1 Orme de Davenport, the ancestor of the Davenports, assumed the local name Davenport & the manorial history of the present time gives the date assigned to Orme de Davenport as 20 of William I, which would be 1086. Proved by 4 pedigrees in the British Museum. He was a witness to a charter of enfranchisement by Gilbert de Vinables during the reign of either King William II or King Henry I53735