DAVENPORT, Humphrey (c.1566-1645), of Bramhall and Sutton, Cheshire.

Family and Education

b. c. 1566, s. of William Davenport of Bramhall (d.1585) by Margaret, da. of Richard Assheton of Middleton, Lancs. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1581; Barnard’s Inn; G. Inn 1585, called 1590. m. Mary, da. of Francis Sutton of Sutton, and coh. of her bro. Richard Sutton, 3s. 2da. Kntd. 1624.

Offices Held

Reader, Staple Inn 1600; bencher G. Inn 1611, Lent reader G. Inn 1613; counsel at law to Earl of Derby in Cheshire and Flints. 1619; serjeant-at-law 1623; King’s serjeant 1625; j.c.p. 1630; Ld. chief baron of the Exchequer 1631 – 44; commr. to compound for recusants’ estates 1633.Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. 827; Add. 12512, f. 112; CSP Dom. 1633–4, pp. 326–7.

Parlimentarian

DAVENPORT, Humphrey (c.1566-1645), of Bramhall and Sutton, Cheshire.

Main residences: Bramhall; Sutton, Cheshire.

Author

J.C.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

DAVENPORT, Humphrey (c.1566-1645)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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