Sir William Davenport, Kt.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-dda&cid...

Gift of William Davenport to son Robert, premises in Tiverton and Dukinfield and rents from Bramhall manor and Macclesfield mill DDA/1533/31/59 10 Aug. 1500

About the Davenport Family

The Davenport family's original seat was in Astbury, near Congleton in Cheshire, and family origins can be traced back to one Ormus de Davenport at the time of the Norman Conquest. He was given the Manor of Davenport from the Venables of Kinderton, the original Norman feudal Lords. In 1166 Ormus' son Richard became the chief forester of Leek and Macclesfield. Later the family acquired the hereditary status of Magistrate Sergeants of the Forest of Macclesfield.

The Davenport family developed branches at Davenport, Calveley, Wheltrough, Woodford, Capesthorne and Bramhall. Sir Humphrey Davenport, who was Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, was a younger son of the Davenport family of Bramhall and married Mary Sutton of Sutton Hall (c1590).

Bramhall Hall in Stockport was the grand home for the Davenport family of Stockport, who resided there for 500 years - today it belongs to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council and is open to the public. Bramhall park used to be the parkland and woodland estate attached to Bramall Hall. The Hall is one of Cheshire's grandest black and white timber framed buildings and dates back to the 14th century. Subsequent owners carried out substantial refurbishment in the 19th century. Capesthorne Hall in Cheshire is stilled owned, and lived in, by the Bromley Davenport branch of the family, who have resided there since the 11th century

Davenport Coat of Arms

A shield with three crosses of complex form in a triangular pattern. It is surmounted by a man's head with a noose around the neck.

Early Davenports

The Davenports were a family of significant landowners in the north-west of England whose antecedents can be traced back to the time of the Norman conquest. Orm de Davenport lived close to what is now Marton, and his name derives from the Norman French Dauen-port meaning "the town on the trickling stream", referring to his home on the River Dane.[6] In 1160, the family became responsible for Macclesfield Forest,[7] and in the early 13th century Vivian Davenport became its Grand Sergeant. The family's coat of arms includes a man's head with a rope around the neck, which is said to represent the family's power over life and death during this period. The Davenports acquired land throughout the area, notably at Wheltrough, Henbury, Woodford and lastly at Bramhall through marriage.[6]Dating back to Anglo-Saxon England, the manor of Bramall was first described in the Domesday Book in 1086, when it was held by the Masseys.

The Davenports held the manor for around 500 years, and it is likely that after their accession they built the current house. The first William Davenport was lord of the manor from 1478 to 1528,[8] and one of the first recorded trustees of Macclesfield Grammar School.[9] It is possible that he was heavily involved in the final battle of the Wars of the Roses at Bosworth and thereby instrumental in gaining the crown for Henry VII,[10] who rewarded him with a pension of 20 marks per year payable for his lifetime.[11] According to Dean, it was during this first William's tenure that Bramall may have been vandalised by a man named Randle Hassall, who destroyed all or part of nine houses and stole the timber. This gives credence to the theory that Bramall was rebuilt, replacing or partially replacing an older building.[9]

The third William Davenport, who succeeded his father of the same name in 1541, took part in what later became known as The Rough Wooing, a series of attacks against Scotland ordered by Henry VIII. He was knighted in Scotland for his efforts at the burning of Edinburgh in May 1544.[12] The fifth William Davenport inherited Bramall in 1585 from his father of the same name, and lived there with his wife Dorothy for over 50 years.

• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramall_Hall _______________________________
• William Davenport
• M, d. 29 October 1482
• Father John Davenport d. 1479
• Mother Cecily Warren
• William Davenport was born at of Bramhall, Cheshire, England. He married Margery Legh, daughter of Robert Legh, Esq. and Isabella Stanley. William Davenport died on 29 October 1482.
• Family Margery Legh
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1507.htm#... __________________________________________
• A history and genealogy of the Davenport family, in England and America, from A. D. 1086 to 1850 .. (1851)
• http://www.archive.org/details/historygenealogy51dave
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy51dave#page/19/mode/1up
• 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.
• In 1309, he grants a lease of the office of sergeancy for two years to his son Thomas, and his pledges for two years, at an annual rent of sixteen marks of silver.
• This Thomas, second son of Sir Thomas, was male ancestor of the Davenports of Whetrough, Bromhall, Henbury, Coventiy, and Woodford (now of Capesthorne).*
• 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/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).
• Their children were, 1st, Thomas, the continuer of the direct line in Wheltrough ; 2d, John, ancestor of the Davenports of Bromhall, fifth in the Henbury entail, 1366; 3d, Sir John (called also Jenkin, to distinguish him from his brother of Bromhall), kt. justice of Lancastershire, 1384, and purchaser of Henbury ; 4th, Alice, wife of Sir John de Hide of Urmetson.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy51dave#page/39/mode/1up
• Sir Richard de Bromhall had issue, Sir Geoffry de Bromhall, whose daughter and heiress, according to Dugdale, and other pedigrees, married John Davenport, second son of Thomas Davenport of Wheltrough, in the twenty-second year of Edward III. (1349), and who thus became proprietor of the manor, and the same has continued in the Davenport family to the present day.
• The children of John Davenport, by Alice his wife, are given as Robert, oldest son and heir living in 1399; Thomas, who married Ellen, sister of Sir Ralph de Moburley ; and Margaret, wife of William Hyde of Hyde.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy51dave#page/40/mode/1up
• John Davenport, son of Robert, and grandson of Robert, married for his first wife, Cicely, daughter of Lawrence "Warren, of Poymton, by whom he had William, eldest son and heir; second wife, a daughter of John Pagot, of Staffordshire, by whom he had John Davenport, of the County of Somerset. He died in 1497.
• Sir William Davenport, of Bromhall, knight, was the son of William, and the grandson of the above William. He married for his first wife, Margarie, daughter of George Booth, of Durham __________________________
• The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580 (1882)
• http://www.archive.org/details/visitationchesh00fellgoog
• http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationchesh00fellgoog#page/n89/mo...
• Pg.73
  • Davenport alias Damport of Bromhall. - CHART
• Robert Damport of Bromhal. = . . . . d. to . . . . ffitton of Goseworth.; ch: John (m. _ Warren & Margrett Bagott) Damport
• John Damport of Bromhall. = 1. . . . . d. to . . . . Warren of Pointon.; ch: (Pg.74 Wm (m. Margery Ligh)); = Margrett d. to Sr John Bagott of Bramley widow to Henry Bradborne.; ch: (Pg.74 John (m. _ Rodall) Damport
• http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationchesh00fellgoog#page/n90/mo...
• Pg.74
• Wm Damport of Bromhall. = Margery d. to Thomas Ligh of Adlington.; ch: Wm (m. Blanch Warburton) Damport
• http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationchesh00fellgoog#page/n167/m...
• Pg.151
  • Leigh of Adlington. - CHART
• Robinett Leigh of Adlington. = Maud.; ch: Rob't (m. Isabel Savage & Isabell Stanley), James (a Preist.), William, Peter, Ellin (m. Roger Leigh) Leigh.
• Rob't Leigh of Adlington. = 1. Isabel d. to Jno Savage s.p.; = 2. Isabel d. to Sr Wm Stanley married by consent of the Pope because shee was of the blood of his first wife.; ch: Rob't (m. Ellin Booth), Maud (m. Jno Manwaring), Agnes (m. Sr Andrew Brereton), .... (m. _ Picott), Margaret (m. Thos Mere), Isabel (m. Sr Lawrence Warren & Sr George Holford), Margrett (m. Wm Damport) Leigh
• Margrett vxr Wm Damport of Bromhall. ___________________
• A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 3 By John Burke Pg.453-457
• http://books.google.com/books?id=yshsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA454&lpg=PA454&dq...
• Pg. 454
• ROGERT LEGH, esq. of Adlington, wedded, first, Isabella, daughter of John Savage, of Clifton, by whom he had no issue; and, secondly, Isabella, daughter of Sir William Stanley, knt. of Hooton; by whom he had,
  • I. ROBERT, his heir.
  • I. Margaret, m. first to Thomas Mere, of Mere; and secondly to Robert Reddish, of Catteral.
  • II. Margery, m. to William Davenport, esq. of Bramall. III. Isabel, m. first, .... etc. _______________________
• A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of ..., Volume 1 By John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke
• http://books.google.com/books?id=2FE4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA708&lpg=PA707&ot...
• Pg.707
• ROBERT LEIGH, Esq. of Adlington, m. 1st Isabella, dau. of John Savage, of Clifton, but had no issue, and 2ndly Isabella, dau. of Sir William Stanley, Knt. of Hooton, and by her had (with six daus., viz., Margaret, m. 1st, to Thomas Mere, of Mere, and 2ndly, to Robert Reddish, of Catteral; Margery, m. to William Davenport, of Bramall; Isabel, m. 1st, to Laurence Warren, of Poynton, and 2ndly, to Sir George Holford, of Holford; Matilda, wife of Mainwaring, of Peover; Agnes, of Sir Andrew Brereton, of Brereton; and the youngest, wife of Pigott, of Chetwynd.) one son, his heir, at his decease, 18 EDW. IV., __________________________________

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4th Lord of Bramhall Hall