John Greene, of Horsforth

Biography

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John was born about 1563, the son of Gabriel Green. He was said to be 22 years old at the Visitation of Yorkshire in 1584/1585, signed by his father Gabriel.[1]

He married Beatrice Wentworth on 18 February 1583/1584 at St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, "Mr John Grene of Horsforth and Mrs Bettris Wentfurth of Armeley Hall wedded together".[2][3][4]

In 1587 he was named with his wife and parents in the sale of land at Rawdon: "Henry Cotes; Gabriel Grene, gent., and Alice his wife and John Grene, his son and heir apparent, and Beatrix his wife; Messuage with lands in Rawden."[5] There are several similar family transactions over the next few years.

In September 1600 John appeared at the West Riding Quarter Sessions accused of breaking into the house of Tristram Lillie at Idle, Bradford, with other unknown people armed with daggers, staves and swords. It was said he beat, wounded, and maltreated Tristram.[6]

John died in 1637 and was buried at Guiseley, Yorkshire, on 25 May 1637, "John Greine of Horsforth".[7][8]

Sources

1. The visitation of Yorkshire, made in the years 1584/5, Glover, Robert, page 315, https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-hssl_visitation-yorkshire...
2. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 - https://www.ancestry.co.uk/sharing/26770240?h=7c2a1d
3. Leeds Parish Registers, The Publications of the Thoresby Society, vol 25, page 80, https://archive.org/details/publicationstho15socigoog/page/80
4. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions, vol 2, Dugdale and Clay, page 322, https://archive.org/details/dugdalesvisitati2dugd/page/322
5. 'Yorkshire Fines: 1587', in Feet of Fines of the Tudor Period [Yorks]: Part 3, 1583-94, ed. Francis Collins (Leeds, 1889), pp. 67-86. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/feet-of-fines-yorks/vol3/pp67-86 [accessed 18 December 2021].
6. YAS Record Series Vol. 3: West Riding Sessions Rolls 1597-1602, Lister, J, ed., Yorkshire Archaeological Society, page 183, https://archive.org/details/YASRS003/page/183
7. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 - https://www.ancestry.co.uk/sharing/26770808?h=417dbe
8. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions, vol 3, Dugdale and Clay, 1899, page 401, https://archive.org/details/dugdalesvisitati03dugd_0/page/401
9. Foster, Joseph: Yorkshire Pedigrees, Vol. 2 of 3 (1 of 2) (West Riding pt 2), Wentworth of Wentworth.
10. The Wentworth genealogy : English and American, Wentworth, John; Boston : Little, Brown & Co., 1878[1]
11. Property transaction 1600: Thomas Lister and John Grene, gent., and Beatrix his wife; Isabel Lister, widow; 3 messuages with lands in Maningham and Bradford. 'Yorkshire Fines: 1600', in Feet of Fines of the Tudor Period [Yorks]: Part 4, 1594-1603, ed. Francis Collins (Leeds, 1890), pp. 136-159. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/feet-of-fines-yorks/vol4/pp136-159 [accessed 18 December 2021].

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