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,

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in the 1250s. Their residence was at

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and then at

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, 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 Harry Bromley-Davenport (born 15 March 1950 in London, England) is an English film director and producer as well as at the beginning of his career a screenwriter. He is most popular for the famous horror science-fiction video nasty ''Xtro'' ...

(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

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The lineage of the Bromley DavenportsBromley Davenport Muniments
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