Sir John Davenport Knight
- Born: Cheshire, England
- Marriage: Elizabeth Legh 713,682
- Died: 1384-1390, Cheshire, England 682
 General Notes:
~George Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol III, pg. 721, Justice of Lancashire, 7 Richard II, purchaser chaser of Henbury.
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Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 682
Sir John Davenport, (called also Jenkin, to distinguish him from his elder brother of that name, kinght, justice of Lancastershire, 1384, and who became the purchaser of Henbury. He married Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Peter Legh of Betcherton.
Children:
Margaret Davenport, married Thomas de Leghes, Jr.
Thomas Davenport
John Davenport, living in 1366
Nicholas Davenprot de Widford, ancestor of the Davenports of Woodford, living in 1371, and had lands as by indenture in 1413 in Bredbury, Romiley, etc. He married Ellena, widow of Edward Massey, of Timberley in 1371. She died a widow in 1423.
~A History and Genealogy of the Davenport Family: In England and America, pgs. 70-71
John married Elizabeth Legh, daughter of Peter de Legh and Agnes de Bechton 713.,682 (Elizabeth Legh was born in 1326 and died in 1360.)
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