The History of Macclesfield
by John Corry (9781458920454)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: TOTHB HISTORY OF MACCLESFIELD. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OP EMINENT NATIVES OF MACCLESFIELD, AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO PROMOTED THE PROSPERITY OF THE TOWN. ARCHBISHOP SAVAGE. Thomas, the son of Sir John Savage, Knight, and Catharine, sister of Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby, was born in Macclesfield, in the fifteenth century, but the year of his birth is unrecorded. As he was intended for holy orders, the utmost pains were taken in his education, and he was distinguished among his fellow- students while at College for superiority of intellect. His father, who was knight of the body to King Henry the Seventh in 1494, introduced him to his Sovereign, and his preferment was easy and deserved. In the prime of life he was exalted to the episcopal dignity as Bishop of Rochester, whence he was soon afterwards translated to the see of London. On the 12th day of February, 1501, he was preferred to the archie- piscopal throne of York, and after filling that highoffice with great reputation for above six years and a half, he died September 7, 1507. According to his will, his heart was buried in the chapel which he founded on the south side of St. Michael's Church, Macclesfield, and his body was. interred in York Minister. Of the.private life of this prelate but little is known. He is reported by tradition to have delighted in field sports, and the chace is said to have been his favorite recreation. But that apparent levity in a clergyman will be found no real derogation of his moral character, when we fairly review the manners of the age in which he lived, when dignitaries and princes were considered on terms of equality, and Popery was the established religion of the people of England. That he felt a strong attachment to his birth-place is evident from the circumstance of hi...

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