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. They were lords of Lecale, in county Down. They held the castle of Ardkeen, and were seneschals of the liberty of Ulster.^[1]
The Savage family of Kent, most notably the branch who held Bobbing, Kent and were important in the period 1280–c. 1420.^[2]
The Savage family of Rocksavage in Clifton, Cheshire who were prominent c. 1369–1528.^[3]^[4]

^ Simms, Katharine (2004). "Savage family (Per. 1333–1519), landowners and administrators". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24725. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Fleming (2008). "Savage family (per. c. 1280–c. 1420), gentry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/54536. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Thornton (2007). "Savage family (per. c. 1369–1528), gentry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52794. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Dymond D, Savage Fortune - An Aristocratic Family in the Early Seventeenth Century, introduction xvi https://suffolkrecordssociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Savage-Fortune-An-Aristocratic-Family-in-the-Early-Seventeenth-Century.pdf

[Simms-1] Simms, Katharine (2004). "Savage family (Per. 1333–1519), landowners and administrators". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24725. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[Fleming-2] Fleming (2008). "Savage family (per. c. 1280–c. 1420), gentry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/54536. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[Thornton-3] Thornton (2007). "Savage family (per. c. 1369–1528), gentry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52794. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[auto1-4] Dymond D, Savage Fortune - An Aristocratic Family in the Early Seventeenth Century, introduction xvi https://suffolkrecordssociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Savage-Fortune-An-Aristocratic-Family-in-the-Early-Seventeenth-Century.pdf

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