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Sir Henry Sir Savile 1518 – 1568 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1518

Birth Location: Thornhill Hall, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1568

Death Location: Lincolnshire, England

Father: Henry, Thornhill

Mother: Elizabeth Sothill

Spouse(s): Dorothy Grosvenor

Children(s): John Pontefect

Sir Henry Sir Savile was born in 1518 in Thornhill Hall, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, the child of Henry, Sir , Savile van Thornhill and Elizabeth Sothill. Sir Henry Sir Savile married Dorothy Grosvenor, and had children including John Savile, Baron of Pontefect. Sir Henry Sir Savile passed away in 1568 in Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Henry Sir Savile was born in 1518 in Thornhill Hall, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, the child of Henry, Sir , Savile van Thornhill and Elizabeth Sothill.
  • Sir Henry Sir Savile married Dorothy Grosvenor, and had children including John Savile, Baron of Pontefect.
  • Sir Henry Sir Savile passed away in 1568 in Lincolnshire, England.

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Sir Savile's Ancestors

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Sir Savile
1518 – 1568
Birth Place: Thornhill Hall, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Henry, Sir , Savile van Thornhill
1502 – 1558
Thornhill, Tankersley, Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth Sothill
1500 – 1575
Stokeforton, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (John) Saville
1465 – 1504
Thornhill, Yorkshire
Lady (Elizabeth) Paston
1470 – 1542
Paston, Norfolk, England
Thomas Sothill
1472 – 1535
Sothill Hall, Dewsbury Parrish, Yorkshire, England
Margery FitzWilliam
1468 – 1535
Sprotborough, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
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Sir Savile's Descendants

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Sir (Henry Sir) Savile (1518 – 1568) m. Dorothy Grosvenor (1534 – 1570)
  1. 1. John (Savile, Baron of) Pontefect (1556 – 31 Aug 1630) m. Elizabeth Carey (20 Nov 1560 – 22 Jun 1634)
    1. 1. Frances Saville (1604 – January 30, 1663) m. Rev. (Thomas) Bradley (1600 – 10 Oct 1673) m. Thomas (Bradley, M.D., Rector of) Ackworth (1594 – 10 Oct 1673)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Bradley (1620 – 1650) m. John (Edward) Kimbrough\Kember (abt 1615 – 17 Apr 1641) m. John Kimbrough (1610 – aft 1639)
        1. 1. John Kimbrough (1640 – 1715) m. Mary Douglas (Sep 1645 – 1680)

Sir Savile's Timeline

2 Records

1518
1518
Birth of Sir Henry Sir Savile in Thornhill Hall, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Thornhill Hall, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
1568
1568
Age 50
Death of Sir Henry Sir Savile in Lincolnshire, England
Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1518
    Event Place: Thornhill Hall, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1568
    Event Place: Lincolnshire, England

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