01. Orme de Davenport,
[1]
the
ancestor of the Davenports, born abt. 1104 assumed the local name Davenport, and the
manorial history of the present time gives the date assigned to Orme de
Davenport as 20 of William I, which would be 1086. This is proved by four
pedigrees in the British Museum. He was a witness to a charter of
enfranchisement by Gilbert de Venables during the reign of either King
William II or King Henry I. 02. Richard de Davenport,
[1]
born abt. 1136, shown as son of Orme in Ormerod's pedigree [3:68], which was based on
deeds, Pleas and Recognizance Rolls, inquisitions post mortem and other
evidence. He married Amibilia Venables, daughter of the 2nd
Gilbert Venables and sister of Hugh Venables, rector of Eccleston in 1188,
whose acknowledged minority gives the only means of calculating the time
of Orme de Davenport. He was appointed supreme forester of the
earl's forests of Leek and Macclesfield, Cheshire, sometime between 1153
and 1181. (Note: Omerod's History of Chester inserted Thomas
de Davenport as next generation followed by another Richard de Davenport.) 03. Vivian de Davenport,
[1]
son of Richard was
born abt. 1204 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. He was living in 1254 but died in 1260. He was Richard's
successor as Lord of Davenport and Marton in Cheshire, England. He
had a grant of the magisterial serjeancy of the forests of the hundred of
Macclesfield and Leeds from Randle Blunderville, Earl of Chester.
The powers of this office were the highest the Earl could bestow, as it
placed in several cases at this disposal of the serjeant the lives of his
subjects without delay and without appeal. Vivian married
Beatrix
De Hulme, daughter of Bertrand de Hulme. He held rents of the
constable of Chester, Edmund de Lacy. This showed a connection to
the Lacy family, the Barons of halton and Earls of Lincoln. He also
witnessed a number of charters with leading members of the county
society. He witnessed over forty charters. 04. Roger de Davenport,
[1]
son of Vivian and Beatrix
born abt. 1226 and was probably an adult in the period 1245 to
1249. He married Mary Salemon, daughter of Robert Salemon of
Wythington. He held the serjeancy of Macclesfield. He
exchanged lands in Marton for lands in Bramhall and Hillcroft, and became
influential in the northern part of the Hundred of Macclesfield, so that
he was able to make extensive grants to other members of his own
family. He died between 1291 and 1297. 05. Henry Davenport,
[1]
son
of Roger and Mary was born abt. 1256. He had lands in Macclesfield, Cheshire in 1294. 06. Mary Davenport,
[1]
daughter of Henry
was born in 1287 in Moreton, Cheshire, England. She married William
Mainwaring. She died in 1361 in Holland, Lancashire, England. I descend from son William
Mainwaring who married Elizabeth Leycester. |