Family and Education
b. 2 Oct. 1527, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Robert Drury II, and bro. of Dru and Robert I. educ. Gonville, Camb. m. 10 Oct. 1560, Margaret, da. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Lord Wentworth, wid. of Sir John Williams, Lord Williams of Thame, Oxon., 3da. Kntd. 11 May 1570.Date of birth given in DNB. Coll. Top. et Gen. vi. 92; A. Campling, Fam. Drury, 73-78; Machyn’s Diary (Cam. Soc. xlii), 244.
Offices Held
J.p. Cumb. 1569, Yorks. 1569 – 71; marshal and dep. gov. Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. Feb. 1564–76; pres. Munster 1576 – 78; ld. justice, Ireland 26 Apr. 1578–d.
Parlimentarian
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Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
DRURY, William (1527-79)
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Oxford 1644
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