Elizabeth Manners, Lady Savage

Not the mother of Mary Browne

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Manners-14

Elizabeth Manners was one of the six daughters of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland, and his second wife, Eleanor Paston.[1]Her date of birth is unknown, but she is named as the fifth daughter in one list,[1] and given she married in about 1547 (see below), a birth date of about 1530 would seem possible.

In her father's will, dated 16 August 1543, she as well as her sisters, Frances and Catherine are granted 60l. per annum each for their upkeep and 1000l. each towards their marriages.[2]

Marriage

Elizabeth Manners married about 1547, Sir John Savage, of Clifton, Cheshire, (c.1523-December 5, 1597) the son and heir of another Sir John Savage, and his wife, Elizabeth Somerset, daughter of Charles Somerset, Earl of Worcester.[3]

Children

According to Ormerod they had ten children, five sons and five daughters and he gives their respective year of birth,[3] though it's not clear of the source/s for these.

1. John Savage, born 1548, died an infant;
2. Margaret Savage, born 1549, married Sir William Brereton of Brereton in Cheshire, later Baron of Laghlin in Ireland;
3. Elizabeth Savage, born 1552, married 1580, Thomas Langton, baron of Newton in Lancashire;
4. John, born 1554, succeeded his father and was created 1st Baronet Savage, 29 June 1611;
5. Thomas Savage, born 1556, died young;
6. Eleanor Savage, born 1557, married 1) Sir Henry Bagnall; 2) Sir Sackville Trevor;
7. Edward Savage, born 1560;
8. Francis Savage, born 1562, died young;
9. Mary Savage, born 1563, married Sir Richard Milles of Hampshire;
10. Frances Savage, born 1567, married Thomas Wilkes, Esquire, of Surrey

Death and Burial

Elizabeth Savage died in Frodsham, Cheshire on 8 Aug 1570. She was buried in Macclesfield nearby on 15 Aug 1570. [4]

A sketch of Rocksavage house and its surroundings including Clifton Hall, previous seat of the Savage family.

Source: "The ancient and noble family of the Savages of the Ards." by George Francis Armstrong. < wikimedia commons >

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References

1. OneWorldTree, www.ancestry.com. Text: Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.
2. WikiTree contributors, "Elizabeth (Manners) Savage (abt.1530-1570)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Manners-14 : accessed 16 July 2024). cites
   1. Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, biographical, and historical, edited by Sir Egerton Brydges, vol. 1, London: F.C & J. Rivington, 1812. p. 470. Digital image, Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/peerageofengland01colluoft : accessed 28 October 2018.
   2. Origins: Collins's Peerage of England, vol 1., p. 468. < Archive.Org > His last will bears date August 10th, 1543. He bequeaths to Oliver Manners, one of his younger sons, his manor of Howsome, with the appurtenances. To John Manners, one of his younger sons, his manor of Thornton in Craven, with the appurtenances in Thornton in Craven, Earesby, and Kelbroke, in the county of York. To Roger Manners, his son, the manor of Linton upon Ouse, with the appurtenances in Linton, and Yolton, in com. Ebor. To Thomas Manners, his son, his manor of Turnham hall, and Cliff, in the parish of Hemmyngburg, with the appurtenances. To his three daughters, Elizabeth, Frances, and Catherine, 60l. per ann. each, until they be married, and toward their marriage 1000/. each.
   3. George Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine of Chester, vol. 1, London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1819. p. 528. Digital image, Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyp00orme : accessed 28 October 2018.
   4. Tomb in the Savage chapel at Macclesfield Burial : 15 Aug 1570 : Elizabeth Savage.
   5. The Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire (1881) Vol. 5: The Register Book of Christenings, Weddings, and Burials with the Parish of Prestbury in the county of Chester, 1560-1636.
      1. Page 32: Buryalles, 1570. Macclesfeld ...Ladye Elizabeth Savage [Elizabeth the ladye Savage] xvto Aug. (footnote: "...in all likelihood buried within the Savage Chapel at Macclesfield.")
3. "Savage of Rock Savage, Harl MS 1535 fo. 246," in Vis. of Cheshire, 1613. [Archive.org]. eBook.
4. https://www.thepeerage.com/p1589.htm#i15882 cites
   1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 300. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
   2. [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3446. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
   3. [S4687] Richard Borthwick, "re: Campbell Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 22 June 2010. Hereinafter cited as "re: Campbell Family."
   4. [S1517] Dale Parker Anderson, "re: Purcell Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 8 November 2005. Hereinafter cited as "re: Purcell Family."
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocksavage Rocksavage or Rock Savage was an Elizabethan mansion in Cheshire, England, which served as the primary seat of the Savage family. The house lies in ruins, at SJ526799 in Clifton (now a district of Runcorn). Built in the 1560s for Sir John Savage, Rocksavage was one of the great Elizabethan houses of the county, a leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house; in 1674, it was the second largest house in Cheshire.