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SAY, William, of Canterbury and Worth, Kent and Chertsey, Surr. and London.

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?s. of William Say of Chertsey. m. (1) bef. 1437, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Robert Clerk of London; CP25(1)/152/91/79; CCR, 1454-61, p. 276. (2) by Jan. 1446, Joan, wid. of John Pirie*. Canterbury Cath. Archs., Canterbury city recs., burghmote reg. 1298-1503, CCA-CC-O/A/1, f. 45v; The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 85.

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Attestor, parlty. elections, Kent 1453, 1460.

Groom of the Chamber bef. 1422; SC8/28/1351. yeoman of the Crown by Mar. 1430-c.1461; E403/695, m. 6. usher of the Chamber by Nov. 1440-bef. Oct. 1451. CPR, 1436–41, p. 474; CIMisc. viii. 222.

Keeper of the manor of Eltham, Kent 1 June 1437-c.1461. CPR, 1436–41, pp. 74–75.

Jt. warrener (with Adam Chancellor) of Dover castle 10 Jan. 1438–1461. CPR, 1436–41, p. 133.

Commr. of array, Kent Mar. 1443; inquiry Mar. 1458 (piracy).

Collector of customs and subsidies, Sandwich 22 Nov. 1448–19 May 1450. CFR, xviii. 98–99; 134, 191; E356/19, rots. 25, 25d.

Jt. bailiff (with Robert Whittingham II*), Sandwich 11 June 1451–1461; CPR, 1446–52, p. 473; 1452–61, p. 481; E403/809, m. 1; E364/95, m. M. jurat 5 Dec. 1457–8. E. Kent Archs., Sandwich recs., ‘Old Black Bk.’, SA/Ac 1, ff. 104, 106v.

Chamberlain of Waterdowne, Suss. 17 June-?July 1460. CPR, 1452–61, p. 593.

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SAY, William, of Canterbury and Worth, Kent and Chertsey, Surr. and London.

Main residences: Canterbury; Worth, Kent; Chertsey, Surr.; London.

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M.P.D.

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SAY, John II (d.1478), of London and Broxbourne, Herts.

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?s. of John Say of Podington, Beds. by his w. Matilda. Genealogist, n.s. vii. 57. m. (1) Nov. 1446, CPR, 1446-52, p. 23; CCR, 1441-7, p. 441. Elizabeth (d. 25 Sept. 1473), da. of Laurence Cheyne*, wid. of Frederick Tilney of Ashwellthorpe, Norf., 4s. inc. William†, 5da.; (2) c.1474, Agnes (d. 12 June 1478), C140/67/45. da. of John Danvers*, wid. of Thomas Baldington of Aldbury, Herts., Sir John Fray† (d.1461), of London and Munden Furnival, Herts. and John Wenlock*, Lord Wenlock. Dist. Herts. 1457, 1465; Kntd. 23 May 1465.

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Envoy to France to treat for Hen. VI’s marriage Feb. – June 1444, with the duke of Burgundy’s commissaries about a truce and trade 9 Jan. 1467.

Yeoman of the Crown 19 Dec. 1444-aft. Sept. 1448; CPR, 1441–6, p. 347; E101/409/18. esquire for the King’s body 13 Nov. 1454–? PPC, vi. 223.

Keeper of privy palace, Westminster 8 Mar. 1445-c. June 1450, jt. with John Rede 19 Sept. 1452–?d. CPR, 1441–6, p. 330; 1452–61, p. 15; J.S. Roskell, Speakers, 234n.

Escheator, Cambs. and Hunts. 4 Nov. 1445 – 3 Nov. 1446, Norf. and Suff. 4 Nov. 1446 – 3 Nov. 1447.

Commr of inquiry, Cambs., Hunts. Feb. 1448 (concealments), Hants Mar. 1450 (treasons, felonies, rebellions), Herts. May 1454 (escapes of felons), Mar. 1462 (alleged unjust disseisin of John Doreward and William Mulsho by Richard, duke of York), Aug. 1464 (Thomas Barrington’s claims to certain lands), Aug. 1464 (claim of Elizabeth Vynter, widow, to certain lands), Mar. 1466 (petition of Luke Vynter, regarding same), Apr. 1468 (petition of John Horne alias Litelbury about manor of Buckland), Apr. 1473 (county farms owed to the King), Essex, Herts. Mar. 1478 (lands of duke of Clarence); to distribute tax allowance, Cambs. Aug. 1449, Herts. June 1453, June 1468; treat for loans, Cambs. Sept. 1449, Herts. Dec. 1452, May 1455; PPC, vi. 239. of oyer and terminer, London Mar. 1450, Northants. Apr. 1450; arrest, Herts. Dec. 1451, Oct. 1457, Dec. 1470; gaol delivery, Hertford July 1454, Dec. 1455, Mar. 1458, Mar, Sept. 1462, Mar. 1463, Apr. 1465, Nov. 1473, Ely Apr. 1458; C66/465, m. 6d; 478, m. 6d; 481, m. 22d; 485, m. 17d; 499, mm. 5d, 21d; 505, m. 18d; 512, mm. 11d, 15d; 531, m. 2d. array, Cambs. Sept. 1457, Herts. Sept. 1457, Dec. 1459, Oct. 1469, Feb. 1470, Mar. 1472; to assign archers Dec. 1457; urge the raising of a fleet against the King’s enemies of France and Scotland, Essex, Herts., Suff. June 1461; of sewers, river Lea in Essex and Herts. Feb. 1477.

J.p. Cambs. 12 Feb. 1448 – Nov. 1458, Herts. 10 June 1454 – Nov. 1465, q. 18 Nov. 1465 – d.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Ely, for bp. of Ely July 1448. Cambridge Univ. Lib., Ely Diocesan recs., G1/4 (Reg. Bourgchier), f. 18.

Speaker 1449 (Feb.), 1463, 1467.

Sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 20 Dec. 1449 – 2 Dec. 1450.

Chancellor of duchy of Lancaster and county palatine of Lancaster 23 Sept. 1450 – 10 June 1471, 3 Nov. 1477–d. R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 390–1.

Member of Hen. VI’s Council c. Nov. 1453-c.1458, of Edw. IV’s Council 1461 – ?71, of Edw. IV’s great council in Eng. July – Sept. 1475.

Steward for the duke of York at Hitchin, Herts. from 4 Dec. 1453 and at Standon and Anstey, Herts. by Sept. 1459, SC6/870/4. at Standon, Anstey and Hitchin for the dowager duchess of York 28 Aug. 1461–?, SC6/870/5, rots. 1d, 3, 4d. for the duke of Norfolk in Herts. bef. 1472-aft. Mich. 1475. L.E. Moye, ‘Estates and Finances of the Mowbray Fam.’ (Duke Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1985), 428.

Under treasurer prob. May 1455 – Sept. 1456, c. July 1460-c. June 1463, 3 Apr. 1475–d. PRO List ‘Exchequer Officers’, 198, 199.

Jt. coroner of the marshalsea of the Household (with his bro. Thomas) 26 Nov. 1457–?d. CPR, 1452–61, p. 399.

Parlty. cttee. investigating corruption at the Mint May 1468.

Keeper of the great wardrobe 13 Oct. 1476 – d.

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SAY, John II (d.1478), of London and Broxbourne, Herts.

Main residences: London; Broxbourne, Herts.

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C.E.M.

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SAY, John I, of Cambridge.

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SAY, John I, of Cambridge.

Main residence: Cambridge.

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C.E.M.

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SAXE, William, of Colchester, Essex.

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Councillor, Colchester Sept. 1442–4, 1447 – 49; chamberlain 1447 – 48; bailiff 1450 – 51, 1452 – 53, 1455 – 56, 30 June 1457 – Sept. 1458; alderman Sept. 1451–2, 1456 – 57, 1458 – 59; claviger 1451 – 52, 1456 – 57; coroner 1458–9. Essex RO, Colchester bor. recs., ct. rolls 1442–3, 1443–4, 1447–8, 1448–9, 1451–2, 1456–7, 1458–9, D/B 5 Cr58, m. 1; 59, m. 1; 62, m. 1; 63, m. 1; 64, m. 1; 67, mm. 1, 23d; 69, m. 1; VCH Essex, ix. 377.

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SAXE, William, of Colchester, Essex.

Main residence: Colchester, Essex.

Sax, Saxi

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C.E.M.

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SAVILLE, Sir Thomas (d.1449), of Thornhill, Yorks.

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s. and h. of Henry Saville (d.c.1411) by Elizabeth (d.c.1416), da. of Simon Thornhill, gdda. and h. of Sir Brian Thornhill† (d.1369) of Thornhill. Her descent is given in CP40/953, rot. 101. m. (1) by 1416, Margaret, prob. da. of Sir John Pilkington (d.1421) of Pilkington, Lancs., by Margaret, da. of Edmund Verdon (d.v.p.), gdda. and h. of Sir John Verdon†, Lord Verdon (d.1376), The peds. identify her as a da. of Sir John Pilkington: Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xxv. 6; J. Pilkington, Pilkington Fam. 47-48. The survival among the Savile archs. of a receipt issued by the putative bride’s gt.-gdfa., Lord Verdon, in 1345 supports this identification: Notts. Archs., Savile of Rufford mss, DD/SR/36/122. If it is correct, Pilkington either had two daughters named Margaret, one of whom married our MP and the other, Nicholas Griffin (d.1436) of Braybrooke (Northants.), or else our MP married Griffin’s wid. after the death of a 1st w. who was also named Margaret. The first solution is followed here. 1s. Sir John*, 3da.; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xxv. 6. (2) 29 Oct. 1441, Christine, da. and coh. of Sir John Lancaster† (d.1434) of Rydal, Westmld., by Margaret, da. of Sir William Threlkeld† of Threlkeld, Cumb.; wid. of Sir Robert Haryngton (d.c.1440) of Farleton, Lancs.; annulled 31 July 1443. Kntd. ?5 Nov. 1429.

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Commr. of arrest, Yorks. June 1410; array, Yorks. (W. Riding) Apr. 1418, Mar. 1430, July 1434; inquiry, Notts., Yorks. Feb. 1425 (lands late of Robert Waterton), Yorks. July 1425 (lands late of Sir William Fulthorpe); to treat for loans Mar. 1431, Yorks. (W. Riding) Mar. 1439, Mar., May, Aug. 1442; of oyer and terminer, Yorks. Dec. 1432; to take assize of novel disseisin May 1433; C66/434, m. 16d. distribute allowance on tax Mar. 1442.

Master forester, chace and park of Erringden in the ldship. of Sowerby, Yorks. 22 May 1414–25 Oct. 1415 (under Edward, duke of York), 29 June 1416–? (during the minority of Richard, duke of York). CPR, 1416–22, pp. 38–39; SC8/229/11411.

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SAVILLE, Sir Thomas (d.1449), of Thornhill, Yorks.

Main residence: Thornhill, Yorks.

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S.J.P.

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SAVILLE, Sir John (d.1482), of Thornhill, Yorks.

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s. and h. of Sir Thomas Saville* by his 1st w. m. by 1438, Alice (fl.1485), da. of Sir William Gascoigne*, 6s. (1 d.v.p.), 3da. Kntd. by 23 Aug. 1442.

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Attestor, parlty. election, Yorks. 1442.

Steward and master-forester, Richard, duke of York’s ldships. of Wakefield and Sowerby, Yorks. by Oct. 1442 – 9 Dec. 1459, ?July- 30 Dec. 1460, royal ldship. of Wakefield ? 4 Mar. 1461 – d.

Constable, Richard, duke of York’s castle of Sandal, Yorks. by Oct. 1442 – 9 Dec. 1459, ?July- 30 Dec. 1460, royal castle of Sandal 4 Mar. 1461–d. C.E. Arnold, ‘Political Study of the W. Riding 1437–1509’ (Manchester Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1984), ii. 43.

Commr. to take assize of novel disseisin, Yorks. July 1444; C66/458, m. 14d. suppress insurgents from Lancs., Yorks. (W. Riding) Sept. 1454; of arrest, Yorks. (N. Riding) July 1455 (defaulting collectors of fifteenth and tenth), E159/231, commissiones Trin. Yorks. Oct. 1460; array, Yorks. (W. Riding) May 1461, Yorks. Nov. 1461, Yorks. (W. Riding) Mar. 1470, Mar. 1472; to distribute allowance on tax, Yorks. June 1468; of inquiry, Yorks. (W. Riding) Aug. 1473; gaol delivery, Wakefield May 1479, Sandal castle, York castle July 1479, Wakefield July 1481. C66/544, mm. 23d, 24d, 29d; 548, m. 6d.

Sheriff, Yorks. 4 Nov. 1454–5, 6 Mar. – 7 Nov. 1461.

J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 8 May 1467 – Nov. 1470, 24 Feb. 1472 – Nov. 1475.

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SAVILLE, Sir John (d.1482), of Thornhill, Yorks.

Main residence: Thornhill, Yorks.

Saivyle, Savell, Savile, Sayvell, Saywell, Seyvell

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S.J.P.

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SAVEYN, John (d.1451), of Colchester, Essex.

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m. Isabel, 1s. Essex RO, Colchester bor. recs., ct. roll 1451-2, D/B 5 Cr64, m. 13d.

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Chamberlain, Colchester ?Sept. 1441–2; councillor 1442 – 44; alderman 1447 – 49; j.p. 1447–9. Ibid. ct. rolls 1442–5, 1448–9, D/B 5 Cr58, m. 1; 59 m. 1; 60 mm. 13d, 17; 63, m. 1. Saveyn is referred to as ‘late chamberlain’ in D/B 5 Cr60, mm. 13d, 17. There are no extant ct. rolls for the period 1440–2.

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SAVEYN, John (d.1451), of Colchester, Essex.

Main residence: Colchester, Essex.

Savey

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C.E.M.

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SAVEREY, Peter (d.1457), of Southwark, Surr. and London.

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m. by Sept. 1420, Juliana, wid. of William Brounyng of London, 1s. 2da. Cal. Letter Bk. London, I, 242; PCC 9 Stokton (PROB11/4, ff. 67v-68).

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Warden, Tailors’ Co., London Oct. 1429–30; master 1440–1. Guildhall Lib., London, Merchant Taylors’ Co. accts. 34048/1, f. 327v; Misc. docs. 34003, f. 8.

Tax collector, Surr. May 1437.

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SAVEREY, Peter (d.1457), of Southwark, Surr. and London.

Main residences: Southwark, Surr.; London.

Savereyn

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M.P.D.

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