The Battle Abbey Roll. Vol. III.
by
The Duchess of Cleveland.

Prepared by Michael A. Linton
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Sheuile : Sevele, or Sevale. Roger and Gerard de Sevele or Savale occur in the Norman Exchequer Rolls of 1180-95; and about 1272 Roger Sevale, of Buckinghamshire, and Godard and John Sewale of Kent, are found in the Rotuli Hundredorum. "There was a family of Seville, seated at Chalford, that bore Argent upon a bend Sable three eagles displayed Or. A branch lived at Ferrier's Court, near Upper Lypiat."—Rudder's Gloucestershire. Thomas Sewale was Escheator to Ed. III. Simon de Siwell witnesses a charter of Rainham Abbey, Norfolk: and Cecilia, in the time of Henry III., gave some lands in Wiltshire to Maiden Bradley (Mon. Angli.). Robert de Shevele, in 1253, paid a fine at Sharleston in Yorkshire. Though this name bears some resemblance to that of Savile, it has no connection with it. "Passing by the fond tradition, which is altogether inconsistent with the grounds of English etymology, that this family are descended from the Savelli of Italy, suffice it to say that they spring from Savile Hall in Dodworth, near Barnsley, which gave name to them, and not they to it."—Whitaker's Loidis and Elmete. Yet there is a certain resemblance in their coats of arms, as the Saviles bear Argent on a bend Sable three owls of the field.