Sir William Davenport, of Bromhall in Chester

Biography

Updated 12 September 2024

The christening of Dorethie, daughter of John Warren of Poynton (d. 1587) was recorded in the parish register of Prestbury, Cheshire, England, on 25 January, 1561,(which is now 1562 because until 1752 the new year started on 25 March in England). Dorothy was the eldest of the six daughter of John Warren by his wife Magaret Molimeux.

Dorothy Warren married William Davenport (1563- c 1644) on 16 October 1581 in Poynton, Cheshire, England. He was the son of William Davenport and Margaret Assheton.

"William the sonne of William Dauenport of Bramhall Esquier was baptised the 25th" March, 1584, at St Mary, Stockport, Cheshire.[1]

William Davenport and his wife Dorothy had 4 sons and 4 daughters listed on the Visitation of Lancashire taken in 1664-5 by William Dugdale, signed by their grandson, Edward Davenport (son of John), at Manchester on 9 Sept. 1664. < Archive.Org >

Sons:

1. William Davenport of Bromhall, esq. Married Frances, dau. of Thomas Wilbraham of Woodie and Mary Woodie.
2. John Davenport of Didgbury, co. Lancaster. Married Townsend, dau. of Richard Leigh of ... co. Cest.
3. Edward Davenport was born about 1587 of Bramhall, Cheshire, England. He was buried on 18 Mar 1663 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. "of Wallbank Hill in Bramhall, gent."
4. Humphrey, died in the Isle of Ree, under Sir John Ratcliffe.

Daughters:

1. Anne Davenport, christened on 9 Apr 1592 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. She was buried there on 27 May 1629 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. Unmarried.
2. Katheren Davenport
3. Margaret Davenport was christened on 4 Feb 1596 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. She was buried on 9 May 1681 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. Unmarried.
4. Susana Davenport.

Additional daughters seen:

1. Margaret Davenport, christened on 22 May 1585 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. She was buried on 4 Sep 1585 in Stockport, Cheshire, England
2. Penelope DAVENPORT.
3. Marie DAVENPORT was christened on 21 Sep 1595 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. She was buried on 5 Nov 1595 in Stockport, Cheshire, England.

Dame Dorothy Davenport was buried 6 November 1639 at Stockport, Cheshire, England.

William Davenport died about 1644, according to the Visitation.

• 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 ; second wife, Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Brereton, of Patton, knight. His first marriage took place in 1566. He died Sept. 13th, 1577.
• Sir William Davenport, of Bromhall, knight, son of William, and grandson of Sir William, married Dorothy, daughter of [Edward] Warren, of Poynton.
• .... etc.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy51dave#page/41/mode/1up
• . . . Sir William died in 1641.
• .... etc. __________________________
• Bramall Hall is a Tudor manor house in Bramhall, within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.
• .... etc.
• 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. The first marriage in Bramall's chapel was recorded in 1599,[13] between William (aged 15), eldest son of the fifth William and Dorothy, and Frances Wilbraham (aged 11).[14] On 22 April 1603 the fifth William Davenport was knighted by James I at Newark (where the king was staying on his journey from Edinburgh to London) and later became the High Sheriff of Cheshire and a commissioner of the Hundred of Macclesfield.[13] During the tenure of the fifth William, many alterations were made to the building, including the addition of a room above the Great Hall (which would later become the Withdrawing Room), and a long gallery.[15] The internal decorations were also updated with additions such as wall paintings and portraits.[16]
• The sixth William succeeded his father in 1639 shortly before the English Civil War broke out.[17] He was a Royalist, though said not to have been a particularly dedicated one. Many of his tenants became Parliamentarian soldiers,[18] and over the next three years he had numerous visits from Parliamentarian soldiers, mostly seeking to acquire goods such as horses and weapons for the war, and using the house for quartering soldiers.[19] Bramall was also host to Royalist soldiers, who confiscated some of the Davenport property for use in the war.[20] William Davenport was at one point charged with delinquency, and ordered to pay a fine of £750 (equivalent to £120,000 in 2015),[19][21] and soldiers continued to use Bramall Hall because of its convenience.[22]
• The sixth William was briefly succeeded by his son Peter,[22] who was followed by his son William.[23] William the seventh's son was the eighth William Davenport,[24] and an inventory of his property made shortly after his death in 1706 shows the gallery and gatehouse of Bramall were still intact.[25] His two eldest sons each inherited the estate but both died young and heirless,[24] so the estate passed to their younger brother Warren Davenport. .... etc.
• Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramall_Hall _____________________________
• The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580 (1882)
• http://www.archive.org/details/visitationchesh00fellgoog
• http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationchesh00fellgoog#page/n90/mo...
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• Davenport alias Damport of Bromhall. [Harl. 1424, fo. 48'b. Harl. 1505, fo. 49'b.] __________________