Christopher Savage, Lord of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, and an Esquire of the Body of King Henry VIII, had livery of the manor of Aston-sub-Edge on 14 May 1521, which he had inherited from his father.
Dover’s Hill lies about 1 mile (2 km) to the south of Aston Sub-sub-Edge. In the 1630s Endymion Porter, a courtier and diplomat who lived at Aston-sub-Edge, brought members of the court to see the Cotswold Olimpicks which were held on Dover’s Hill.