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. Henry DE GREENE. b: 1341 Greenes Norton, Northampton, England.
d: 9/2/1399 beheaded. *Knighted by King Richard II. *"While King
Richard was in Ireland, Lord Bolingbroke seized the government and
executed Sir Henry and his associates, Sir John Buskey and the Earl of
Wiltshire." *Beheaded by Bolingbroke who became Henry IV.
*Shakespeare refers to Sir Henry Greene in Acts I and II of his play
"Richard II". *He had forty known manors besides his town house in
London. He is the one who acquired an estate and named "Greenes
Norton", see pg 4. *REF: La Mance;v3,pg 25,27.
+Matilda MANDINE b: 1354 Warminster, Wiltshire, England. *D/O
Lord Thomas Mandine. Sole heir to her father lordships of
Werminister, Westburg Lye, Grately, Dychurch, and other fair
Possessions.

Beheaded in England


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He was heir to his uncle, Sir Simon Drayton. While King Richard was in Ireland, Lord Henry Bolingbroke seized the government and executed (beheaded by order of Duke of Lancaster) Sir Henry and his associates, Sir John Buskey and the Earl of Wiltshire. Bolingbroke later became King Henry IV.
Shakespeare refers to Sir Henry Greene in Acts I and II of his play "Richard II"
He had forty known manors besides his town house in London. He is the one who acquired an estate and named it "Greene Norton".

[777] Source: American Illustrated shows his date of death as 29 Jul 1399;
La Mance, p 20, 29, 32; Gaylord Green, Green/Greene Genealogy, Vol 13

There must have been something particularily engaging about the young second son of Sir Henry de Greene. King Richard II knighted him, his uncle (Sir Simon Drayton) left him his title and estate, and he inherited a majority of his father's estate.
When Sir Henry's father, Sir Henry de Greene, died, he possessed his ancient and beloved manor of Boughton, the manors of Greene's Norton, East Neaston, Heydmon Court, Heybourn, Ashley Mares, and Dodington. He had lands in Whittlebury, Paulsbury, Northampton, Harringworth, Cottingham, Middleton, Carleton, Isham, Aldwinckle, Pishteley, Titchmarch, Warrington, and sundry other places, and was the Lord of Drayton, Luffwich, Pesford, Islip, Shipton, Walston, Womingdom, Chalton, Haughton, and Boteshaseall.
According to English law, the title and estate should have been inherited by the oldest son, Sir Henry's brother, Sir Thomas. However, like Jacob loved Joseph in the Old Testament, Sir Henry favored his second son above all the rest. With his brother's consent, and through a special license from King Richard II, all of Sir Henry de Greene's estate except for the manors of Boughton and Greene's Norton were passed to his second son, Henry.
More estates came to Sir Henry as a result of his marriage to Mathilda, and still others were added when his cousin, the son of his uncle, Sir Simon, settled upon him his title, Lord of Drayton, and gave him his large estates. Drayton Castle became the residence for this branch of the family.
Sir Henry was a colorful and dramatic figure. Like his father, he was a prominent statesman. King Richard II knighted him and he was made one of the king's inner counsellors. He was later appointed to be one of the Parliamentary Commissioners who helped the king govern. He served both Edward III, who died in 1377, and his grandson, Richard II.
In the rebellion led by Henry Bollingbroke (later crowned Henry IV), Sir Henry and two other loyal supporters of the king (Earl of Wiltshire and Sir John Bushby) were captured and beheaded at Bristol on 2 September 1399. Shakespeare incorporates this event in Act II of his play, Richard II. To his credit, it is recorded that Henry IV restored Sir Henry's inheritance and title of Lord of the Manor of Drayton to Sir Henry's eldest son, Ralph. Ralph died in 1417 and was buried in St. Peter's Church at Luffwich (or Lowick). The estates then passed to his brother, John.

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Source: Burke, Presidential Families, 1st Ed., 623.
Sir Henry Greene was beheaded on September 2, 1399 outside Bristol Castle
where he had attempted to save the 8 year old Queen of King Richard II.
Sir Henry Greene was the Lord Chief Justice of England, and had supported
the King when the King took the land of his cousin and banished him from
England. Unfortunately his cousin came back while the King was off
figuting the Irish, and took the kingdom, and had Sir Henry Greene
beheaded. This event is mentioned in Shakespeare's works.