Sir William Davenport III

Sir William Davenport III, who succeeded his father of the same name in 1541, took part in what later became known as The Rough Wooing, a series of attacks against Scotland ordered by Henry VIII. He was knighted in Scotland for his efforts at the burning of Edinburgh in May 1544.[12]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramall_Hall

Birth: 1521 - Bramhall, Cheshire, , England Death: Sep 13 1576 - Bramhall, Cheshire, , England Parents: William Davenport, Blanch Warburton Wife: Anna Brereton, Margaret Booth, Anna Davenport Children: William Davenport, William Davenport, Jane Davenport, Elizabeth Davenport, Jane Davenport, Lancelot Davenport, Lancelot Davenport Siblings: Humphrey Davenport, Jane Davenport, Katherine Davenport, Ellen Davenport, John Davenport

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• A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies ... By John Burke, John Bernard Burke (sir.)
• http://books.google.com/books?id=K1kBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=H...
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• GEORGE BOTHE, esq. who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Boteler, of Beausey, near Warrington, and had issue,
  • GEORGE, his successor.
  • Margaret, m. to Sir William Davenport, of Bramhall.
• Mr. Bothe died in the 22nd HENRY VIII. and was s. by his eldest son,
• GEORGE BOTHE, esq. who left, at his decease in 1548, a son and three daughters, viz.
  • Mary, m. to Randle Davenport, esq. of Henbury, in the county of Chester. ________________________________________________
• A history and genealogy of the Davenport family, in England and America, from A. D. 1086 to 1850 .. (1851)
• http://www.archive.org/details/historygenealogy51dave
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy51dave#page/19/mode/1up
• Sir Thomas Davenport, of Davenport, knight, son of Roger, and grandson of Vivian de Davenport, married for his first wife, Agnes, daughter of Thomas de Macclesfield, in 1287. She was the mother of his issue. His second wife was Roesia, daughter of Ralph de Vernon, and widow of Sir William de Brereton.
• In 1309, he grants a lease of the office of sergeancy for two years to his son Thomas, and his pledges for two years, at an annual rent of sixteen marks of silver.
• This Thomas, second son of Sir Thomas, was male ancestor of the Davenports of Whetrough, Bromhall, Henbury, Coventiy, and Woodford (now of Capesthorne).*
• Sir John Davenport, knight, eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas, married his father's step-daughter, Margery, daughter of Sir William Brereton, by Roesia Vernon ; to his second wife he had Agnes de Bradford.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy51dave#page/36/mode/1up
• Thomas Davenport of Wheltrough was the second son of Sir Thomas Davenport of Davenport, by Agnes de Macclesfield.
• In 1309, his father grants him a lease of the office of sergeancy for two years, at an annual rent of sixteen marks of silver. He had lands from his father, in Withington, Tunstede and Marton. Married Elizabeth, daughter of , who survived her husband 12 Edw. III. (1355).
• Their children were, 1st, Thomas, the continuer of the direct line in Wheltrough ; 2d, John, ancestor of the Davenports of Bromhall, fifth in the Henbury entail, 1366; 3d, Sir John (called also Jenkin, to distinguish him from his brother of Bromhall), kt. justice of Lancastershire, 1384, and purchaser of Henbury ; 4th, Alice, wife of Sir John de Hide of Urmetson.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy51dave#page/39/mode/1up
• Sir Richard de Bromhall had issue, Sir Geoffry de Bromhall, whose daughter and heiress, according to Dugdale, and other pedigrees, married John Davenport, second son of Thomas Davenport of Wheltrough, in the twenty-second year of Edward III. (1349), and who thus became proprietor of the manor, and the same has continued in the Davenport family to the present day.
• The children of John Davenport, by Alice his wife, are given as Robert, oldest son and heir living in 1399; Thomas, who married Ellen, sister of Sir Ralph de Moburley ; and Margaret, wife of William Hyde of Hyde.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy51dave#page/40/mode/1up
• John Davenport, son of Robert, and grandson of Robert, married for his first wife, Cicely, daughter of Lawrence "Warren, of Poymton, by whom he had William, eldest son and heir; second wife, a daughter of John Pagot, of Staffordshire, by whom he had John Davenport, of the County of Somerset. He died in 1497.
• Sir William Davenport, of Bromhall, knight, was the son of William, and the grandson of the above William. He married for his first wife, Margarie, daughter of George Booth, of Durham ; second wife, Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Brereton, of Patton, knight. His first marriage took place in 1566. He died Sept. 13th, 1577.
• Sir William Davenport, of Bromhall, knight, son of William, and grandson of Sir William, married Dorothy, daughter of [Edward] Warren, of Poynton.
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• The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580 (1882)
• https://archive.org/details/visitationchesh00fellgoog
• https://archive.org/stream/visitationchesh00fellgoog#page/n60/mode/1up
• Pg.44
  • Brereton of Tatton.
• S'r Wm Stanley of the Holt brother to Tho. 1 Earl of Derby Decollat's an'o 1494. = Elizabeth d. to . . . . Hopton widow to Jno Tiptoft Earle of Worcester.; ch: Wm (m. Jane Massey) Stanley.
  • Wm Stanley of Tatton. = Jane d. & heire to Sr Jeffrey Massy of Tatton.; ch: Jane (m. Sr Richard Brereton) Stanley.
    • Jane d & heire to Wm Stanley of Tatton. = Sr Richard Brereton second sonne to Sr Randoll Brereton of Mallpas.; ch: Richard, Geffrey (m. Alice Lecester), Anne (m. _ Bouthe & Sr Wm Damport) Brereton.
      • Richard eldest sonne sans issue.
      • Geffrey Brereton of Tatton. = Alice d. to Piers Lecester of Tabley.; ch: Richard, Anne Brereton.
      • Anne mar. to . . . . Bouthe of Barton & 2d to Sr Wm Damport of Bromhall.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationchesh00fellgoog#page/n90/mo...
• Pg.74
  • Davenport alias Damport of Bromhall.
• .... etc.
  • Wm Damport of Bromhall. = Blanch d. to S'r John Warburton.; ch: S'r Wm (m. Margret Booth & Anne Brereton), John, Humphrey, Jane (m. Rob't Hyde), Katherine (m. Hugh Revell), Margery (m. Leon. [Lionell] Shalcross) Damport.
    • S'r Wm Damport of Bromhall living 1566. = 1. Margret d. to George Booth of Dunham.; ch: Wm (m. Margery Ashton), Elizab. (m. Rich. Ashton), Jane, Katherine (m. Richard Bulkeley) Damport.; = 2. Anne d. to S'r Rich. Brereton of Tatton widow to . . . . Boothe of Barton.
      • Wm Damport of Bromhall. = Margery d. to . . . . Ashton of Midleton in Lancash.; ch: William, Alexander, John, Humfry.
      • Elizab. vxo'r Rich. Ashton of Midleton in Lancash.
      • Jane.
      • Katherine vxor Richard Bulkeley son and heire to S'r Richard Bulkley of Beaumaris.; ch: Elizabeth. ________________________________________

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bellingham-205

Katherine Bellingham, daughter of Sir Robert Bellingham of Burneside, died 31 April 1572.

• m. (1) as his 2nd wife Richard Assheton (c.1511-1550) of Middleton, 2da.,
• m. (2) Sir William Radclyffe (d. 1568) of Ordsall and
• m. (3) c.1570, Sir William Davenport.