Savage family

Savage (French: le Sauvage, Latin: Silvaticus) is an Anglo-Norman surname which was used by several English and Anglo-Irish knightly or gentry families, several of whom were politically important in England or Ireland.The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography gives specific articles for the following prominent branches: The Ulster Savage family of approximately 1333–1519.[1] Prominent members include the following:[2] This family were established in Cheshire when Sir John Savage (died 1386) married Margaret d'Anyers, heiress of Clifton.[3][4] The Savages of Rocksavage married into several notable noble families such as the Stanleys and the Morleys.Before eventually ascending to the peerage themselves, first as Viscounts Savage and later as Earls Rivers.
Coat of arms of Arnold Savage (d.1375)
Arms of Sir John Savage as a Knight of the Garter
The ruins of Rocksavage Primary seat of the Cheshire Savage family
Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage
Tomb of Major General Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers in the Savage Chapel at St Michael's Church Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK
Savage (surname)FrenchAnglo-NormansurnameUlsterSavage familyLecalecounty DownseneschalsBobbing, KentRocksavageSavage family (Ireland)Arnold Savage (died 1375)Sir Arnold SavageSpeaker of the House of CommonsPeasants' Revolt in 1381Viscount SavageSir John SavageBattle of AgincourtHenry VKnight banneretHenry VIIBattle of Bosworth FieldDuke of NorfolkBattle of BarnetBattle of Tewkesburyinvasion of ScotlandBattle of Stoke FieldSir Humphrey StaffordStafford and Lovell rebellionPope Innocent VIIIpapal bullSiege of BoulogneLord StanleyThomas Stanley, 1st Earl of DerbyEarls RiversEdmund BonnerBishop of LondonschismHenry VIIIArchbishop of YorkThomas SavageChaplainKing Henry VIIBishop of RochesterSt Michael's Church, MacclesfieldThomas Savage, 3rd Earl RiversStanleysMorleyspeerageViscounts SavageThomas Savage, 1st Viscount SavageCharles IJohn Savage, 2nd Earl RiversElizabeth Savage, Countess RiversElizabeth Savage, Countess Rivers and Viscountess SavageThomas Darcy, 1st Earl RiversRoyalistMajor GeneralRoman CatholicPopish PlotWilliam Parker, 13th Baron Morley, 4th Baron MonteagleRichard Savage, 4th Earl RiversGeneralMaster-General of the OrdnanceConstable of the Tower of LondonJames Butler, 2nd Duke of OrmondeKing WilliamRichard SavageFrederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of RochfordWilliam Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of RochfordRichard Savage NassauJohn SavageBabington plotElizabeth I of EnglandMary, Queen of Scots