Hij is overleden op 23 november 1545 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England.Bron 2
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Kind(eren):

1. Elizabeth Savage  ± 1524-???? 
2. Francis Hardwyke Savage  ± 1528-1557
3. Bridget Savage  ± 1530-1609
4. Thomas Savage  ± 1532-????
5. Edmond Savage  ± 1534-????
6. John Savage  ± 1538-????
7. George Savage  ± 1540-????
8. William Savage  ± 1546-????

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Elmley Castle

William de Beauchamp died in 1298. (fn. 76) His son Guy did homage for his father's lands in October 1298, (fn. 77) and died 10 August 1315, leaving as his heir his eldest son Thomas, then aged two years. (fn. 78) Thomas Earl of Warwick was knighted in January 1330 and had livery of his lands in the following year. (fn. 79) He conveyed this manor among others to trustees for the payment of portions to his daughters after his death. (fn. 80) He was marshal of the army in France in 1346 and distinguished himself at Crecy and at Poitiers in 1356. He died at Calais in November 1369 and was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son Thomas. (fn. 81) The latter was arrested for treason and imprisoned in the Tower in 1396, and his estates were forfeited. (fn. 82) In August 1397 the manor of Elmley Castle was granted to Thomas Lord le Despenser. (fn. 83) In September of that year Thomas was created Earl of Gloucester, and the manor was confirmed to him under that title. (fn. 84) Thomas Earl of Warwick was, however, reinstated in all his possessions on the accession of Henry IV, and died in 1401. (fn. 85)

The manor of Elmley was held by his widow until her death in 1406-7, when her son Richard succeeded. (fn. 86) In 1423 the manor was settled on him and his second wife Isabel le Despenser Countess of Worcester. (fn. 87) He died in April 1439, and on the death of Isabel in the following December Elmley Castle passed to their son Henry, aged fifteen years. (fn. 88) In 1444 he was created Premier Earl of England, and advanced to the dignity of Duke of Warwick in the following year. He is supposed to have been crowned King of the Isle of Wight by Henry VI. (fn. 89) He died 11 June 1446, when the dukedom and the male line of this branch of the family expired, but his other honours devolved on his only daughter Anne Countess of Warwick, then aged three years. (fn. 90) She died an infant in 1448-9, and the manor of Elmley Castle passed to her aunt Anne, the wife of Richard Nevill Earl of Salisbury. (fn. 91) After his death at the battle of Barnet in 1471, Elmley Castle was settled on his daughter Isable wife of George Duke of Clarence, the right of his widow Anne being ignored. Isabel died in 1476, (fn. 92) and Elmley Castle was held by her husband until his death on 4 March 1478. (fn. 93) Edward his son and heir being a minor the castle and manor passed into the king's hands. (fn. 94) In 1487, however, Anne Countess of Warwick obtained an Act of Parliament for her restoration to the Warwick estates, but this seems only to have been done to enable her to convey them to the Crown, (fn. 95) for in the same year she surrendered the manor and castle of Elmley with the other Warwick estates to Henry VII. (fn. 96)

The manor remained in the king's possession until 1544, (fn. 97) when it was sold by Henry VIII to Sir William Herbert of the Privy Chamber and Christopher Savage. (fn. 98) The grant included the lordship and manor, castle and park, of Elmley Castle, the water of the Avon beside Peryforde, from Cropthorne Field to le Lytle Neytesende and thence to the lower end of Peryforde Meadow, and thence as far as Chalforde, with all 'lez neytes' pertaining to the said water and free fishery in it, a parcel of land called 'le Nocke' beyond the Avon, the site of the manor of Elmley otherwise called the lodge of Elmley Park.

Some slight repairs were made in the castle in 1413 and 1425, (fn. 24) and again in 1480 and 1492. (fn. 25) William Adams was appointed keeper and Thomas Brugge steward in 1478, the castle being then in the hands of the king on account of the minority of Edward Earl of Warwick. (fn. 26) Sir John Savage, the younger, received a grant of the constableship in 1488. (fn. 27) In 1528 the castle seems to have been still habitable, for Walter Walshe was then appointed constable and keeper, (fn. 28) and ten years later Urian Brereton succeeded to the office. (fn. 29) In 1544, however, prior to the grant to Sir William Herbert and Christopher Savage, a survey was made of the manor and castle of Elmley, and it was found that the castle, strongly situated upon a hill surrounded by a ditch and wall, was completely uncovered and in decay. (fn. 30) Leland writing at about this time says, 'Ther stondithe now but one Tower, and that partly broken. As I went by I saw Carts carienge Stone thens to amend Persore Bridge about ii miles of. It is set on the Tope of a Hill full of Wood, and a Townelet hard by.' (fn. 31)

Of the fabric of the ancient castle, which stood on the summit of the hill about half a mile to the south of the existing building, only a very small amount of masonry, probably forming part of the keep wall, remains. The outer and inner ditch and the site of the barbican can be distinctly traced.
The present mansion of Elmley Castle is a large stone Elizabethan (fn. 32) house of two stories with gabled attics. The plan seems to have been originally E-shaped, but in 1702 the house was entirely remodelled and the character of the plan transformed by filling the arms of the E with brick additions, the south or garden front being refaced with brick to harmonize in appearance with the new building. At the same time large sash-windows were substituted for the original mullioned openings, one or two of which still survive in the attic story and in the cellar. The finest feature of the house is the handsome staircase hall added at this period to the south of the entrance hall. The ceiling is a particularly good example of Queen Anne plaster work. The stairs are of oak with twisted balusters supporting the hand-rail. The east wing contains the principal apartments, and the panelling, where not replaced by later work, dates from the 1702 remodelling. The drawing room at the south end of this wing has been increased to its present size by the removal of a partition. In the southernmost of the two rooms out of which it has been formed Queen Elizabeth is said to have slept when she visited Elmley Castle. Between the drawing room and the dining room is a small room called the cedar parlour from the panelling of this material which lines its walls. At the side of the doorway opening from the hall to the staircase was originally an entrance to a secret chamber or hiding hole which can now be entered from one of the first floor bedrooms. The kitchen and offices are in the west wing, which retains some original 16th-century detail, including a stone fireplace with moulded jambs and a four-centred head, and a small external doorway now partly masked by a brick porch.

On 6 November 1544 Sir William Herbert quitclaimed his share of the manor to Christopher Savage, who died on 23 November 1545, leaving a son and heir Francis Hardwyk Savage. (fn. 100) The latter died August 1557 and was followed by his eldest son William Savage. (fn. 101) William Savage died 7 August 1616, (fn. 102) when the estate passed to his eldest son Sir John Savage. He on 15 June in the following year settled the manor on his brother Giles in tail-male with contingent remainder to another brother George and his son William. Sir John Savage died without issue at Elmley Castle on 2 April 1623 and was succeeded by his brother Giles, who died 31 January 1631-2. (fn. 103) Thomas son of Giles raised a troop of horse for Charles I at the beginning of the Civil War, being then only seventeen years old and a ward of the king. He deserted, however, on the publication of the Declaration of Grace and lived at his mother's house near Tewkesbury. When the county committee came to Worcester he compounded for his estate and gave them £100 for the support of the garrison of Evesham. He came before the Committee for Compounding on 29 November 1645, and it was proved that his corn, barns and other houses had been burnt in September by soldiers from Evesham and that he was £600 in debt. Nevertheless he was fined £1,500 on 4 June 1646. His fine was reduced to £1,487 on 30 October 1649. (fn. 104) The estate remained with the Savage family (fn. 105) until 1742, (fn. 106) when Thomas Savage died without male issue and left the manor to his daughters Elizabeth and Margaret. (fn. 107) Some litigation followed, but under an Act of Parliament in 1743 (fn. 108) the manor of Elmley Castle went to Thomas Byrche son of Elizabeth. (fn. 109) He assumed the name of Savage, and dying in 1776 without issue left the manor to his widow Dorothy and afterwards to Robert Clavering, the eldest son of Jane, his youngest sister.

From: 'Parishes: Elmley Castle', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (1913), pp. 338-46. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43134. Date accessed: 29 July 2006.

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