Sir John Savage

  General Notes:

~The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580, pp. 203, names this Sir John Savage as the first of their Pedigree. They also show "Avice, daughter and heire of Walking" married to this generation rather than having her married later to Sir Robert Savage as shown in The Ancient and Noble Family of the Savages of the Ards, p. 15. ⁵²⁷

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁷¹⁸
Sir Geffrey le Savage¹, of Stainesby, was succeeded in the lordship of Stainesby by his son, John Savage², of Stainesby, living in 1208, who was father of John Savage³ the ancestor of the Savages, Earls Rivers, the Savages of Elmley Castle and the Savages of Tetbury. This John Savage³ was the brother of Sir Roger Savage of the Kent Branch of Savages.

John Savage³ of Stainesby was succeeded by his first son, also named John Savage⁴ who married Agatha, daughter and heiress of Henry St. Andrews, by whom he had a son, Sir Thomas Savage⁵, of Stainesby, Knight, living 29 Edward I (1300/1). Sir Thomas Savage⁵ was succeed by his son Sir Robert Savage⁶, of Stainesby, Knight, 41 Edward III (1367/8) who married Amicia, daughter of Sir Thomas Walkington, by whom he had a son and successor, Sir John Savage⁷ married To Margaret the daughter of Sir Thomas Danyers.

~The Ancient and Noble Family of the Savages of the Ards, p. 15

John married Agatha St. Andrews, daughter of Henry St. Andrews and Unknown ⁵²⁷.^,718