Essex Record Office

PEDIGREE OF GREENE FAMILY, CHIEFLY OF WIDDINGTON, GOSFIELD AND LITTLE SAMPFORD
Item Pedigree of descendants of John and Agnes Greene of Widdington, c.1400-1589
John Greene, married John Duke's Doughtier , Agnes Duke, of Widdington Hall,
John Greene’s second wife Editha, daughter of John Rolf and widow of John Helion. She died in 1498 and buried in leez priory Essex, next to her first husband, They had a Doughtier Isabel John Greene, married John Duke's Doughtier , Agnes Duke, of Widdington Hall, John Greene’s second wife Editha, daughter of John Rolf and widow of John Helion. She died in 1498 and buried in leez priory Essex, next to her first husband, They had a Doughtier Isabel
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Reference Code D/DU 1280/1

Dates of Creation 1589
Extent 1 roll
Title [Pedigree of descendants of John and Agnes Greene of Widdington, c.1400-1589]

Scope and Content Original title: 'The line of the worshipfull famylye of the Greenes which hath bine since the time of Kinge Edward the thirde Anno Do. who cominge out of Chesshire gentlemen of great worshipp hath continued in the countie of Essex with noe lesse creditt untill the one and thirtie yeere of the raigne of our soueraigne Queene Elizabeth 1589'.

Many dates, and a few whole panels, left uncompleted. Illumination in colour, including many shields of arms, two full achievements of arms (at bottom), and full-length portraits of three figures: John Greene of Gosfield, died 1443 [recte 1473], Speaker of the House of Commons, shown in a legal gown; his younger brother William Greene of [Little] Sampford, died 1449, shown as a man-at-arms; and William's son and heir Sir John Greene of [Little] Sampford, a soldier depicted as a mounted knight, each with some biographical detail. Cartouche, enclosed in strapwork, showing a watercourse with reeds bending in the current and with buildings on either shore; underneath, on a tasselled band, motto 'Flectimur non frangimur undis' ['We bend to the waves but do not break'].