| Paternal |
| GREENE, c.1182-aft.1705 | Related
Families: Bottisham | Zouche | Cantilupe
| Drayton | d'Ardene| Mauduit
| Talbot | Malorie | Hooker | Bridgman | Tattershall | Fox | Almy | Sayles | Williams | Dyer |
(1) Sir Alexander
de Greene de Boketon,
born about 1182 in France, died in Boughton, Northamptonshire, England.
His great grandfather was one of the Norman nobles who invaded England
with William the Conqueror. King John bestowed the estate of Boughton
in Northampton upon him. He was made a knight at the King's court
by King John as the 1st Baron de Greene de Boketon. Father of:
(2) Walter
de Greene de Boketon,
2nd Baron, born about 1217 in England, died after 1314 in England and was
buried in Boughton, Northamptonshire, England. He was listed in old
rolls of 20th year of Henry III, (1236) and the 45th year of same king,
(1261). He is listed again in a roll of the 7th year of Edward II, (1314).
He was probably a knight in the 7th Crusade which ended in 1240.
Father of:
(3) John
de Greene de Boketon,
3rd Baron, born about 1234 in Broudston, England, died about 1271 in Palestine;
married about 1270 in England, Alice
Bottisham,
born about 1254 in England, died about 1314 in England, daughter of Thomas
Bottisham.
John was listed in the rolls in the 7th year of Edward II (1314) and is
also thought to have been the John who perished in Palestine in 1271 during
the 7th Crusade. This is a conflict and may well be two people who
are namesakes of each other. Clarke identifies the husband of Alice
Bottesham as Thomas de Greene de Boketon.
(4) Sir Thomas
de Greene,
4th Lord de Greene de Boketonborn about 1271 in Boughton, Noprthamptonshire,
England, died after 1319 in England, buried in Boughton, Northamptonshire,
England. Thomas fought with Edward I against the Scots. He used "de
Boketon" at the end of his name in more formal situations; however, he
was commonly known as "Thomas de Greene" and on some papers, he signed
"Thomas deGreene." For a long time the full name of "de Greene de
Boketon" was used in legal documents; in every day speech it was shortened
to "deGreene." He was living in 1319. Some scholars assign Alice
Bottisham
as his wife, rather than as his mother.
(5) Sir Thomas
de Greene,
5th Lord de Greene, born 1292 in Boughton or Bucklon, Northamptonshire,
England, died about 1352 in Boughton, Northamptonshire, England; married
23 October 1312 Lady Lucie
la Zouche,
born 1276 or 1279 in Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England, died 23 October
1326 in England, daughter of Lord Eudo
la Zouche
and Millicent
Cantilupe.
Thomas was made High Sherriff of Northampton in the early part of the reign
of Edward III. He was knighted and used the title "Sir Thomas, 5th Lord
of de Greene."
Lucy is the primary connection to the royal families of Europe for the
Greene family.
Children:
(6) Sir Henry
de Greene,
Knight Chief, born 1311 in Green's Norton, Northamptonshire, England, died
1370 in Broughton, Dorsetshire, England, buried in Boughton, Northamptonshire,
England; married about 1340 in England, Catherine
Drayton,
born 1314 in Broughton, Dorsetshire, England, died 1369 in England, daughter
of Sir John
de Drayton
and Philippa
d'Ardene.
In 1340, Henry received from Thomas de Boketon and wife Joanna the manors
of Brampton and Boketon.
Sir Henry was Lord Chief-Justice of England in 1353 under King Edward III,
was Speaker of the House of Lords in two Parliaments (1363 &1364),
and became last of the King's nearest Counsel, or "State Cabinet."
Some scholars give his dates as Chief Justice as 24 May 1361 through 28
October 1365.
Henry was granted a charter from the King to establish Boughton Fair, a
Vigil for St John the Baptist, held June 24th to 26th. The fair was second
only to the London Fair in its time, and was observed for five and one-half
centuries.
By a special license given by the King, Thomas, the eldest of Henry's children,
received Boughton, and Henry, the second son received Greene's Norton.
Children:
(7) Sir Henry
de Greene,
born 1343 in Greene's Norton, Northamptonshire, England, died 2 September
1399 in Greene's Norton, Northamptonshire, England; married about 1368
in England, Matilda
de Mauduit,
born 1354 in Warminster, Wiltshire, England, died about 1404 in England,
daughter of Sir Thomas
Mauduit.
He received Greene's Norton from his father, and 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 townhouse in London.
Matilda was sole heir to her father's lordships of Werminster, Westberg,
Lye, Grately, Dychruch, and other possessions.
Children:
(8) Thomas
de Greene,
born 1373 in Green's Norton, Northamptonshire, England, died 14 December
1417 in England; married about 1397 in England, Mary
Talbot,
born about 1375 in England, died 13 April 1433 in Blackmere, Hertfordshire,
England.
(9) Son
of Thomas de Greene,
born about 1398 in England. This is a missing generation with no
Christian name retained. However, there is strong evidence given by La
Mance that this link is accurate. Records were lost during the War of the
Roses, but the ancestry of his descendants, the Gillingham Greenes, can
be traced through the Green Coat of Arms, which they were authorized to
wear by right of descent from the beheaded Sir
Henry de Greene.
(10) Thomas
de Greene,
born 1430 in Green's Norton, Northamptonshire, England, died after 1450
in England; married about 1430 in Gillingham, Dorsetshire, England, Ela
Malorie,
died about 1465 in England. Parents of:
(11) John
Greene,
born 1450 in Gillingham, Dorsetshire, England, died about 1520 in England;
married about 1488 in England, Elizabeth,
born about 1452 in England. Parents of:
(12) Robert Greene, born about 1490 in Bowridge Hill, Gillingham, Dorsetshire, England, died 1558 in Bowridge Hill, Gillingham, Dorsetshire, England; married about 1518, Elizabeth, born about 1500 in England.
Children:
Peter
Richard,
mentioned below
John
Alice
Anne
(13) Richard Greene, born 1525 in Bowridge Hill, Gillingham, Dorsetshire, England, died before 3 May 1608 in Bowridge Hill, Gillingham, Dorcetshire, England.
Children:
(14) Richard Greene, born about 1560 in Bowridge Hill, Gillingham, Dorsetshire, England, died before 23 June 1617 in Salisbury, Dorcetshire, England; married about 1582, Mary Hooker, born about 1564 in Exeter, Devonshire, England, died about 1625 in England, daughter of John Hooker and Anstice Bridgman.
Children:
(15) Dr. John Greene "the Surgeon," christened 9 February 1596/1597 in Gillingham, Dorsetshire, England, died before 7 January 1658/1659 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island, buried in Connimicut Farm Cemetery, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island; married on 4 November 1619 in St. Thomas Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, Joan Tattershall, born about 1598 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, died 1636 on the ship James. She was daughter of Richard Tattershall and Margaret Fox.
Children:
(16) Dep. Gov. John Greene, christened 15 August 1620 in St. Thomas Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, died 27 November 1708 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island, buried in Newport Cemetery, Newport Co., Rhode Island; married Amy Almy, christened 26 February 1626/1627 in South Kilworth, Leicestershire, England, died 17 May 1709 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island, buried in Newport Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island.
Children:
(17) William Greene, born 1 March 1652/1653 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhoe Island, died 16 January 1680/1681 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, buried January1680/1681 in Easton Burial Ground, Middleton, Rhode Island; married on 17 Sep 1674 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island, Mary Sayles, born 11 July 1652 in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, died 1717 in Rhode Island, daughter of John Sayles and Mary Williams. Mary Williams was daughter of Rev. Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island.
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Created 12 January 1999 |