Blanche (Warburton) Eyre (abt. 1496)

Born about 1496 in Arley Hall, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Davenport — married about 1520 in Arley, Cheshire, England

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Bramhall, Cheshire, England

Biography

Blanche was the daughter of Sir John Warburton^{[1] [2][3][4][5]} and his wife, Jane Stanley.^[2][3] Her birth date is uncertain.

On 20 April, 1519, Peter Warburton, son and heir of Sir John Warburton, Sheriff of Cheshire, granted to his father, Sir John, all manors, lands, tenements, and rents in Cheshire or elsewhere possessed or seised in the right of Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Winnington, for the preferment and advancement of Peter's sisters, Blanche, Ellen, and Dowce, except for the manor of Marthall.^[1]

Marriage

Blanche married twice. Her first husband was William Davenport, esq.^[2][3] of Bramhall (bur. Stopforde church).^[4] She remarried to Christopher Eyre of Highlow.^[5]

Davenport

Blanche only had children with her first husband,^[5] William Davenport of Bramhall, esq. His will is undated.^[4][6]circa 1520^[7]

children

• William^[4]
• John
• Jane
• Humphrey
• Margaret or Margery
• Katherine

m. Hugh Revell of co. Derby.^[4]

• Ellen

m. Ralph Done, esq. of Flaxyards.^[4]

Eyre

Blanche survived Davenport and remarried to Christopher Eyre of Highlow in Hassop, co. Derby (living 1556/8). They had no children.^[5]

Research Notes

DATES

• Birth ABT 1496 Arley Hall, Great Budworth, Cheshire
• Marriage ABT 1520 Arley, Cheshire
• She passed away after 1541.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Description of 'Indenture, 20 Apr 1519. Warburton of Arley Charters. University of Manchester Library. GB 133 ARL/12/11', Archives Hub website, (https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb133-arl/arl/12/11 : accessed 24 September, 2022).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} George Ormerod. History of Chester, page 430 (accessed 7 July 2020).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Douglas Richardson. "Hatton of Maryland', 15 February 2014 post in soc.genealogy.medieval (accessed 7 July 2020).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Piccope, G. (1857). "The will of William Davenport, esq. of Bramhall." Lancs. Wills & Inv., 1, p. 76 (see footnotes). Chetham Society. Google Books.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} John W Clay (ed.) Hunter, MS228, Familiae Minorum Gentium, Vol. II, Publications of the Harleian Society, 38, p. 552. Internet Archive. (Eyre pedigree).
6. ↑ Burke, B. (1852). A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed, 2, p. 1510. London: Colburn & Co. on Hathitrust Accessed Nov. 9, 2016
7. ↑ Earwaker, J.P. (1887-80). East Cheshire, Past and Present, p. 451. N.p. on Hathitrust Accessed Nov. 9, 2016