Richard Davenport (abt. 1603 - abt. 1664)

Born about 1603 in Wheltrough, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Burnes) Davenport — married 1623 in Congleton, Cheshire, England

Died about 1664 at about age 61 in Wheltrough, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Richard Davenport, gentleman, of Wheltrough, Cheshire, was the son of Richard Davenport and his wife Anne Hamersley. He was recorded as age 10 at the time of the herald's visitation of Cheshire in 1613.^[1]

His branch of the Davenport family is reported to have been seated at Wheltrough, near the village of Lower Withington in Cheshire, for several generations.^[1][2]

He married Alice Burnes by licence in 1623. The licence dated 24 October 1623 was for the marriage at Congleton of "Rich'um Davenport Jun' de Wheltrough et Alicia Burnes spinster". The bondsman was Peter Williamson.^[3][4]

Richard died in about 1664. An inventory of his personal estate dated 2 August 1664 described him as "Richard Davenport late of Wheltrough in the County of Chester gent deceased". The inventory was prepared by "John Leadbeater of the Hermitage Richard Davenport theld[er] and Richard Davenport the [younger] and Richard Oakes of Withington in the sayd County yeoman," His personal estate was valued at £175.^[5]

Research Notes

A pedigree in East Cheshire: Past and Present (1880) states that he was possibly buried "at Holmes' Chapel, 17 Aug. 1664."^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} G. J. Armytage and J. P. Rylands, Pedigrees made at the Visitation of Cheshire, 1613, Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, 1909, pages 74-5. Internet Archive (accessed 10 Oct 2021)
2. ↑ George Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, London: George Routledge & Sons, 1882, 2nd edition, volume 3, pages 721-2. Google Books (accessed 11 Oct 2021)
3. ↑ Cheshire Marriage Licence Bonds And Allegations 1606-1905. FindMyPast (accessed 12 Oct 2021) database entry for Alice Burnes and Richmus Davenport, 24 Oct 1623.
4. ↑ W. C. Irvine, Marriage Licences granted within The Archdeaconry of Chester in the Diocese of Chester, 1908, volume 2, page 189 Google Books (accessed 12 Oct 2021)\
5. ↑ "England, Cheshire Probate Records, 1492-1940," database, FamilySearch (accessed 10 Oct 2021), Richard Davenport, 1664; citing Withington, Welltrough, Record Office, Chester.
6. ↑ J. P. Earwaker, East Cheshire: Past and Present, London, 1880, volume 2, pages 377-8. HathiTrust (accessed 10 Oct 2021)