In a message dated 98-10-07 11:41:03 EDT, Alixvb writes: << (Henry De Greene III was beheaded, but I don't yet know what for), and his > grandfather Henry I was Chief Justice. Might this be one of those cases of > an > illegitimate son making his own way, or taking a mother's name? Any help > would be appreciated. >> Hi Alix, I'm not sure who I am sending this message to, but hopefully you can forward to anyone I missed. About all I can add to the info posted is an explanation of why Sir Henry Greene was beheaded. Richard II had promised the son of the Duke of Lancaster that he could inherite his father's estate when he died, but the King changed his mind, because he needed the money, and when a outcry arose over the King's taking of personal property, the matter went to the "committee" of which Sir Henry Greene was the CEO, since he was the Lord Chief Justice. A legal opinion was a little different in the 1300's and Sir Henry Greene knew where his bread was buttered, and he ruled that the King did in fact have the right to change his mind. Well, as you can imagine, the new Duke of Lancaster was very upset, and he marched on the King, who had left to fight Ireland (again) so Sir Henry Greene decided that his responsibility was to protect the Queen, who was the 8 year old (you heard me right) daughter of the King of France. Sir Henry Greene and his two friends took the child Queen to the castle in Bristol because the palace guard was suppose to be the cream of the crop. Guess what the young Duke of Lancaster did; he bribed the palace guard, and walked right in and took Sir Henry Greene and his friends out to the town square and cut their head off! I bet you have not read that version of history! Tom Green