DRURY FAMILY

Son DRURY of Normandy
 
Notes: took his name from a village in Normandy, France, and he came to England with William the Conqueror

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Peter DRURY of Horningsheath (clergyman)

2. Drieu DRURY of Normandy

3. Burchard DRURY of Bardwell


Burchard DRURY of Bardwell

Father: Son DRURY of Normandy

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Warin DRURY


Drieu DRURY of Normandy

Notes: was probably Drieu of St. Edmund, who was living BEF 1086. 1066, Roll of Bataile Abbey

Father: Son DRURY of Normandy

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Walter DRURY of Livermere


Walter DRURY of Livermere

Father: Drieu DRURY of Normandy
 
Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Robert DRURY

2. Richard DRURY

3. Drieu (Drogo) DRURY of St. Edmund


Robert DRURY

Father: Walter DRURY of Livermere

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Robert DRURY of Horningsheath (b. 1197)


Drieu (Drogo) DRURY of St. Edmund

Born: ABT 1080, Horningsheath

Notes: seized land at St. Edmund's Bury. A man of Robert Mallet

Father: Walter DRURY of Livermere

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Humphrey DRURY

2. Richard DRURY (Sir)

3. Drieu DRURY


Richard DRURY (Sir)

Notes: of Horningsheath, Suffolk

Father: Drieu (Drogo) DRURY of St. Edmund

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Humphrey DRURY of Horningsheath

2. Drieu DRURY

3. Geoffrey DRURY

4. William DRURY

5. Walter DRURY of Fornham

6. Robert DRURY of Thurston


Humphrey DRURY of Horningsheath

Father: Richard DRURY (Sir)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Matilda ? (a widow)

Children:

1. Robert DRURY of Livermere

2. Richard DRURY

3. Alice DRURY


Alice DRURY

Father: Humphrey DRURY of Horningsheath

Mother: Matilda ?

Married: Henry NEKTON of Fornham


Robert DRURY of Livermere

Father: Humphrey DRURY of Horningsheath

Mother: Matilda ?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Thomas DRURY of Livermere


Thomas DRURY of Livermere

Father: Robert DRURY of Livermere

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?
 
Children:

1. Robert DRURY


Walter DRURY of Fornham

Father: Richard DRURY (Sir)

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Richard DRURY

2. Nicholas DRURY


Robert DRURY of Thurston

Born: Noringsheath

Died: BET 1200 / 1203

Father: Richard DRURY (Sir)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Matilda De Thurston (d 1210) (dau. of Anselm De Thurston) (w. of Alexander De Wridwell of Whelnetham - w.2 of Henry Sapiston)

Children:

1. Richard DRURY

2. John DRURY

3. Nicholas DRURY

4. Jordan DRURY


Richard DRURY

Died: BEF 1249

Father: Robert DRURY of Thurston

Mother: Matilda De Thurston

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Robert DRURY


Jordan DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Thurston

Mother: Matilda De Thurston

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. William DRURY


John DRURY

Died: AFT 1249

Father: Robert DRURY of Thurston

Mother: Matilda De Thurston

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. John DRURY


John DRURY

Born: ABT 1243, Thurston, Suffolk, England

Died: BEF 1309

Notes: 1251, attorney

Father: John DRURY

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. John DRURY of Thurston

2. Henry DRURY

3. Roger DRURY of Groton (b. ABT 1247)


John DRURY of Thurston

Father: John DRURY

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Henry "Le Lomb" DRURY of Thurston


Henry "Le Lomb" DRURY of Thurston

Father: John DRURY of Thurston

Mother: ¿?

Married: Alice DRURY


Henry DRURY

Born: BET 1240 / 1250, Thurston, Suffolk

Notes: 1294 Attorney

Father: John DRURY of Thurston

Mother: ¿?

Married 1: Hawise GREENE (dau. of Richard De La Greene of Barkway)

Children:

1. Matilda DRURY

2. Nigel DRURY

3. Roger DRURY

4. Alice DRURY

5. John DRURY of Thurston

Married 2: Cecily REYNER (dau. of John Reyner) (m.2 Ralph of Norwich)


Alice DRURY

Father: Henry DRURY

Mother: Hawise GREENE

Married 1: Henry "Le Lomb" DRURY of Thurston

Married 2: William SWETHING


Roger DRURY

Ordination: Priest, parson of Bradfield, Suffolk, had the manor thereof, which continued with Drury till 1601

Father: Henry DRURY

Mother: Hawise GREENE


Nigel DRURY

Died: BEF Jan 1319/20

Notes: Alderman and Sheriff (1307) of London

Father: Henry DRURY

Mother: Hawise GREENE

Married: Margery ?

Children:

1. Edmund DRURY

2. Sarah DRURY


Sarah DRURY

Father: Nigel DRURY

Mother: Margery ?

Married: Thomas De SPAYNE


John DRURY of Thurston

Notes: Land Granted BET 1290 - 1291, Conveyed Lands

Father: Henry DRURY

Mother: Hawise GREENE

Married: Amabilia NEWTON (dau. of Thomas Newton, Esq.)

Children:

1. Roger DRURY

2. Nicholas DRURY of Thurston and Rougham (Sir)


Roger DRURY

Notes: Rector of Great Barton. Priest, parson of Becketon, temp. Edw. III

Father: John DRURY of Thurston

Mother: Amabilia NEWTON


Nicholas DRURY of Thurston and Rougham (Sir)

Born: ABT 1359

Died: AFT Jan 1393/94

Buried: Thurston church, in a chapel built by the Drurys

Notes: of Thurston, Suffolk, before moving to Rougham, Suffolk. The first mention of him was in a deed of 1339 purchasing land at Thurston. He was involved in various lawsuits, and on one occasion, 1359, he was pardoned for "outlawry" because of his failure to attend court to respond to a charge of conspiracy in connection with certain alleged unlawful acts. Knighted by Richard II at Coronation. 1339, Bought land in Thurston. Sir Nicholas Drury's will was dated at Rougham in 1383/1384. 1383, filed will at Rougham

Father: John DRURY of Thurston

Mother: Amabilia NEWTON

Married: Joan De SAXHAM (dau. of Simon De Saxham)

Children:

1. Roger DRURY of Rougham (Sir)

2. Nicholas DRURY of Thurston

3. John DRURY of Wetherden


John DRURY of Wetherden

Father: Nicholas DRURY of Thurston and Rougham (Sir)

Mother: Joan De SAXHAM

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Roger DRURY


Nicholas DRURY of Thurston

Born: ABT 1365

Died: 1454

Buried: 1456, parish church at Thurston

Notes: 1386, accompanied John of Gaunt into Spain in 1386. He went to the Holy Land, at which time he added the cross tau to his Coat of Arms. He founded the Drury line at Hawstead, Suffolk. Feb 04, 1453/54, filed will at Bury St. Edmunds. His Will was dated Jan 4th, 1454/1455, and probated Sep 2nd, 1456. 1431, Joan Heath excommunicated: Party to a fine on a conveyance of land in Thurston and Bacton.

Father: Nicholas DRURY of Thurston and Rougham (Sir)

Mother: Joan De SAXHAM

Married: Joan HEATH (b. ABT 1451) (dau. of Thomas (Hethe) Heath of Mildenhall)

Children:

1. Roger DRURY of Hawstead

2. Henry DRURY of Ickworth

3. Elizabeth DRURY


Elizabeth DRURY

Father: Nicholas DRURY of Thurston

Mother: Joan HEATH

Married: Son MONK


Henry DRURY of Ickworth

Knighted: 8 Jul 1433

Died: BEF 1442

Father: Nicholas DRURY of Thurston

Mother: Joan HEATH

Married: Elizabeth EATON (dau. of George (Heton) Eaton)

Children:

1. Joan (Jane) DRURY

2. Henry DRURY (d. BEF his father)


Joan (Jane) DRURY

Buried: St. Marys Bury

Notes: called Margaret in her burial place.

Father: Henry DRURY of Ickworth

Mother: Elizabeth EATON

Married 1: Thomas HERVEY

Married 2: William CAREW of Bury St. Edmonds (Sir)


Roger DRURY of Hawstead

Died: 31 Jan 1493/4

Notes: he gave Besthorpe to his second son, William.

Father: Nicholas DRURY of Thurston

Mother: Joan HEATH

Married 1: Agnes ?

Married 2: Felice DENSTON (dau. and heir of William Denston of Besthorpe and Anne Calthorpe)

Children: 

1. John DRURY

2. William DRURY of Besthorpe (Sir)

3. Roger DRURY

4. Felice DRURY

5. Catherine DRURY

6. Robert DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Married 3: Agnes HANNINGFIELD (d. ABT 1501) (dau. of William Hanningfield of Lawshall) (w. of John Palgrave)


Felice DRURY

Father: Roger DRURY of Hawstead

Mother: Felice DENSTON

Married: James ANDREWS of Baylham


Catherine DRURY

Born: 1438

Father: Roger DRURY of Hawstead

Mother: Felice DENSTON

Married 1: Henry Le STRANGE of Hunstanton (Sir) ABT 1465

Children:

1. Roger Le STRANGE of Hunstanton (Sir)

2. Robert Le STRANGE of Elsing (Sir Knight)

3. John Le STRANGE of Massingham

4. Anne Le STRANGE

Married 2: Robert RADCLIFFE (Sir)

Children:

5. Elizabeth RADCLIFFE


Robert DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Born: ABT 1455 / 1470, Hawstead, Suffolk, England

Died: 2 May 1535/6

Buried: St. Marys Church, Bury St. Edmunds, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Roger DRURY of Hawstead

Mother: Felice DENSTON

Married 1: Anne CALTHORPE ABT 1483

Children:

1. Anne DRURY

2. Elizabeth DRURY

3. William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

4. Robert DRURY of Edgerley (Sir Knight)

5. Bridget DRURY

6. Ursula DRURY

Married 2: Anne JERNINGHAM BEF 1531


Anne DRURY

Born: ABT 1487, Hawsted, Suffolk, England

Died: BET 1509 / 1581

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Anne CALTHORPE

Married 1: George WALDEGRAVE of Smallbridge (Sir) ABT 1503

Children:

1. Anne WALDEGRAVE

2. Phillis WALDEGRAVE

3. George WALDEGRAVE

4. Edward WALDEGRAVE

5. Richard WALDEGRAVE

6. William WALDEGRAVE of Smallbridge (Sir Knight)

Married 2: Thomas JERMYN of Rushbrook (Sir) 1528


Elizabeth DRURY

Born: ABT 1496

Died: 11 Dec 1574

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Anne CALTHORPE

Married: Phillip BUTLER (Sir)

Children:

1. John BUTLER (Sir Knight)

2. Dorothy BUTLER


Bridget DRURY

Born: ABT 1506

Died: ABT 1556

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Anne CALTHORPE

Married: John JERNINGHAM of Somerleyton

Children:

1. George JERNINGHAM (Esq.)

2. Anne JERNINGHAM

3. Elizabeth JERNINGHAM

4. Robert JERNINGHAM (b. 1518)

5. John JERNINGHAM


Ursula DRURY

Born: ABT 1504

Died: 1522

Buried: Hawstead

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Anne CALTHORPE

Married: Giles ALINGTON of Horseheath (Sir) 1515

Children:

1. Robert ALINGTON (m. Margaret Conningsby)

Monumental Brass of Ursula Drury, in the center of the chancel floor at Hawstead Church


William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Born: BEF 1500, Hawstead, Suffolk, England

Died: 11 Jan 1557/58

Buried: Church of Hawstead, Suffolk, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Anne CALTHORPE

Married 1: Joan St. MAUR BEF 7 Feb 1515/6

Married 2: Elizabeth SOOTHILL (b. ABT 1505 - d. 19 May 1575) (dau. of and co-heir Henry Soothill and Joan Empson) ABT 1535, Suffolk, England

Children:

1. Elizabeth DRURY

2. Mary DRURY

2. Robert DRURY of Hawstead

4. Henry DRURY of Lawshall

5. Anne DRURY

6. Dorothy DRURY

7. Frances DRURY

8. Bridget DRURY


Elizabeth DRURY

Died: 1621

Father: William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth SOOTHILL

Married: Robert DRURY of Rougham (Sir Knight)

Children:

1. Robert DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

2. John DRURY of Leziate

3. Elizabeth DRURY

4. Edmund DRURY (b. 1576 - d. 1616)

5. Thomas DRURY (b. 1581 - d. 1616)

6. Dorothy DRURY

7. Francis DRURY (b. 1584)

8. Clement DRURY


Mary DRURY

Father: William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth SOOTHILL

Married 1: Richard CORBETT (Sir)

Children:

1. Mary CORBETT (m. George Waldegrave)

2. Elizabeth CORBETT (m. Phillip Wentworth)

Married 2: John TYRRELL


Henry DRURY of Lawshall

Father: William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth SOOTHILL

Married: Elizabeth ISAAC (dau. of Thomas Isaac and Anne Ellis) 1562


Anne DRURY

 

Father: William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth SOOTHILL

Married: Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir) ABT 1539, Hawsted, Suffolk, England

Children:

1. Elizabeth HEYDON

2. Hassette HEYDON

3. William HEYDON (Sir)

5. Jane HEYDON

6. Henry HEYDON

7. Christopher HEYDON

8. Mary HEYDON

9. John HEYDON

10. Elizabeth HEYDON

11. Ursula HEYDON

Brass of Anne Drury in Baconsthorpe Church, seat of the Heydons. She is wearing a Mary Stuart cap and ruff and a heraldic mantle, including the arms of her father, Sir William Drury (Two pierced stars, or mullets, and a Tau Cross or "T"). The inscription for the tomb (now on a windowsill) reads, "Here under this tomb lieth ingraved bodies of Ladie Ann Hayden, daughter of Sir William Drury, knyght, sometime wyfe of Syr Christoper Hayden, of Baconsthorpe in the county of Norfolk, knight, which Ladie Ann deceased the Vth day of Sept Ao 1561, and the said Christopher the tenth day of Dec, 1579, and also the Ladie Temperance Heydon, second wife of the said Sir Chr., daughter of Sir Wymunde Carew, Kt. which Ladie Temperance deceased the nynth day of Oct., in Ao Dni 1577."


Dorothy DRURY

Father: William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth SOOTHILL

Married: Robert ROOKWOOD of Stanningfield

Children:

1. Son ROOKWOOD (d. Spain)

2. Dorothy ROOKWOOD (Nun at Louvain)

3. Ambrose ROOKWOOD (See his Biography)

4. Susanna ROOKWOOD (Nun)

5. Son ROOKWOOD (Priest)


Frances DRURY

Died 1621, Lodden Church, England

Father: William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth SOOTHILL

Married: James HUBBARD (Sir) (d. 1615, Lodden Church, England) (son of Henry Hobart and Anne Fineaux) ABT 1555

Children:

1. Henry HOBART (b. ABT 1556 - d. BEF 1615)


Bridget DRURY

Born: 11 Sep 1534, Hawstead, Suffolk, England

Father: William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth SOOTHILL

Married: Henry YELVERTON (Esq.) ABT 1575 (b. ABT 1527, Rougham, Norfolk) (son of William Yelverton and Anne Fermout)

Children:

1. Anne YELVERTON (b. ABT 1560) (m. William Barsham)

2. William YELVERTON (Sir)


Robert DRURY of Hawstead

Died: 10 Jan 1557/58

Father: William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth SOOTHILL

Married: Audrey (Ethelreda) RICH

Children:

1. William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

2. Henry DRURY of Lawshall

3. Thomas DRURY (living 1602)

4. Robert DRURY

5. Anne DRURY

6. Mary DRURY

7. Elizabeth DRURY

8. Susan DRURY

9. Winifred DRURY

10. Bridget DRURY

11. Dorothy DRURY

12. Audrey (Ethelreda) DRURY


Anne DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead

Mother: Audrey (Ethelreda) RICH

Married: John THORNTON of Soham Cambridge


Mary DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead

Mother: Audrey (Ethelreda) RICH

Married: Robert RUSSELL of West Rudham


Elizabeth DRURY

Born: 8 Feb 1547

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead

Mother: Audrey (Ethelreda) RICH

Married 1: Thomas GREY of Merton

Married 2: Nicholas MYNNE of Walsingham (Esq.)


Susan DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead

Mother: Audrey (Ethelreda) RICH

Married: Robert BASPOLE


Winifred DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead

Mother: Audrey (Ethelreda) RICH

Married: Edward MARKHAM of Colchester


Bridget DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead

Mother: Audrey (Ethelreda) RICH

Married: Richard ZOUCHE of Pitton 1566

Children:

1. William ZOUCHE

2. John ZOUCHE (b. ABT 1569 - d. AFT 1623)

3. Frances ZOUCHE


Dorothy DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead

Mother: Audrey (Ethelreda) RICH

Married: Edward BARNES of Soham Cambridge


Audrey (Ethelreda) DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead

Mother: Audrey (Ethelreda) RICH

Married: George PARKER of Whepsted


Henry DRURY of Lawshall

Died: 1586

Buried: Church of Lawshall, Suffolk, England

Notes: Twin of William. 1576, a Recuscant fugitive. Will dated 19 Jan 1585/86.

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead

Mother: Audrey (Ethelreda) RICH

Married: Elizabeth ISAAC

Children:

1. Henry DRURY


William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Born: 30 Mar 1550, Hawstead, Suffolk, England

Died: 8 Jan 1589

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead

Mother: Audrey (Ethelreda) RICH

Married: Elizabeth STAFFORD ABT 1560

Children:

1. Robert DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

2. Charles DRURY

3. Frances DRURY

4. Elizabeth DRURY (C. Exeter)

5. Susannah DRURY (d. 1607, while hunting, in Lincolnshire)

6. Diana DRURY (V. Wimbledon)

7. Dorothea DRURY (d. infancy at age 4 months)


Charles DRURY

Died: 1600, Newport, Flanders

Notes: slain in battle

Father: William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth STAFFORD


Frances DRURY

Born: 8 Jun 1576

Died: 1642

Father: William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth STAFFORD

Married 1: Nicholas CLIFFORD (Sir)

Children:

1. Frances CLIFFORD

Married 2: William WRAY (Sir)

Children:

1. Christopher WRAY (Sir) (m. Albinia Cecil)

2. George WRAY

3. Charles WRAY

4. Frances WRAY (m. Anthony Irby)


Elizabeth DRURY (C. Exeter)

Born: 4 Jan 1577/8

Died: 26 Feb 1653/4

Buried: St. James, Clerkenwell

Father: William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth STAFFORD

Married: William CECIL (2º E. Exeter)

Children:

2. Elizabeth CECIL (C. Berkshire)

3. Richard CECIL

4. Diana CECIL (C. Oxford)

5. Anne CECIL (C. Stamford)

 Elizabeth Drury, Countess of Exeter

by William Larkin

Elizabeth Drury

by Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen.

Milwaukee Art Museum


Diana DRURY (V. Wimbledon)

Died: 1638

Buried: Wimbledon

Father: William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth STAFFORD

Married: Edward CECIL (1º V. Wimbledon)

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Robert DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Born: 30 Jan 1575, Durham House, Westminster

Died: 2 Apr 1615

Buried: Hawstead

Notes: Knighted by Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex, 8 Oct 1592, during the siege of Rouen, at age 16. Fought at Nieuport

Father: William DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth STAFFORD

Married: Anne BACON

Children:

1. Elizabeth DRURY (b. ABT 1596 - d. 1610)

2. Dorothy DRURY (d. infancy)

Tomb of Sir Robert Drury, his wife Anne Bacon, and dau., next to the altar in All Saint's Church at Hawstead

Elizabeth Drury, dau. of  Sir Robert Drury


Robert DRURY of Edgerley (Sir Knight)

Born: BEF 1503

Died: 1577

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Robert DRURY of Hawstead (Sir)

Mother: Anne CALTHORPE

Married 1: Elizabeth BRUDENEL (dau. and heiress of Edward Brudenel) (d. 12 Dec 1542)

Children:

1. Anne DRURY

2. Margaret DRURY

3. Lucy DRURY

4. Elizabeth DRURY

5. Robert DRURY of Edgerley

6. Roger DRURY

7. William DRURY (Sir Governor of Ireland)

8. Edmund DRURY of Horton

9. Dru DRURY of Riddlesworth and Lynstead (Sir)

Married 2: Jane WALDEGRAVE


Anne DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Edgerley (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth BRUDENEL

Married: Robert WOODLEEF of Aylesbury and Peterley (Esq.)


Margaret DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Edgerley (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth BRUDENEL

Married: Henry TRENCHARD (Esq.)


Lucy DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Edgerley (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth BRUDENEL

Married: Robert TESCHE


Elizabeth DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Edgerley (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth BRUDENEL

Married: Rowland HIDE of Hedsworth


Robert DRURY of Edgerley

Died: 1592

Notes: 1577, Sherrif of Bucks co.

Father: Robert DRURY of Edgerley (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth BRUDENEL

Married 1: Anne BOURMAN (dau. of Nicholas Bourman)

Children:

1. Henry DRURY (Sir)

2. Robert DRURY (Ven)

3. Elizabeth DRURY

4. Anne DRURY

5. Mary DRURY

Married 2: ¿?


Elizabeth DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Edgerley

Mother: Anne BOURMAN

Married: John BANKS of Lower Shelford


Robert DRURY (Ven)

Born: 1567

Died: 26 Feb 1606/07

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Robert DRURY of Edgerley

Mother: Anne BOURMAN


Henry DRURY (Sir)

Died: 1617

Notes: Knight of Egerly

Father: Robert DRURY of Edgerley

Mother: Anne BOURMAN

Married: Susan STUKELY (d. 1640) (dau. of Hugh Stukely)

Children:

1. Henry DRURY (d. 1606)

2. William DRURY (b. 1597; (m. Judith Payne 1618)

3. Frances DRURY (b. 1598)

4. Robert DRURY (b. 1602 - d. 1626, killed at the Island of Rhe)

5. Sarah DRURY (m. John Penn of Penn)

6. Mary DRURY (b. 1600)


William DRURY (Sir Governor of Ireland)

Born: 2 Oct 1527, Hawstead, Suffolk, England

Died: 13 Oct 1579, Dublin, Ireland

Buried: St. Patrick's Cathedral

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Robert DRURY of Edgerley (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth BRUDENEL

Married: Margaret WENTWORTH 10 Oct 1560

Children:

1. Jane DRURY

2. Anne DRURY

3. Elizabeth DRURY


Jane DRURY

Father: William DRURY (Sir Governor of Ireland)

Mother: Margaret WENTWORTH

Married: Richard CHETWOOD (Sir Knight) (son of Richard Chetwood and Agnes Woodehull)

Children:

1. William CHETWOOD

2. Richard CHETWOOD (m. Anne Knightley)


Anne DRURY

Father: William DRURY (Sir Governor of Ireland)

Mother: Margaret WENTWORTH

Married: Robert HARTWELL (Esq.)


Edmund DRURY of Horton

Notes: of Horton, co. Bucks, England. Came to Ireland with his brother, Sir William Drury to suppress Irish rebellion under the Earl of Desmond, reign of Queen Elizabeth.

Father: Robert DRURY of Edgerley (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth BRUDENEL

Married: Jane TRENCHARD (dau. of Thomas Trenchard)

Children:

1. Robert DRURY of Laughlin

2. Roger DRURY


Robert DRURY of Laughlin

Notes: of Laughlin, Carlow. Came to Ireland with his uncle, Sir William Drury to suppress Irish rebellion under the Earl of Desmond, reign of Queen Elizabeth.

Father: Edmund DRURY of Horton

Mother: Jane TRENCHARD

Married: Elizabeth CAREW

Children:

1. Thomas DRURY

2. Catherine DRURY

3. John DRURY of Dublin

4. Robert DRURY of Callow


Thomas DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Laughlin

Mother: Elizabeth CAREW

Married: Margaret De La FREIGNE (dau. of Robert De La Freigne and Catherine Butler)

Children:

1. Robert DRURY of Roscommon (Lieut.) (d. 13 Jan 1672/73)


Catherine DRURY

Died: Oct 1617

Notes: Direct ancestors of the Earls of Kingston.

Father: Robert DRURY of Laughlin

Mother: Elizabeth CAREW

Married: John KING of Abbeyboyle (Sir)

Children:

1. Edward KING

2. Margaret KING


John DRURY of Dublin

Died: 1698

Father: Robert DRURY of Laughlin

Mother: Elizabeth CAREW

Married: Susannah ? (d. 1713)

Children:

1. John DRURY of Dublin

2. Elizabeth DRURY

3. Mary DRURY

4. Jean DRURY

5. Anne DRURY

6. Edward DRURY (Rev.)


Robert DRURY of Callow

Died: 21 Jan 1721/22

Notes: 1641, Lieutenant of Horse under Lord Dillon.

Father: Robert DRURY of Laughlin

Mother: Elizabeth CAREW

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Edward DRURY (b. 1653 - d. 21 Jan 1721/22) (m. Elizabeth Gorn 1700)


Dru DRURY of Riddlesworth and Lynstead (Sir)

Born: ABT 1532

Died: 1617, Riddlesworth and Lynstead, Norfolk, England

Notes: 11 Nov 1586, sent to Fotheringhay Castle to assist in the Wardership of Mary, Queen of Scots. In that capacity he was present at her execution. Knighted 1579, at Essex. 1562, Member of Parliament from Borough of Camelford, co. Cornwall. In 1596 appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London.

Father: Robert DRURY of Edgerley (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth BRUDENEL

Married 1: Elizabeth CALTHORPE BEF 1549

Married 2: Catherine FINCH (d. 13 Sep 1601) (dau. of William Finch of Lynstead) 1582

Children:

1. Dru DRURY (Sir Bt.)

2. Elizabeth DRURY

3. Anne DRURY

4. Frances DRURY


Elizabeth DRURY

Born: 1584, Riddlesworth and Lynstead, Norfolk, England

Father: Dru DRURY of Riddlesworth and Lynstead (Sir)

Mother: Catherine FINCH

Married 1: Henry REYNOLDS

Married 2: Thomas WINGFIELD of Letheringham (Sir Knight) 1602

Children:

1. Anne WINGFIELD

2. Cecily WINGFIELD

3. Anthony WINGFIELD (1º Bt.)


Anne DRURY

Born: ABT 1585, Riddlesworth and Lynstead, Norfolk, England

Father: Dru DRURY of Riddlesworth and Lynstead (Sir)

Mother: Catherine FINCH

Married: John DEANE of Essex (Sir) 27 Aug 1604


Frances DRURY

Born: 1585, Riddlesworth and Lynstead, Norfolk, England

Father: Dru DRURY of Riddlesworth and Lynstead (Sir)

Mother: Catherine FINCH

Married: Robert (Thomas) BUTLER of Watton (Sir) 1607


Dru DRURY (Sir Bt.)

Born: 1588, Riddlesworth and Lynstead, Norfolk, England

Died: 1632

Notes: 1627, created a Baronet. Member of Parliament for borough of Thetford, Norfolk.

Father: Dru DRURY of Riddlesworth and Lynstead (Sir)

Mother: Catherine FINCH

Married 1: Anne BOROUGH 11 Oct 1604, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Married 2: Anne WALDEGRAVE 28 Jun 1608

Children:

1. Dru DRURY (Sir Bt.) (b. 17 Jan 1611/12 - d. BEF 23 Feb 1650/51)

2. Waldegrave DRURY (d. infancy)

3. Robert DRURY (b. 1634 - d. Apr 1712)

4. Henry DRURY (d. infancy)

5. Elizabeth DRURY (d. infancy)

6. Anne DRURY (d. infancy)

7. William DRURY (b. 1615 - d. 1653)

8. Catherine DRURY (b. 1621)


William DRURY of Besthorpe (Sir)

Born: BEF 1500, Hawstead, Suffolk, England

Died: 11 Jan 1557/58, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England

Notes: founder of the Besthorpe line of Drurys.

Father: Roger DRURY of Hawstead

Mother: Felice DENSTON

Married: Margaret BRIGGS (dau. of William  Briggs of Quidenham)

Children:

1. Robert DRURY of Besthorpe

2. William DRURY of Besthorpe

3. Thomas DRURY (Priest)

4. John DRURY of Carlton Forehoe

5. Catherine (Mary) DRURY

6. Joan DRURY

7. Anne DRURY


Catherine (Mary) DRURY

Father: William DRURY of Besthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Margaret BRIGGS

Married: Son STONOR of Waltham


Joan DRURY

Died: 1540/1

Notes: She was a Nun, but made her Will as a gentlewoman of Besthorpe, dated 6 Oct 1540, and probated 7 Feb 1540/1541.

Father: William DRURY of Besthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Margaret BRIGGS


Anne DRURY

Died: Feb 1557/58 / 1563

Notes: Her Will as Anne Walpole of Thurlow was dated in 1563.

Father: William DRURY of Besthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Margaret BRIGGS

Married 1: John BLADWELL of Thurlow

Married 2: William WALPOLE


Robert DRURY of Besthorpe

Notes: inherited Besthorpe from his father.

Father: William DRURY of Besthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Margaret BRIGGS

Married: Elizabeth CLIFFORD
 
Children:

1. William DRURY of Besthorpe


William DRURY of Besthorpe

Notes: died without living issue. Besthorpe then passed to William Drury, the great-uncle of Charles and Francis.

Father: Robert DRURY of Besthorpe

Mother: Elizabeth CLIFFORD

Married: Ursula COE (dau. of Richard Coe and Jane Clifford)

Children:

1. Francis DRURY

2. Charles DRURY (d. youth)


John DRURY of Carlton Forehoe

Died: 1560

Father: William DRURY of Besthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Margaret BRIGGS

Married: Anne BRAMPTON (dau. of Robert Brampton)
 
Children:

1. Henry DRURY of Stanninghall

2. Elizabeth DRURY

3. Catherine DRURY

4. Joan DRURY

5. Mary DRURY

7. Ursula DRURY


Elizabeth DRURY

Father: John DRURY of Carlton Forehoe

Mother: Anne BRAMPTON

Married 1: Roger WODEHOUSE (Sir)

Married 2: John ARUNDELL


Catherine DRURY

Father: John DRURY of Carlton Forehoe

Mother: Anne BRAMPTON

Married: Son WHINBURGH


Joan DRURY

Father: John DRURY of Carlton Forehoe

Mother: Anne BRAMPTON

Married: Fulke GREY


Mary DRURY

Father: John DRURY of Carlton Forehoe

Mother: Anne BRAMPTON

Married: William THOROGOOD


Ursula DRURY

Father: John DRURY of Carlton Forehoe

Mother: Anne BRAMPTON

Married: Thomas GREY ABT 1584

Children:

1. John GREY (b. ABT 1585)

2. Francis GREY (b. ABT 1587)


Henry DRURY of Stanninghall

Father: John DRURY of Carlton Forehoe

Mother: Anne BRAMPTON

Married: Amy ALMER (dau. of Anthony Almer)
 
Children:

1. Nicholas DRURY

2. Anthony DRURY

3. Henry DRURY

4. William DRURY (Esq.)

5. Gertrude DRURY

6. Alice DRURY (d. infancy)


William DRURY (Esq.)

Born: 1525

Died: 1585

Father: Henry DRURY of Stanninghall

Mother: Amy ALMER

Married: Alice BERKLEY (dau. of Peter Berkley)

Children:

1. Peter DRURY

2. Isabella (Alice) DRURY (b. 1556)

3. Henry DRURY

4. Robert DRURY


Peter DRURY

Born: 1554

Died: 1580

Father: William DRURY (Esq.)

Mother: Alice BERKLEY

Married: Mary KERR (dau. of William Kerr, Esq.)

Children:

1. William DRURY


Robert DRURY

Born: 1559

Died: 20 Feb 1606/07, London, Middlesex, England

Notes: a Seminary Priest of Seminary for English Roman Catholics at Douay, Flanders. Friar of the Order of St. Benadict. Executed in London for his Catholic faith.

Father: William DRURY (Esq.)

Mother: Alice BERKLEY


Henry DRURY

Born: 1557

Died: 1607

Notes: moved from Sharnbrook to Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland.

Father: William DRURY (Esq.)

Mother: Alice BERKLEY

Married: Anne HATHAWAY (dau. of Francis Hathaway, Esq.)

Children:

1. John DRURY (b. 1584)

2. George DRURY

3. Francis DRURY

4. Mary DRURY


George DRURY

Notes: Francisian Friar at Brugges.

Father: Henry DRURY

Mother: Anne HATHAWAY

Married 1: Kathleen O'CONNER (dau. of Bryan O'Conner)

Married 2: Ursula CARRYL

Children:

1. Patrick DRURY (b. 1617 - d. ABT 1642)

2. Kathleen DRURY

3. Bryan DRURY (m. Norah O'Gorman)

4. John DRURY (m. Mary Fitzgerald)

5. Ulrica DRURY (Nun at Bruges)

6. Magdalene DRURY


William DRURY of Besthorpe

Died: 1552

Notes: of Besthorpe, Norfolk. He received Besthorpe, along with other estates, following the deaths without issue of his great-nephews.

Father: William DRURY of Besthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Margaret BRIGGS

Married 1: Mary BLENNERHASSETT (dau. of John Blennerhassett of Frenze) (w. of Henry Warner)

Married 2: Dorothy BRAMPTON (dau. of William Brampton of Letton) (m.2 William Crocket of Ampton)

Children:

1. Anthony DRURY of Besthorpe

2. Henry DRURY

3. Edmund DRURY (Rector of Yelverton)

4. Dorothy DRURY

5. Anne DRURY

6. Tabitha DRURY

7. Catherine DRURY

8. Roger DRURY of Rollersby


Dorothy DRURY

Father: William DRURY of Besthorpe

Mother: Dorothy BRAMPTON

Married: Robert CONSTABLE of Hingham


Anne DRURY

Father: William DRURY of Besthorpe

Mother: Dorothy BRAMPTON

Married: Francis WATSON of Little Pelham


Tabitha DRURY

Father: William DRURY of Besthorpe

Mother: Dorothy BRAMPTON

Married: Andrew CLARKE of Wroxham


Catherine DRURY

Father: William DRURY of Besthorpe

Mother: Dorothy BRAMPTON

Married: John CHAMBERLAYNE of Ellingham

Children:

1. Ralph CHAMBERLAYNE


Henry DRURY

Died: 1612

Notes: Rector of High Roding, Essex. His Will was dated Nov 19th, 1612, and probated in 1613.

Father: William DRURY of Besthorpe

Mother: Dorothy BRAMPTON

Married: Anne TANNER

Children:

1. Henry DRURY

2. Dorothy DRURY

3. Mary DRURY


Dorothy DRURY

Father: Henry DRURY

Mother: Anne TANNER

Married: Lewis BRADFIELD


Mary DRURY

Father: Henry DRURY

Mother: Anne TANNER

Married: William PAYNE


Roger DRURY of Rollersby

Died: Oct 1599

Notes: Will dated 22 May 1599, and probated 30 Oct 1599.

Father: William DRURY of Besthorpe

Mother: Dorothy BRAMPTON

Married 1: Catherine LAVILLE (d. 1609) (dau. of John Laville)

Children:

1. Dru DRURY of Rollersby (Sir Knight)

2. Roger DRURY

Married 2: Catherine NESSE (w. of William Lister)


Dru DRURY of Rollersby (Sir Knight)

Died: Jan 1625/26, in prison

Father: Roger DRURY of Rollersby

Mother: Catherine LAVILLE

Married: Anne GAINSBOROUGH


Roger DRURY

Died: 1631

Father: Roger DRURY of Rollersby

Mother: Catherine LAVILLE


Anthony DRURY of Besthorpe

Died: 29 Aug 1616, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England

Notes: his will, dated 20 Jun 1616, and probated 9 Nov 1616, mentioned his late wife, and his present wife, Anne, his sons, Sir Anthony (his wife, Bridget, and his children, William, Anthony, Robert, Anne, Bridget, Elizabeth, Susan, and Dorothy), and William, his daugthers, Dorothy Burman (and her dau., Anne Burman), Susan Rookwood (her husband and her dau., Bridget Rookwood), and Elizabeth Harborne and her children, his son-in-law, William Pleasance (and his children, Thomas, William, Anne, and Dorothy), his sister, Catherine Chamberlayne (and her son, Ralph Chamberlayne), his brother-in-law, Robert Constable, his cousins, John Gurdon, Thomas Brampton, and Archdeacon Stokes, and his kinsman and godson, Thomas Drury, the executor being his son, Sir Anthony Drury, the supervisors being his brother-in-law, Nicholas Garneys, and his sons-in-law, William Harborne and Mr. Doctor Burman, and two of the witnesses being Robert Constable and William Rookwood.

Father: William DRURY of Besthorpe

Mother: Dorothy BRAMPTON

Married 1: Anne KEMPE (d. 22 Oct 1571, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England) (dau. of Robert Kempe of Gissing and Elizabeth Smythe) 26 May 1567, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England

Children:

1. Elizabeth DRURY

2. Anne DRURY (b. 6 Jan 1569/70)

3. Charles DRURY

4. Francis DRURY

Married 2: Anne GARNEYS (b. 13 May 1545, Spexhall, Suffolk, England - d. 31 Mar 1634, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England) (dau. of John Garneys of Spexhall and Anne Rookwood) 2 Sep 1572, Kenton, Suffolk, England

Children:

5. Anthony DRURY (Sir Knight)

6. William DRURY of Weston

7. Robert DRURY

8. Anne (Amy) DRURY

9. Susanna DRURY

10. Dorothy DRURY


Elizabeth DRURY

Born: 20 Aug 1568

Died: 1653

Buried: Mundham Church

Notes: a slab in Mundham church to her memory.

Father: Anthony DRURY of Besthorpe

Mother: Anne KEMPE

Married: William HARBORNE of Mundham (d. 7 Nov 1617) 16 Sep 1589, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England


William DRURY of Weston

Born: 21 Jun 1584, Weston, Suffolk, England

Died: 1646

Notes: Will dated 1640 and probated in 1646 or 1647.

Father: Anthony DRURY of Besthorpe

Mother: Anne GARNEYS


Anne (Amy) DRURY

Born: 18 Aug 1577

Died: 1640

Father: Anthony DRURY of Besthorpe

Mother: Anne GARNEYS

Married: William PLEASANCE of Brandon Ferry 29 Jan 1599


Susanna DRURY

Born: 29 Nov 1582

Father: Anthony DRURY of Besthorpe

Mother: Anne GARNEYS

Married: Henry ROOKWOOD of Weston 5 Jan 1606/07, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England

Children:

1. Bridget ROOKWOOD


Dorothy DRURY

Born: 29 Sep 1578

Died: 1642

Buried: Tasburgh, with her first husband

Notes: her first husband John Burman was Doctor of the Civil Law, of Tasburgh, Norfolk; died in 1623. The second husband, Charles Suckling, was Colonel in the Army; suceeded to the Woodton Estate on his father's death in 1589; and was buried Dec 1644, at Woodten.

Father: Anthony DRURY of Besthorpe

Mother: Anne GARNEYS

Married 1: John BURMAN of Tasburgh 20 Dec 1609

Children:

1. Anne BURMAN

Married 2: Charles SUCKLING of Woodton (b. 1578, Wooten, Norfolk - d. 1644) 16 Feb 1622/23, St. Luke's Chapel, Norwich Cathedral


Anthony DRURY (Sir Knight)

Baptized: 2 Sep 1576, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England

Buried: 16 Oct 1638, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England

Notes: Sir Anthony Drury was knighted in 1603. 1637, Hihg Sheriff of Norfolk. His noncupative Will, dated 13 Oct 1638, mentioned his wife and his sons, Robert, Anthony, and William; William being the executor. An Inventory, amounting to £3,908/2/0, was taken on 15 Nov 1638, by William Drury, Esq., Robert Wilton, Esq., and five others. His wife, Bridget, died at Besthorpe, being buried there on 28 Oct 1638. Her noncupative Will, dated 22 Oct 1638, and probated 20 Oct 1639, mentioned her sons, Anthony and Robert, her dau., Susan, wife of Robert Wilton, her son, Sir William, her four dau.s, and her dau.-in-law, Elizabeth Drury, William Drury being the executor.

Father: Anthony DRURY of Besthorpe

Mother: Anne GARNEYS

Married: Bridget SPELMAN (b. Apr 1576, Narborough - d. 28 Oct 1638, Besthorpe, Norfolk) (dau. of John Spelman and Catherine Sanders) 12 Oct 1596, Narborough, Norfolk

Children:

1. William DRURY (Sir Knight)

2. Anne DRURY

3. Bridget DRURY

4. Anthony DRURY of Intwood

5. Elizabeth DRURY

6. Dorothy DRURY (b. 6 Jun 1604 - d. 1627)

7. Catherine DRURY (b. 5 Sep 1605 - d. 3 May 1610)

8. Susan DRURY

9. Robert DRURY of Besthorpe

10. Henry DRURY (b. 7 Sep 1614 - d. 10 Apr 1616)

11. Diana DRURY (b. 14 Aug 1618 - bapt. 8 Sep 1618 - d. 29 Jan 1618/19)

12. Dau. DRURY (bapt. Jul 1611)


Anne DRURY

Born: 14 Sep 1598, Narborough, Norfolk, England

Died: 1661

Father: Anthony DRURY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Bridget SPELMAN

Married: Humphrey RANT of Yelverton (d. 1661) 3 Aug 1624, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England


Bridget DRURY

Born: 14 Oct 1599

Father: Anthony DRURY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Bridget SPELMAN

Married: Arthur BRANTWAYTE of Hethel (d. 1642) 20 Feb 1625/26


Elizabeth DRURY

Born: 20 Jun 1602

Died: 1671

Father: Anthony DRURY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Bridget SPELMAN

Married: William REVETT of Bildeston (Esq.) (d. 1643) 5 Jun 1632, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England


Susan DRURY

Born: 14 May 1609, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England

Died: 1643

Father: Anthony DRURY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Bridget SPELMAN

Married: Robert WILTON of Wilby


William DRURY (Sir Knight)

Born: 21 Jul 1597, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England

Baptized: 26 Jul 1597, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England

Died: 8 Nov 1639, Westminster, Middlesex, England

Buried: 15 Nov 1639, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Anthony DRURY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Bridget SPELMAN

Married: Mary COKAYNE (b. 22 Jul 1610 - bur. 20 Jun 1688, Besthorpe) (dau. of William Cokayne and Eleanor Lloyd) 26 Nov 1633, St. Peter le Poer, London, Middlesex, England

Children:

1. William DRURY

2. Bridget DRURY (V. Kilmorey)

3. Jane DRURY

4. Anthony DRURY

5. Anne DRURY


Anthony DRURY of Intwood

Born: 7 Dec 1600, Intwood, Norfolk, England

Baptized: 14 Dec 1600, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England

Father: Anthony DRURY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Bridget SPELMAN

Married: Elizabeth SMYTHE (d. 1693) (dau. of William Smythe of Winston)

Children:

1. Nicholas DRURY of Intwood

2. Elizabeth DRURY (m. John Leech of Wells)


Robert DRURY of Besthorpe

Born: 10 Dec 1612, Besthorpe, Norfolk, England

Father: Anthony DRURY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Bridget SPELMAN

Married: Margaret REVETT (dau. of John Revett)
 
Children:

1. Mary DRURY (b. 1643 - d. 1716) (m. James Smythe)

2. Anne DRURY (d. 7 Sep 1721)

3. Elizabeth DRURY (b. 1657) (m. Phillip Grime)
 


Roger DRURY of Rougham (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1345, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Died: Oct 1420

Buried: St. Mary's Rougham Church, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Notes: Will dated 3 Oct 1420, proved 20 Oct 1420, at Norwich

Father: Nicholas DRURY of Thurston and Rougham (Sir)

Mother: Joan De SAXHAM

Married 1: Margaret NAUNTON (d. 3 Sep 1405) (dau. of Sir Thomas Naunton of Chavents) ABT 1374

Children:

Brass of Roger Drury and Margaret Naunton, Rougham Church, Suffolk

1. William DRURY of Rougham (Sir)

2. Margaret DRURY

3. Roger DRURY

4. Nicholas DRURY (d. 1445)

5. Margery DRURY

6. Thomas DRURY of Candlers

7. Elizabeth DRURY

8. George DRURY

9. Joan DRURY

Married 2: Joan ? (d. ABT 1446)


Margaret DRURY

Father: Roger DRURY of Rougham (Sir)

Mother: Margaret NAUNTON

Married: William CLOPTON of Kentwell (Sir Knight)


Elizabeth DRURY

Father: Roger DRURY of Rougham (Sir)

Mother: Margaret NAUNTON

Married: John BARET of Bury St. Edmunds


Thomas DRURY of Candlers

Died: 1444

Father: Roger DRURY of Rougham (Sir)

Mother: Margaret NAUNTON

Married: Joan HESSETT

Children:

1. William DRURY

2. John DRURY

3. Thomas DRURY

4. Walter DRURY

5. Alice DRURY

6. Joan DRURY

7. Margery DRURY

8. Agnes DRURY


William DRURY of Rougham (Sir)

Born: ABT 1408, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Died: 1450

Buried: Church of the Friars Minor of Babewell (as stated in Will)

Notes: 19 May 1426, Knight of the Bath at Leicester Whitsun. 28 Feb 1446/47, Witnessed Charter of Richard of York at Bury St. Edmund's. Catherine Swynford was first cousin of Henry V

Father: Roger DRURY of Rougham (Sir)

Mother: Margaret NAUNTON

Married: Catherine SWYNFORD (d. 3 Dec 1478 - bur. Lincoln Cathedral) (dau. of Thomas Swynford and Jane Croophill) BET 1404 - 1411

Children:

1. Mary DRURY

2. Anne DRURY (Nun) (b. 1439)

3. Thomas DRURY of Rougham

4. Roger DRURY of Hepworth (b. 1433)

5. George DRURY (Rector of Woolpit) (b. 1435)

6. Catherine DRURY (Nun) (b. 1431)


Mary DRURY

Born: ABT 1437, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Died: Mar 1468/69

Buried: 6 Mar 1468/69, Thorndon

Father: William DRURY of Rougham (Sir)

Mother: Catherine SWYNFORD

Married: Edward GRIMSTONE of Rishangles


Thomas DRURY of Rougham

Born: ABT 1430, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Died: 12 Dec 1486, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Notes: 2nd cousin of Henry VI. 3 Feb 1461/62 Commissioned to arrest any persons guilty of unlawful gatherings/ congregations

Father: William DRURY of Rougham (Sir)

Mother: Catherine SWYNFORD

Married: Catherine WHITEWELL (dau. of John Whitewell) ABT 1455, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Children:

1. John DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

2. Catherine DRURY

3. Elizabeth DRURY

4. Clement DRURY

5. Dorothy DRURY

6. Francis DRURY

7. Anne DRURY


Catherine DRURY

Born: AFT 1456

Father: Thomas DRURY of Rougham

Mother: Catherine WHITEWELL

Married: Robert ROOKWOOD of Euston


Elizabeth DRURY

Father: Thomas DRURY of Rougham

Mother: Catherine WHITEWELL

Married: Thomas TRACY


Clement DRURY

Born: ABT 1464

Notes: settled in Shropshire, Salop. From him descended the Drurys of Sussex

Father: Thomas DRURY of Rougham

Mother: Catherine WHITEWELL

Married: Susan ROWTON (dau. of Peter Rowton)

Children:

1. John DRURY


John DRURY

Father: Clement DRURY

Mother: Susan ROWTON

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. William DRURY


William DRURY

Father: John DRURY

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Humphrey DRURY


Humphrey DRURY

Father: William DRURY

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. John DRURY


John DRURY

Died: 1614

Father: Humphrey DRURY

Mother: ¿?

Married: Alice APESLEY Pulbowes, Sussex

Children:

1. William DRURY of Watergate

2. Henry DRURY (d. 1632)

3. Thomas DRURY

4. Francis DRURY

5. Mary DRURY

6. Anne DRURY

7. Jane DRURY (d. 1629)


William DRURY of Watergate

Died: 1646

Father: John DRURY

Mother: Alice APESLEY

Married: Catherine COWPER

Children:

1. Francis DRURY (b. 1615 - d. BEF 11 Jul 1646)

2. Thomas DRURY

3. William DRURY

4. Christopher DRURY

5. Charles DRURY

6. Susan DRURY


Thomas DRURY

Father: John DRURY

Mother: Alice APESLEY

Married: Susan BULLEN


Mary DRURY

Father: John DRURY

Mother: Alice APESLEY

Married: Herbert BOORD


John DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

Born: ABT 1456, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Died: 1499, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Notes: Schoolmaster. An inquisition post mortem was held.

Father: Thomas DRURY of Rougham

Mother: Catherine WHITEWELL

Married: Margaret FELTON (dau. of William Felton) ABT 1487, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Children:

1. John DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

2. Catherine DRURY

3. Elizabeth DRURY

4. Francis DRURY

5. Dorothy DRURY

6. Anne DRURY

7. Alice DRURY


Elizabeth DRURY

Born: ABT 1496, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Buried: 8 Nov 1555, Carbrook Church, Carbrook, Norfolk, England

Father: John DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

Mother: Margaret FELTON

Married: Fulke GREY of Merton

Children:

1. John GREY (b. ABT 1533 - d. BEF 30 May 1595)

2. Edmund GREY (b. ABT 1535 - d. 1592)

3. Thomas GREY of Steckfield

4. Anthony GREY of Carbrook

5. Elizabeth GREY

Dorothy DRURY

Father: John DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

Mother: Margaret FELTON

Married 1: Edmund WEST of Cornerd Mag

Married 2: Robert DOWNES of Melton

Children:

1. Francis DOWNES (b. ABT 1531)


Francis DRURY

Father: John DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

Mother: Margaret FELTON

Married: Elizabeth DAVY (dau. of Robert Davy of Swardston, Esq.)
 
Children:

1. John DRURY


John DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

Died: 1553, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Father: John DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

Mother: Margaret FELTON

Married: Elizabeth GOLDINGHAM (dau. of John Goldingham and Thomasine Liston)

Children:

1. Robert DRURY of Rougham

2. Anne DRURY

3. Mary DRURY

4. John DRURY of Godwick

5. William DRURY of Tendering (Sir)


Anne DRURY

Father: John DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

Mother: Elizabeth GOLDINGHAM

Married: Francis BACON of Hesset

Children:

1. Elizabeth BACON


Mary DRURY

Notes: her husband was probably "Harbinger" to Queen Elizabeth.

Father: John DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

Mother: Elizabeth GOLDINGHAM

Married: Edward CHANCERY PAGE of Frawlingham


John DRURY of Godwick

Died: 22 Aug 1578 / ABT 1592

Notes: moved from Godwick to Easton, Norfolk. 25 Aug 1578, a recusant, prosecuted for his faith

Father: John DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

Mother: Elizabeth GOLDINGHAM

Married: Eleanor SIDNEY ABT 1545

Children:

1. Robert DRURY of Docking

2. Thomas DRURY

3. William DRURY

4. Frances DRURY

5. Francis DRURY


Frances DRURY

Father: John DRURY of Godwick

Mother: Eleanor SIDNEY

Married: Fermor PEPYS


Robert DRURY of Docking

Died: ABT 1624, Norwick, Norfolk, England

Father: John DRURY of Godwick

Mother: Eleanor SIDNEY

Married: Mary RADCLIFFE

Children:

1. Robert (Thomas / William) DRURY (d. ABT 1702, Maryland)

2. John DRURY (d. ABT 1658)

3. Thomas DRURY

4. William DRURY

5. Anne DRURY

6. Audrey DRURY

7. Mary DRURY

8. Elizabeth DRURY

9. Parnell DRURY

10. Frances DRURY

11. Jeanne DRURY

12. Catherine DRURY


William DRURY of Tendering (Sir)

Died: Dec 1589, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Notes: "Pilgrimages to Saint Mary of Walsingham and Saint Thomas of Cantebury", by Desiserius Erasmus Page 16, has an engraving of "the bearded and tight-laced knight", "from brass of Sir William De Tendrindring", saved by a miracle of the Virgin Mary. A judge of the Prerogative Court, and Master of Chancery

Father: John DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

Mother: Elizabeth GOLDINGHAM

Married: Mary SOUTHWELL

Children:

1. John DRURY of Tendering

2. Bridget DRURY

3. Elizabeth DRURY

4. George DRURY (b. 1580)

5. William Bedford DRURY

6. Robert DRURY


Bridget DRURY

Born: 1575, Tendering, Norfolk, England

Father: William DRURY of Tendering (Sir)

Mother: Mary SOUTHWELL

Married: Richard BABINGTON of Mucking Hill


Elizabeth DRURY

Born: 1577, Tendering, Norfolk, England

Father: William DRURY of Tendering (Sir)

Mother: Mary SOUTHWELL

Married: Charles CLERE of Stokesby


William Bedford DRURY

Born: 1584, Tendering, Norfolk, England

Notes: actor. Imprisoned for his Catholic faith, but later release in 1616

Father: William DRURY of Tendering (Sir)

Mother: Mary SOUTHWELL


Robert DRURY

Born: 1586, Tendering, Norfolk, England

Died: 1623

Notes: a Jesuit, died in the accident in Blackfriars, London known as the "Fatal Vespers", when 300 people in an upstairs room caused the floor to cave in, killing 95. Robert was conducting the service

Father: William DRURY of Tendering (Sir)

Mother: Mary SOUTHWELL


John DRURY of Tendering

Born: 1573, Tendering, Norfolk, England

Died: 18 Dec 1619

Notes: Knighted 6 Nov 1604, at Whitehall, by King James I

Father: William DRURY of Tendering (Sir)

Mother: Mary SOUTHWELL

Married: Anne SAUNDERS (d. 1642)

Children:

1. John DRURY of Tendering

2. Southwell DRURY

3. William DRURY

4. Edmund DRURY (d. 1669) (m. Alice Chapman)

5. Robert DRURY (d. 1691) (m. Elizabeth Welby)


John DRURY of Tendering

Born 1603, Tendering, Norfolk, England

Died: 22 Mar 1639/40

Father: John DRURY of Tendering

Mother: Anne SAUNDERS

Married: Bridget EDON (dau. of Thomas Edon)

Children:

1. John DRURY (b. 1629)

2. Anne DRURY


Robert DRURY of Rougham

Father: John DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

Mother:  Elizabeth GOLDINGHAM

Married: Elizabeth TAY (dau. of Thomas Tay, Esq.)
 
Children:

1. Robert DRURY of Rougham (Sir Knight)

2. John DRURY


John DRURY

Father: Robert DRURY of Rougham

Mother: Elizabeth TAY

Married: Elizabeth CLAXTON


Robert DRURY of Rougham (Sir Knight)

Born: 1543, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Acceded: 23 Jul 1603, Royal Garden of Whitehall

Died: 1625

Buried: Chancel of Rougham Church

Notes: Married his fourth cousin

Father: Robert DRURY of Rougham

Mother: Elizabeth TAY

Married: Elizabeth DRURY

Children:

1. Robert DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

2. John DRURY of Leziate

3. Elizabeth DRURY

4. Edmund DRURY (b. 1576 - d. 1616)

5. Thomas DRURY (b. 1581 - d. 1616)

6. Dorothy DRURY

7. Francis DRURY (b. 1584)

8. Clement DRURY


Elizabeth DRURY

Born: 1575, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Father: Robert DRURY of Rougham (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth DRURY

Married: William PLAYNE


Dorothy DRURY

Born: 1583, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Father: Robert DRURY of Rougham (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth DRURY

Married: John PRETYMAN


Clement DRURY

Born: 1585, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Died: 1623

Father: Robert DRURY of Rougham (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth DRURY

Married: Margaret ?


John DRURY of Leziate

Born: 1580, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Died: 19 Jul 1653, Holt House, Leziate, Norfolk, England

Buried: Ashwicken Church

Notes: founded the Leziate line of Drurys

Father: Robert DRURY of Rougham (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth DRURY

Married: Dorothy BARNES (dau. of Edward Barnes)

Children:

1. John DRURY (b. 1626 - d. ABT 1689, a warder in the Tower of London)

2. Dorothy DRURY (b. 1626)

3. Elizabeth DRURY (b. 1629)
 


Robert DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

Born: 1570, Rougham, Suffolk, England

Died: 1623

Father: Robert DRURY of Rougham (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth DRURY

Married: Elizabeth CROFT (dau. of Sir Charles Croft)

Children:

1. Charles DRURY of Rougham

2. Roger DRURY (d. 11 Jul 1634)

3. Elizabeth DRURY

4. Cecily DRURY (b. 1613) (m. Rev. George Douglas)

5. Anne DRURY (b. 1615) (m. Charles Alexander)

6. William DRURY (b. Jan 31, 1598/99)


Charles DRURY of Rougham

Died: 1632

Father: Robert DRURY of Rougham (Esq.)

Mother: Elizabeth CROFT

Married: Sarah SECKFORD (dau. of Henry Seckford) (m.2 John North)
 
Children:

1. Seckford DRURY of Rougham (d. Mar 29, 1634) (last of 11 generations to hold Rougham, died unmarried)

2. Dorothy DRURY


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