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Personal data Sir William Drury 

  • He was born on May 30, 1500 in Hawstead, Suffolk, England.
  • He died on January 11, 1558 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, he was 57 years old.
  • He is buried in All Saints Churchyard Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
  • A child of Robert Drury and Anne Calthorpe
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Sir William Drury

(1) He is married to Elizabeth Sothill.

They got married about 1520 at Suffolk, England.


Child(ren):

  1. Bridget Adrian Drury  1534-1581 
  2. William Drury  ± 1522-????
  3. Anne Drury  1523-1561
  4. Frances Drury  1523-1609
  5. Mary Drury  1526-1594
  6. Joan Drury  1527-1616
  7. Elizabeth Drury  1531-1620
  8. Dorothy Drury  1537-1597
  9. Henry Drury  1539-????
  10. Roger Drury  1540-????
  11. Catharina Drury  ± 1545-????
  12. Tabitha Drury  1546-????
  13. Henricus Drury  ± 1553-????


(2) He has/had a relationship with Joan St Maur.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sir William Drury

Roger Drury
1419-1493
Robert Drury
± 1455-1537

Sir William Drury
1500-1558

(1) ± 1520
William Drury
± 1522-????
Anne Drury
1523-1561
Frances Drury
1523-1609
Mary Drury
1526-1594
Joan Drury
1527-1616
Dorothy Drury
1537-1597
Henry Drury
1539-????
Roger Drury
1540-????
Catharina Drury
± 1545-????
Tabitha Drury
1546-????
Henricus Drury
± 1553-????
(2) 

Joan St Maur
± 1490-1517


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  • Graaf Filips II de Schone (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1494 till 1506 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1500: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
    • February 17 » Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
    • March 9 » The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
    • March 29 » Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.
    • August 9 » Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia.
    • November 11 » Treaty of Granada: Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.
  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1558: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England.
    • April 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
    • July 13 » Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.
    • October 17 » Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.
    • November 17 » Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.


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