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View Tree for Henry Henry "Lord of Drayton" De Grene (b. 1352, d. September 02, 1399)

Henry "Lord of Drayton" De Grene (son of Henry "6th Lord of Boketon" De Grene and Katherine "Lady of Boketon" de Drayton) was born 1352 in Greene's Norton, County Northampshire, ENGLAND, and died September 02, 1399 in London, County Middlesex, ENGLAND. He married Matilda "Lady of Drayton" De Mauduit on 1368 in County Wiltshire, ENGLAND, daughter of Thomas De Mauduit and Joan Bassingbourne.

 Includes NotesNotes for Henry "Lord of Drayton" De Grene:
Note Beheaded by Duke of Lancaster, Shakespeare's "Richard II"

Member Knight of the Garter

MY NOTE: Since Sir John Bussey, Sir William Scrope and my Sir Henry Grene
all suffered the same end, I have left the information about Sir Scrope
here pretty much in it's entirety ......


Sir Henry GRENE, Sir John Bussey and Sir William SCROPE (1st Earl of
Wiltshire) were both Knight of the Garter. They were first mentioned
while accompanying a company of 'The Teutonic Knights' of Prussia against
'The Infidels' of Lithuania.

Sir William Scrope then moved on to Venice, where he served with the Duke
of Duras in the Genoese assault on that city. Sir William served in
France with John of Gaunt 1369-73. He was created Seneschal of Aquitaine
in 1383 and then Governor of Cherbourg. He committed some crime against
the Bishop of Durham. The King ordered him to offer a jewel to the
Bishop, which should be of a value of more than £500. He became
Vice-Chamberlain of the Royal Household, became King of The Isle of Man
(purchased from the Earl of Salisbury by his father). He was granted the
Castle town of Marlboro in Wiltshire. He was created Earl of Wiltshire in
1397. In 1398 Sir William became Lord High Treasurer of England. William
took a prominent part in repealing the patent granted to the Duke of
Hereford, John of Gaunt's son, securing his succession to his fathers
titles, money and holdings, should his father die while he was still in
exile. In 1398 Ambassador to treat for peace with Robert, King of
Scotland, and in 1399 was made Lord Treasurer of England. The following
year Richard II appointed him one of the three Guardians of the Realm
during the King's absence in Ireland. The Queen Isabel, then only eleven
years of age, was placed under his care at Wallingford Castle. After his
death, defeated by Henry of Bolingbroke and beheaded without trial, his
head was sent in a white basket to London and placed on London Bridge.
After the accession of Henry IV, it was delivered to his widow.

The Earl of Wilts, Sir John Bussy, SIR HENRY GRENE and Sir William
[Scrope] were charged with the defense of the realm when Hereford invaded
England in 1399. Shakespeare commented that 'The Earl of Wilts hath the
Realm in Farm'. The Earl of Wiltshire, Bussy and Grene took shelter in
the city of Bristol, when their adherents deserted them. All three were
surrendered by the populace, to the Duke of Hereford, who had them
beheaded on the spot, without benefit of a trial. Following Hereford's
accession to the throne as Henry IV, he had these sentences confirmed by
parliament, they were attainted and all their possessions and titles were
forfeit to the crown.

SOURCE: The Tudor Place, URL http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SCROPE.htm

I assume that Sir Henry Grene suffered the same fate of having his head
sent back to family. Such are the dangers of dealing too close with those
of the Throne.


More About Henry "Lord of Drayton" De Grene:
Burial: St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Greenes Norton, County Northampshire, ENGLAND.

More About Henry "Lord of Drayton" De Grene and Matilda "Lady of Drayton" De Mauduit:
Marriage: 1368, County Wiltshire, ENGLAND.

Children of Henry "Lord of Drayton" De Grene and Matilda "Lady of Drayton" De Mauduit are:
  1. Ralph "Lord of Greene Nortons" Grene, b. 1369.
  2. John "Lord of Drayton" Grene, b. 1371.
  3. +Thomas "Lord of Isham" Grene, b. 1373, Greene's Norton, County Northampshire, ENGLAND, d. December 14, 1417, Greene's Norton, County Northampshire, ENGLAND.
  4. Henry De Grene, b. 1375.
  5. Eleanor "Lady of Sprotbrough" De Grene, b. 1377.
  6. Elizabeth De Grene, b. 1379.
  7. Mary De Grene, b. 1381.
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