Nicholas Davenport

Children of Sir John “Jenkin” Davenport and Margaret Done, as given by Omerod, are:

Nicholas de Davenport, living 44 Edward III. Nicholas Davenport de Widford, ancestor of the Davenports of Woodford, living in 1371, and had lands as by indenture in 1413 in Bredbury, Romiley, etc. He married Ellena, widow of Edward Massey, of Timberley in 1371. She died a widow in 1423.

• 'A history and genealogy of the Davenport family, in England and America, from A. D. 1086 to 1850 .. (1851)
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• EIGHTH GENERATION.
• Issue of Sir Thomas Davenport, (No. 16.)
• (21.) II. Thomas Davenport de Wheltrough, to whom his father gave lands in Withington, Wheltrough, Marton, -&c, &c, who became the ancestor of the Davenports of Wheltrough,
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy51dave#page/68/mode/1up
• Henbury, Coventry, Bromhall, and Woodford, (now also of Capesthorne.) He married Elizabeth . . . . who survived her husband in 1339.
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  • NINTH GENERATION— Continued.
  • Issue of Thomas Davenport of Wheltrough, (No. 21.)
  • (38.) III. Sir John Davenport, (called also Jenkin, to distinguish him from his elder brother of that name,) knight, justice of Lancastershire, 1384, and who became the purchaser of Henbury. He married Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Peter Legh of Betcherton.
    • TENTH GENERATION.
    • Issue of Sir John Davenport, (No. 38.)
    • (40.) I. Margaret Davenport, married Thomas de Leghes, Jr.
    • (41.) II. Thomas Davenport, ancestor of the Davenports of Henbury, named 1st, in the Henbury entail, 1366, and 3d, in the Woodford entail, 1371. He married Margaret,
    • http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy51dave#page/71/mode/1up
    • daughter of Hugh Venables, who was afterwards married to Sir William Newport.
    • (42.) III. John Davenport, living in 1366.
    • ' (43.) IV. Nicholas Davenport de Widford, ancestor of the Davenports of Woodford, &c, living in 1371, and had lands as by indenture in 1413 in Bredbury, Romiley, &c. He married Ellena, widow of Edward Massey, of Timberley, in 1371. She died a widow in 1423.
    • (44.) V. Griffin Davenport, living in 1371.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy51dave#page/36/mode/1up
• Thomas Davenport of Wheltrough was the second son of Sir Thomas Davenport of Davenport, by Agnes de Macclesfield.
• In 1309, his father grants him a lease of the office of sergeancy for two years, at an annual rent of sixteen marks of silver. He had lands from his father, in Withington, Tunstede and Marton. Married Elizabeth, daughter of , who survived her husband 12 Edw. III. (1355).
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  • Sir John (alias Sir Jenkin) Davenport, third son of Thomas of Wheltrough, and grandson of Sir Thomas Davenport of Davenport, married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Peter Legh of Betchton. Their children were, 1st, Thomas, ancestor of the Davenports of Henbury ; 2d, John, living 1366 ; 3d, 'Nicholas, ancestor of the Davenports of Woodford and Capesthorne, living 1371'; 4th, Griffin Davenport.
    • Thomas Davenport of Henbury, eldest son of Sir Jenkin, married Margaret, daughter of Hugh Venables, living in 1371.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy51dave#page/47/mode/1up
  • In 1356, the manor and appurtenances of Wydeford, (Woodford) were granted by John Stafford and Isabella his wife to John Davenport, third son of Thomas Davenport de Wheltrough, for the life of Isabella, wife of said John Stafford. (This Isabella was the daughter of Sir John Davenport of Davenport, by Margaret, daughter of Sir William Brereton, and was first married to Robert de Eaton, baron of Stockport.) John Davenport was knighted, and chief justice of Lancastershire, and is styled indifferently of his father's estates of Wheltrough and his own manors of Henbury and Woodford. He enfeoffed his brother Robert, chaplain, with the manor of Woodford,
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    • for the use of his son 'Nicholas, by deed, dated 1371, at Woodford', who resettled the same on John and his wife Margaret, for life, remainder to this 'Nicholas and his male heirs'.
      • Christopher Davenport of Widford, eldest son of 'Nicholas', married Alica, daughter of Hugh Arderne; marriage articles dated 1415. Their children were John, eldest son, who died in 1415 ; Randulph, parson of Wilmslow ; Charles; and Nicholas, who married Agnes, daughter of Robert Davenport of Bromhall.
        • Nicholas Davenport, son of John, and grandson of Christopher, married Margaret, daughter of Sir Christopher Savage, knight, son of Sir John Savage of Clifton, knight, feoffment for her jointure Feb. 3, 1490. He died Feb. 9, 1522, and his wife 1542, and was buried with her ancestors at Macclesfield. Their children were John, who married Margaret, daughter of William Davenport, Esq., of Bromhall, who died in 1575, surviving William, his eldest son and heir ; Nicholas ; Lawrence ; and Christopher Davenport, ancestor of the Davenports of Locrosse, who married Emma, daughter of John Blunt, upon Trent, County of Stafford— Hail MSS. 2094.
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• 'CAPESTHORNE HALL
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• The Davenports of Weltrough descended from Thomas, a younger son of Sir Thomas Davenport of Davenport, who lived in the reign of Edward III. Sir Thomas gave this son an estate in Lower Withington called Tunsted, afterwards Wheltrough. John and Jenkin were the younger sons of Thomas Davenport of Wheltrough. John, the second son, married the Bramall heiress. Jenkin, the third son, had the manor of Woodford and his eldest son gave rise to the Davenports of Henbury who became extinct in the male line in the 17th century. Jenkin's third son, 'Nicholas' was the ancestor of Davies Davenport of Capesthorne as described below. The Davenports of Woodford were connected by marriage with several Cheshire families including the Maseys of Timperley, the Ardernes of Stockport, the Savages of Rocksavage and the Venables of Kinderton.
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• 34. HUGH DE ARDERNE of Harden and Alvanley, fl. 1385, 1419, d. bef. 1423; m. (2) Cicely de Hyde, dau. of Ralph de Hyde, liv. 1378/9. (Ibid, 474. Note: The dates to this point are questionable. There may be a missing generation).
  • 35. ALICE ARDERNE; m. abt. 1414/5, Christopher Davenport, Esq. of Woodford, b. abt. 1394, d. abt. 1488, son of 'Nicholas Davenport of Woodford, and his wife, Ellen, living 1371, wid. of Edward Massey'. (Ibid I 474, II 411).
    • 36. NICHOLAS DAVENPORT, ESQ., of Woodford, succeeded his grandfather 1488, d. bef. 9 Feb. 1522; m. (1) abt. 1459/60, MARGARET DAVENPORT (231-36), dau. of John Davenport, Esq., of Bramhall. She prob. d.s.p. He m. (2) Margaret Savage, by whom issue (Ibid K 436, II 411).
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• 9. HUGH de ARDERNE, of Harden and Alvanley, d. bef. 1423; m. (2) Cicely, dau. of Ralph de Hyde.
  • 10. ALICE ARDERNE; m. c. 1414/5, Christopher Davenport, Esq., of Woodford, b. c. 1394, d. c. 1488, son of 'Nicholas Davenport.'
    • 11. JOHN DAVENPORT, of Woodford, d. c. 1480; m. Alice, dau. of Ralph Prestwich.
      • 12. NICHOLAS DAVENPORT, ESQ., of Woodford, succeeded his grandfather, 1488, d. bef. 9 Feb. 1522; m. c. 1459/60, MARGARET DAVENPORT (122-11), prob. d.s.p. He m. (2) Margaret Savage, by whom issue. (See TAG 52: 216-217 for additional data on Davenport. This line requires further study.)
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