Arnold Savage
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Sir Arnold Savage of Bobbing Court, Kent (13581410) was the English
Speaker of the House of Commons from 1400 to 1402 and then again from 1403 to 1404 and a Knight
of the Shire
of Kent
who was referred to as "the great comprehensive symbol of the English people". He was married to Joan Echyngham, daughter of William Echyngham, and their daughter Elizabeth Savage (died 1451) married Reynold Cobham, 4th Baron Cobham.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Speaker of the House of Commons from 1400 to 1402 and then again from 1403 to 1404 and a Knight
Knight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
of the Shire
Shire
A shire is a traditional term for a division of land, found in the United Kingdom and in Australia. In parts of Australia, a shire is an administrative unit, but it is not synonymous with "county" there, which is a land registration unit. Individually, or as a suffix in Scotland and in the far...
of Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
who was referred to as "the great comprehensive symbol of the English people". He was married to Joan Echyngham, daughter of William Echyngham, and their daughter Elizabeth Savage (died 1451) married Reynold Cobham, 4th Baron Cobham.