Mary Boleyn and Catherine Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge Rumor Disproven by Experts

Catherine Middleton, now HRH The Duchess of Cambridge

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This claim that William Davenport was a son of  Elizabeth Talbot and Henry Davenport is not proven to be correct. Even  the Reitwiesner page which is not authoritative argues this is not correct due to people just trying to link whomever without correct  sources. The page states that a correspondent "concludes that  insufficient evidence exists to  establish such a connection beyond a reasonable doubt." Recent additions to the page state that it has been DISPROVEN. In the article from the Daily Mail, it states that Kate is a descendant of Elizabeth Knollys by Sir Thomas  Leighton, their daughter Elizabeth Leighton married a Sherrington Talbot; their son Sherrington Talbot married a Jane Lyttelton -- this is ALL correct up to this point.. then it goes off with some undocumented  names that don't seem to add up as they are not mentioned in both of the sources below and others. In the Daily Mail article it then goes on to state that their supposed daughter Elizabeth Talbot marries a William  Davenport. Crofts Peerage's Sherrington Talbot who married Jane Lyttelton doesn't even mention an  Elizabeth Talbot who married a William Davenport. The same goes for the  book Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage &  Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.:  Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 838. But  then if you go over to Burke's Peerage there is a mention of an Elizabeth Talbot, daughter of a Sharington  Talbot, but there is NO mother and NO mention of that Elizabeth Talbot  who married Henry Davenport ever having a William Davenport that went on  to marry a Grace Alloway and it only states:

"Henry Davenport Esq who m 82 Oct 1665 Elizabeth dau of Sharington  Talbot Esq of Lacock co Wilts and d. in July 1698 leaving with other  daus who died unmarried, a dau Mary m 1st to the Rev William Hallifax DD  who rf in 1720 and 2ndly to the Rev Prideaux Sutton of Itreedon co  Worcester and two sons Sharington the elder a major general in the army  who rf unm in Ireland 5 July 1719 and Henry Davenport Esq baptized 26  Feb 1677 8 who m 1st Mary Lucy dau of Daniel Charden Esq and had by her a  son Sharington of whom presently and two daus Mary Elizabeth m to John  Mytton Esq of Halftone and Mary Luce rf unm Mr Davenport m 2ndly Barbara  second dau of Sir John Ivory of Ireland by Aline his wife dan of Sir  John Talbot of Lacock co Wilts and by her who rf in 174ft left at his  decease in 1731 a son William in holy orders DD rector of Bree don who m  Mary dau of John Ivory Talbot of Lacock and had issue The only son of  the first marriage".

== Elizabeth Knollys and Kate Middleton ==

There is no definitive evidence that Kate Middleton is the descendant of Elizabeth Knollys daughter Elizabeth Leighton. The Daily Mail cites NO sources and is not a genuine source that is allowed on Wikipedia. Reitwiesner's page just posted that is has been DISPROVEN.

"In Hobbs (full citation below), on p. 13, F. M. Lupton cites a pamphlet William Davenport, of Reading, and his descendants, by Rev. James Davenport, which claims that this William Davenport of Reading (number 636, above) was the same person as the William Davenport born at Worfield, Shropshire, on 24 Feb. 1679, a younger son of Henry Davenport of Hollon, Shropshire, by his wife Elizabeth Talbot.

Rev. James Davenport appears to have written several different works on William Davenport of Reading, as a correspondent refers to a publication by Rev. James Davenport, Rector of Harvington in Worcestershire, titled The Davenport Family of Reading and Welford on Avon, and printed in 1923 (long after Hobbs was printed). About the identification of William Davenport of Reading with the William Davenport baptized at Worfield, the correspondent states that the author "concludes that insufficient evidence exists to establish such a connection beyond a reasonable doubt." This identification has been DISPROVEN." -- meaning it's NOT true!

Email from Reitweisner's; wmaddamstrust@gmail.com 29 May 2011:
"Yes we have disproven it, both with the will of Elizabeth Davenport not  mentioning a son William, other records showing her son William died in  his 20s and with her research showing Kate's William was likely the son of a Laurence Davenport."