Savage

The first proven link with the Savage dynasty starts in the 16th century with a Thomas Savage who was recorded as a Yeoman of Newbold Pacy in Warwickshire (yeoman was a middle class farmer who owned his own land). Thomas's son John Savage married a Joan Smith in Moreton Morrell in 1543. Some time later he moved to Bishops Tachebrook Warwickshire, where he died in 1594. His daughter Margaret married William Murcott.

The Savage family were a higher social than the Murcotts, but both were significant landholders in Warwickshire. Nearby in Worcestershire were another branch of the Savages. This family lived in Elmley Castle Worcestershire, the manor of Elmley was given to Christopher Savage by King Henry VIII in 1545 (demolished in 1960).
The Worcestershire Savages are a junior branch of the Cheshire Savages

Other prominent members of the Savage clan include:

• Sir Arthur Savage who was Knighted at Cadiz in 1596
• George Savage (Sir John's bastard son) who " fathered seven children by three sundry women all without the benifit of marriage."
• Thomas Savage , Archbishop of York in the 16th century.
• Sir Arnold Savage who was in the retinue of King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt (25th October 1415)
• John Savage who was in the retinue of Sir Raufe Shyrley at the Battle of Agincourt (25th October 1415)