Henry Davenport, of Marton

Henry Davenport

• Birth: 1257 Davenport Cheshire, England
• Death: unknown - Marton Cheshire, England
• Burial: St Peter Churchyard Prestbury Cheshire East Unitary Authority Cheshire, England

Henry was the son of Roger Davenport and Mary Salemon, He had lands in Macclesfield, in the year 1291 (20 Edward I); his children were, Roger, Mary who married William Mainwaring de Peover, and Margery who married Thomas de Swettenham

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Parents:

• Roger de Davenport (1226 - 1291)

Siblings:

• Ellen de Davenport (1245 - 1279)*
• Henry de Davenport (1257 - ____)
• Thomas de Davenport (1261 - 1320)*
• Calculated relationship

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Note 6: About Henry DAVENPORT of DAVENPORT, from George Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, incorporated with a republication of King's Vale Royal and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities (2nd ed., revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby, Esq.: George Routledge and Sons, Ludgate Hill, London, 1882), vol. 3, p. 68 < GoogleBooks >:

  "Henry de DAVENPORT, 4th son, of Marton, had lands in Macclesfield, 30 Edw. I: had issue Roger, Mary ux. William MAINWARING de PEOVER, and Margery ux. Thos. de SWETTENHAM."

As hereditary foresters of the King, the Davenports were the game wardens on the King’s Hunting preserves and had the authorized power to put poachers to death without trial. Hence, the crest of the Davenport coat of arms originally was a serf’s head with a rope around its neck, signifying that the Davenports had the power to hang without appeal to the King.

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Daughters, or daughters in law?

From Davenport, A. B. (Amzi Benedict) (1851). A history and genealogy of the Davenport family, in England and America, from A. D. 1086 to 1850 .. page 67-68. < Archive.Org >

SEVENTH GENERATION. Issue of Roger de Davenport, (iVb. 9.)

(19.) V. Henry Davenport of Marton, who also had lands in Macclesfield in 1292. He had one son, Roger, who married, 1st, Mary, widow of William Mainwaring de Peover ; and 2d, Margaret, widow of Thomas de Swettenham.

Henry Davenport of Marton, Cheshire, had lands in Macclesfield, Cheshire, 20 Edward I (1294).

His children were:
Roger, living in 1314
Mary, married William Mainwaring de Peover, of Over Peover
Margery, married Thomas de Swettenham

~Medieval Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 79

Ormerod, George. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester..Vol. I. (George Routledge and Sons, London, 1882) p. 479. < GoogleBooks >

Mary Davenport was born about 1287, Moreton, Cheshire, England, and died about 1361, Holland, Lancashire, England.

Mary, daughter of Henry Davenport, married William Mainwarring of Over-Pever, Cheshire, England, son and heir of Roger.

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References

1. https://cybergata.com/roots/3887.htm
2. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Henry_Davenport_(8) cites
   1. Ormerod, George; Peter Leycester; William Smith; William Webb; and Thomas Helsby. The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county, incorporated with a republication of King's Vale Royal and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities. (London: G. Routledge, 1882) Volume 1, page 479.
   2. Ormerod, George; William Smith; William Webb; and Peter Leycester. The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county, incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities. (London: Lackington, Hughes, Mavor & Jones, 1819 (London : Nichols, Son, and Bentley)) Volume 3, page 39. 4th son