[2] In November 1606 Savile was one of the barons of the exchequer who decided that the king could by royal prerogative levy impositions on imports and exports.
[2] He had consistently supported the common law courts against the prerogative in his earlier judicial career, however.
[3] He died on 2 February 1607, and was buried in St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, London; his heart was taken to Methley in Yorkshire, in the church of which a monument, with an inscription, was erected to his memory.
Like other members of his family, Savile was a friend of William Camden, whom he entertained at Bradley in August 1599.
[2] The only published work by Savile is the collection of Reports of cases tried in the exchequer court, edited (1675) by John Richardson.