Thomas Savage | |
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Archbishop of York and Primate of England | |
![]() Drawing of an effigy of Archbishop Thomas Savage in York Minster | |
Appointed | 18 January 1501 |
Installed | Never enthroned[1] |
Term ended | 3 September 1507 |
Predecessor | Thomas Rotherham |
Successor | Christopher Bainbridge |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Rochester Bishop of London |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1470 |
Consecration | 28 April 1493 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1449 |
Died | 3 September 1507 (aged 57–58) Cawood Castle, Yorkshire |
Buried | York Minster |
Nationality | English |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Residence | Cawood Castle, Yorkshire |
Parents | Sir John Savage (1422–95) (f) Lady Katherine Stanley (m). |
Alma mater | University of Oxford (MA), University of Bologna (studies in divinity), University of Padua (Doctor of Canon Law), University of Cambridge (Doctor of both laws LL.D.) |
Styles of Thomas Savage | |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Grace |
Religious style | Archbishop |
Thomas Savage (1449 in Clifton, Cheshire – 3 September 1507, in Cawood, Yorkshire) was a prelate, diplomat and scholar during the Tudor period. Savage served as Chaplain to King Henry VII and was Archbishop of York from 1501 until his death in 1507.[2] Prior to his consecration as a Bishop, Savage served as a diplomat and rector (Savage continued to carry out diplomatic duties whilst he was a Bishop). As a diplomat Savage held the positions of English Ambassador to Castile and Portugal, during which time he helped broker the marriage treaty between Arthur, Prince of Wales and Catherine of Aragon in 1489,[3] and later held the position of English Ambassador to France from 1490, where he took part in the conference at Boulogne.