Family and Education
b. by 1499, 1st s. of Sir Robert Drury I by 1st w., and bro. of Sir Robert II. educ. ?Eton; ?King’s, Camb. 1511; L. Inn, adm. 12 Feb. 1517; m. (1) by 7 Feb. 1516, Joan, da. of William St. Maur; (2) Aug. 1518/Feb. 1521, Elizabeth, da. of Henry Sothill of Stockerston Leics., 4s. inc. Robert II 9da. Kntd. suc. fa. 2 Mar. 1535.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/57/24. Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch.), ii. 219; A. Campling, Fam. Drury, 43-49, 100; PCC 32 Hogen; Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 290; LP Hen. VIII, ii, iii, vi; Add. 19127, ff. 179, 231.
Offices Held
J.p. Suff. 1529 – d., q. 1554; ?esquire extraordinary of the body by 1533; sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 1536 – 37, 1544 – 45; commr. benevolence, Suff. 1544/45, relief 1550; other commissions 1534 – d.; PC by 1 Nov. 1553.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Hawstead, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
DRURY, Sir William (by 1499-1558)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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