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DAVENANT, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1745; left 1747. [note will Henry Davenant, St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey, gent., proved PCC 29 Mar 1791]

DAVENANT, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 13) Apr 1745; left 1748. [note will James Davenant, Pembridge, Herefs., proved PCC 3 May 1776]

DAVENPORT, DAVIES, second son of Davies Davenport, Woodford and Marton, Cheshire, and Inner Temple, London, barrister, and Penelope, sister of John Ward (qv); b. 2 Oct 1723; adm. Jun 1737; left 1740; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Feb 1740/1; adm. Inner Temple 25 Oct 1742; perhaps “Daniel Davenport” reported at Capua, Italy, in 1753; m. 24 May 1755 Phoebe, dau. and coheiress of Richard Davenport (qv); d. 12 Feb 1758.

DAVENPORT, RANDOL; b. ; adm. ; KS 1630 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 137).

DAVENPORT, RICHARD, son of George Davenport, Calveley, Cheshire, and Bridget, dau. of Edward Mainwaring, Whitmore, Staffs. ; b. ; at school under Freind (R. F. Scott, ed. , Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb. , pt iii, 379); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Feb 1724/5, aged 18, matr. 1725; adm. Inner Temple 16 Aug 1725; of Wootton Hall, Staffs. , where he entertained Jean Jacques Rousseau and his companion Thérèse Le Vasseur Mar 1766 - May 1767; m. 17 Jan 1729 (IGI) Phoebe, dau. of Joseph Bagnal, Roehampton, Surrey; d. 7 May 1771.

DAVENPORT, SIR THOMAS, brother of Davies Davenport (qv); b. 14 Jan 1733/4; adm. Apr 1748 (Watts'); left 1750; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1750/1; adm. Inner Temple year 1752/3, called to bar 5 Jul 1764; MP Newton (Lancashire) from 1780; Solicitor-General to Queen Charlotte 1781-2; Serjeant-at-law 25 Jun 1783; knighted 27 Jun 1783; m. c. Sep 1770 Jane, dau. of Robert Seel, Liverpool, merchant; d. at York while on circuit 25 Mar 1786.

DAVERS, HENRY, brother of Sir Robert Davers, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1747/8 (Burges'); left 1748; Lieut., Royal Navy 2 Jun 1756; shot himself on board ship 1759. [presumably Henry Davers, Rushbrooke, Suffolk, will proved PCC 11 Sep 1759]

DAVERS, JERMYN, illegitimate son of Sir Jermyn Davers, Bart., M. P., and Margaretta (whom he married 21 Oct 1729), eldest dau. of Rev. Edward Green, Rector of Drinkstone, Suffolk; b. 4 Dec 1720; adm. Jan. 1728/9; left 1730; living 1740.

DAVERS, SIR ROBERT, BART., eldest legitimate son of Sir Jermyn Davers, Bart., M. P., and Margaretta, eldest dau. of Rev. Edward Green, Rector of Drinkstone, Suffolk; b.; succ. as 5th baronet 20 Feb 1742/3; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1745 (Preston's); left 1751; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 24 Jan 1752, matr. 1752; Grand Tour (Italy) 1756; was in North America 1761-3; killed in a boat by Indians on or near Lake Huron Jun 1763 (and allegedly later eaten by them); unm.