Pedigree of Savile of Bowling
Bolling Hall, situated in Bowling Park, Bradford was built in the 14th century and was home to the Bollings, Tempests, Saviles Lindleys and Woods.
The Savilles were at Thornhill, near Dewsbury until the civil wars of Charles I. when the house was besieged, (having been previously fortified by Sir William Saville, the third baronet of this family) taken, and demolished by the forces of Parliament.
Church Monuments The north chapel where the Thornhills and Saviles rest has an iron screen with gates.There are four stained glass windows. On an alabaster tomb with 18 figures lies Thomas Savile of 1449, with his wife. On a monument with a canopy lies George Savile of 1622, in armour. There is a monument of his son George, who died in 1614, with his second wife and two sons. The rarest monument is an oak tomb with three oak figures. Its knight in armour is Sir John Savile of 1529.
Sir George Saville, Bart. many years representative in Parliament for this county, was the last surviving male descendant of this ancient family. He died Jan. 9, 1784, and was buried among the ancestors, at Thornhill, having devised his estates to the second son of his sister Barbara, who married Richard Lumley Sanderson, afterwards Earl of Scarborough.
