Sir John “Jenkin” Davenport, Kt.

THERE WERE TWO SONS NAMED JOHN DAVENPORT, ONE CALLED ALSO "JENKIN" THE 3RD SON TO DISTINGUISH HIM FROM THE ELDER JOHN 2ND SON. JOHN 2ND SON MARRIED ALICE BROMHALL, JOHN "JENKIN" THE 3RD SON MARRIED ELIZABETH LEIGH

Omerod shows this Margaret Donne of Utkinton as daughter of Richard Donne (d bef 1372) and (probably) his wife Katherine. She married 1) John Davenport of Davenport, Esq., 2nd brother and heir of Sir Thomas Davenport, Knt., widower of Elizabeth Legh 2) Sir William Brereton of Brereton, Knt.

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George Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol. III, pp. 68, 707, 721,

Sir John de Davenport, 2nd son of Thomas Davenport of Wheltrogh, Justice of Lancashire, 7 Richard II, and purchaser of Henbury.

Also called Jenkin de Davenport, he married 1) Elizabeth daughter and coheir of Peter de Legh of Betchton by Ellen his wife, the daughter of Philip de Betchton, lord of Betchton. John de Davenport occurs 40 and 44 Edward III and 1382. He was a feoffee of the Warens. Writ de diem 13 Nov 1390.

Children of Sir John and Elizabeth, as given by Ormerod are:

• Thomas de Davenport of Hendebury, living 39, 44 Edward III, 1382 and married Margaret, daughter of Hugh Venables.
• John de Davenport, living 39 Edward III
• Margery de Davenport, wife of Thomas de Legh

John next married Margaret Donne, daughter of Richard Donne Lord of Utkyton and Margery de Clotton.713 (Margaret Donne was born in Utkinton, Chesire, England and died after 1392 in Cheshire, England 5.)

Their children according to Ormerod were:

• Nicholas de Davenport, living 44 Edward III
• Girffin de Davenport, living 44 Edward III
• Ellen
• Agnes

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• A history and genealogy of the Davenport family, in England and America, from A. D. 1086 to 1850 .. (1851)
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• Sir Thomas Davenport, of Davenport, knight, son of Roger, and grandson of Vivian de Davenport, married for his first wife, Agnes, daughter of Thomas de Macclesfield, in 1287. She was the mother of his issue. His second wife was Roesia, daughter of Ralph de Vernon, and widow of Sir William de Brereton.
  • Sir John Davenport, knight, eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas, married his father's step-daughter, Margery, daughter of Sir William Brereton, by Roesia Vernon ; to his second wife he had Agnes de Bradford.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy51dave#page/20/mode/1up
  • The first of these marriages took place in 1301, when "Thomas, son of Roger de Davenport," grants to Sir William Brereton, knight, the marriage of his eldest son John, (to marry him to Margery, daughter of the said William,) for 60 marks. Witnesses, Hugh Massey, Ralph Vernon, Hugh de Venables, knights, &c.; dated at Brereton. Harl. MSS. 2074 : 148. Four years after this, a sentence was procured from the Court of Chester, declaring the marriage null, having been celebrated without the consent of the parties, both being under age. The pedigrees, however, make Margery Brereton the mother of Sir John's children, which must of course suppose them to have been re-united ; which fact seems further proved by a settlement, in 12th year of Edward II., (1319,) when Thomas de Davenport obtained from Richard, Chaplain, of Prestbury, the manors of Davenport and Marton, remainder to John his son and Margery his wife ; remainder to the heirs of Thomas.
  • The issue of Sir John were as follows : 1st, Thomas ; 2d, John, who became rector of the Church in Swettenham, (a village on the side of the Dane, opposite to Davenport,) in 1335, of which Church his father and several of the
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy51dave#page/21/mode/1up
  • succeeding Johns were patrons;* 3d, Ralph, the continuer of the direct male line ; 4th, Richard ; 5th, Roger ; 6th, Urian, who was distinguished for his great stature and military achievements ; 7th, Arthur, ancestor of the Davenports of Calveley, who was slain on the part of the Percies in the battle of Shrewsbury, in 1403.f
    • f Sir John's daughters were Margaret, who married Sir John Hyde, son of Robert Hyde, Lord of Norbury, and Isabella, who married Robert Eaton, baron of Stockport, and re-married to John de Stafford.
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• SEVENTH GENERATION.
• Issue of Roger de Davenport, (No. 9.)
• (16.) II. Sir Thomas Davenport of Davenport, knight, married, 1st, Agnes, daughter of Thomas de Macclesfield, who was born in 1287. She was the mother of his issue. His second wife was Roesia, daughter of Ralph de Vernon, and widow of Sir William de Brereton. Sir Thomas died in 1320, and his widow survived him in 1322.
  • EIGHTH GENERATION.
• Issue of Sir Thomas Davenport, (No. 16.)
  • (20.) I. Sir John Davenport of Davenport, knight, married for his first wife in 1301, Margery, daughter of Sir William de Brereton, by Roesia his wife, daughter of Sir Ralph Vernon. She was the mother of his issue. His second wife was Agnes de Bradford. Sir John founded a chantry in the Chapel of Marton, in 1343, which was dissolved after the Reformation. His second wife survived him, and was remarried to Robert Massey, senior, of Sale, in 1358.
    • NINTH GENERATION.
  • Issue of Sir John Davenport, (No. 20.)
    • (27.) I. Thomas Davenport of Davenport, who married for his first wife Matilda . . . . . in 1343, and was afterwards married to Eve . . . He died in 1380 without issue.
    • (28.) II. John Davenport, who became rector of the Church in Swettenham, (a village on the side of the Dane opposite to Davenport,) in 1335. He married, 1st, Johanna, daughter of Sir Henry Delves, of Dodington, knight. His second wife was Margaret, daughter of Henry Done, who remarried Sir William Brereton, knight.
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    • (29.) III. Sir Ralph Davenport, knight, the continuer of the direct male line of the Davenports of Davenport, who married Joice . . . . . In 1380, Sir Ralph bound himself by indenture to serve King Richard, with three archers well mounted, to make war for a year beyond the sea where God pleased. He died in 1383. His wife held the grand sergeancy, by letters patent from Richard II, during the nonage of Ralph, son and heir, dated December 11, 1384.
    • (30.) IV. Richard Davenport, living in 1350.
    • (31.) V. Roger Davenport, living in 1350.
    • (32.) VI. Urian Davenport, distinguished for his great stature, was buried at Marton.
    • (33.) VII. Arthur Davenport, of Calveley, who married Katharine de Calveley, and became the ancestor of the Davenports of Calveley. He was slain on the part of the Percies, in the battle of Shrewsbury, in 1403.
    • (34.) VIII. Margaret Davenport, who married Sir John Hyde, lord of Norbury, from whom descended the distinguished Edward Hyde, earl of Clarendon.
    • (35.) IX. Isabella Davenport married Robert de Eaton, baron of Stockport ; remarried to John de Stafford. __________________________
• Stirnet - 'Brereton01'
• (a) Sir William Brereton of Brereton (a 1376)
• m1. Ellen Egerton (dau of Philip Egerton (of Malpas)) Etc. ....
• m2. Margaret Done (dau of ?? Done of Utkinton, widow of John Davenport)
• BE1883 shows Margaret as mother of Randle but Visitation (Cheshire, 1580, Brereton of Brereton) suggests that his mother was Hellin (of) Mallpas.
• BIFR1976 (Brereton) supports the view that Randle was son of Margaret. Etc. .... _______________________
• John Davenport1,2
• M
• Father Sir John Davenport1 d. a 1343
• Mother Margery Brereton1
• John Davenport married Johanna Delves, daughter of Sir Henry Delves and Catherine Arderne.2,1
• Family Johanna Delves
• Citations
• 1.[S10297] Unknown author, History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Omerod, 1819., p. 268.
• 2.[S10297] Unknown author, History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Omerod, 1819., p. 39.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1732.htm#... _________________

References

• ” The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester: Comp. from ..., Volume 2” By George Ormerod. Page 248. GoogleBooks
• https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00641032&tree=LEO