Henry Greene

Abt 1347 - 1399  (~ 52 years)

• 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]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Thomas Greene ,   b. Abt 1344, of Greene's Norton, Northamptonshire, England d. 29 Aug 1391  (Age ~ 47 years) ▻ Margery Maplethorpe + 2. Henry Greene ,   b. Abt 1347, of Drayton, Northamptonshire, England d. 24 Jul 1399  (Age ~ 52 years) ▻ Maud Mauduit ,  m. Bef Aug 1364
  Person ID	I16436	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Henry Greene,   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

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• 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.