Bromley-Davenport

The Davenport family is first recorded in pipe rolls dating before 1254. Roger de Davenport, Lord of Davenport held the hereditary office of Master Serjeant of the Peace for Macclesfield, Cheshire, England in the 1250s.
In 1369, through marriage the family came into possession of the Hall of Calveley,^[1] and the manor of Calveley in Bunbury, Cheshire, by the dowery of Agnes, daughter of Hugh Calveley and Contanza de Candia, an Aragonese princess daughter of a Sicilian baron.^[2] Their residence was at Woodford and then at Capesthorne Hall, Macclesfield, which they still own.

Bromley-Davenport is the name of:

Arthur Bromley-Davenport (1867–1946), also known as A. Bromley Davenport, actor
Harry Bromley Davenport (born 1950), filmmaker
Hugh Bromley-Davenport (1870–1954), cricketer
Nicholas Walter Bromley-Davenport (born 1964), High Sheriff of Cheshire 2007–08
Sir Walter Bromley-Davenport (1903–1989), politician
William Bromley-Davenport, several individuals

[1]
Axon, William Edward Armytage (1885–1900). "Calveley, Hugh" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 88. pp. 262–263.
[2]
W McColly PhD in his pamphlet Sir Hugh Calveley : A Reassessment

The lineage of the Bromley Davenports
Bromley Davenport Muniments. The National Archives. John Rylands Library, Manchester University.

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[1] [1]
Axon, William Edward Armytage (1885–1900). "Calveley, Hugh" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 88. pp. 262–263.

[2] [2]
W McColly PhD in his pamphlet Sir Hugh Calveley : A Reassessment

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