Author: Paul Jabore

John Becomes Lord of the Manor In 1364, John de Davenport married Alice de Bramhall whose father, Geoffrey de Bramhall, possessed the Manor of Bramhall. When her father died, Alice and her husband inherited his estate and, as women couldn’t own property,John became the first Davenport to be Lord of the Manor of Bramhall. It’s…

Want a Bit More Room? William Davenport 5th did in the 1590s. The one storey Hall he’d inherited was 200 years old by then and in need of modernisation. So he went for an extension – on a grand scale. First of all came a second floor featuring the Withdrawing Room with its famous plaster…

The portrait on the left is of the 8th William Davenport (there were 10 of them). Until recently the identity of the portrait on the right has been a mystery. It was only when we looked at the two together, we wondered if they might be the same man. The first was painted in about…

This is the first post in the History blog.