[5] The couple had eleven sons and eight daughters:[4][5] By special remainder, Savage was made heir to his father-in-law's titles, but did not live to inherit them.

[1] He died 20 November of "the running gout" at his home on Tower Hill in London and was buried 16 December 1635 in the Savage family chapel in Macclesfield, Cheshire.

[19] He was buried on the same day as his mother;[1] only ten of his nineteen children were still living at the time of his death.

[20] His eldest son, John, succeeded him as 2nd Viscount Savage, later becoming 2nd Earl Rivers on the death of his maternal grandfather in 1640.

[7][21] His widow was created, on 21 April 1641, Countess Rivers for life, fourteen months after her father's death.