Richard de Davenport (fl. 1166-1176)

✓ Richard de Dauneporte, to whom Hugh, Earl of Chester, gave the chief forestership of the forests of Leek and Macclesfield about 1166; had a moiety of Marton in frank marriage with Amabilia Venables about 1176. Source: Ormerod, History of Cheshire (1819), vol. III, p.39 chart 'Davenport of Davenport' (compiled from deeds, inquisitions and registers; page image read 2 Nov 2026). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]