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Henry Greene

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Name Henry Greene Birth Abt 1347 of Drayton, Northamptonshire, England [1, 2, 3]
Gender Male Death 24 Jul 1399 [4] Alternate death 29 Jul 1399 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]
Alternate death Aft 28 Jul 1399 [1] Person ID I16436 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 5 Jan 2018
Father Henry Greene, Chief Justice of the King's Bench; Speaker of the House of Lords, b. of Boughton, Northamptonshire, England d. 6 Aug 1369, Northamptonshire, England
Mother Catherine de Drayton Family ID F13356 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Maud Mauduit, b. 6 Nov 1354 Marriage Bef Aug 1364 [1] Children + 1. Eleanor Greene d. Between 1 May 1421 and 21 Dec 1422 + 2. John Greene, b. of Drayton, Northamptonshire, England d. Between 1432 and 1433
Family ID F10258 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Dec 2017
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Notes - Knight of the shire for Huntingdonshire, Jan 1390; Northamptonshire, 1394 and Jan 1397; and Wiltshire, Sep 1397.
"A supporter of Richard II, he fell into the hands of Henry of Bolingbroke when Bristol Castle, to which he had fled for safety, was treacherously surrendered 29 July 1399, and was promptly beheaded along with the Earl of Wiltshire." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]
From Wikipedia:
He became a close confidante of King Richard II. Along with Sir John Bussy and Sir William Bagot he was appointed one of the eccentric Richard's 'continual councillors' who gained an unsavoury reputation. At one point they advised the king to confiscate the lands of the exiled Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford.
When Bolingbroke returned from exile in 1399 to reclaim his inheritance, the three councillors decided flight was the best option. Bussy and Green sought sanctuary in Bristol Castle but were delivered up to Bolingbroke on 23 July 1399, who had them beheaded the following day.
All three continual councillors (referred to as "caterpillars") feature in Shakespeare's historical play King Richard II, generally listed as "Bushy, Baghot and Green". Green also appears in the anonymous Elizabethan play Thomas of Woodstock.
- Knight of the shire for Huntingdonshire, Jan 1390; Northamptonshire, 1394 and Jan 1397; and Wiltshire, Sep 1397.
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Sources - [S1526] The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, Wife of Reverend John Owsley, Generations 1-15, Fourth Preliminary Edition, by Ronny O. Bodine and Bro. Thomas Spalding, Jr. 2013.
- [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013., place only.
- [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site.
- [S160] Wikipedia.
- [S1526] The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, Wife of Reverend John Owsley, Generations 1-15, Fourth Preliminary Edition, by Ronny O. Bodine and Bro. Thomas Spalding, Jr. 2013.