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Personal data Sir Robert Drury, Sheriff of Suffolk 

  • He was born on February 13, 1525 in Hawstead, Suffolk, England.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (January 20, 1541) below 16 years (15).

  • He died on December 7, 1557 in Halstead, Suffolk, England, he was 32 years old.
  • A child of Sir William Drury and Elizabeth Sothill
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Sir Robert Drury, Sheriff of Suffolk

(1) He is married to Audrey Ethelreda Rich.

They got married on January 20, 1541 at Halstead, Essex, England, he was 15 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. William Drury  1550-1590 
  2. Mary Drury  1546-????
  3. Anne Drury  1546-1561
  4. Susanna Drury  1549-????
  5. Henry Drury  1550-1586
  6. Thomas Drury  ± 1551-????
  7. Winifred Drury  1552-????
  8. Audrey Drury  1554-????
  9. Elizabeth Drury  1556-1582
  10. Dorothy Drury  1556-1598
  11. Robert Drury  ± 1558-????


(2) He is married to Audrey Ethelreda Rich.

They got married on January 20, 1541 at Halstead, Essex, England, he was 15 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sir Robert Drury, Sheriff of Suffolk

Robert Drury
± 1455-1537
Anne Calthorpe
1460-1531
Henry Sothill
± 1472-< 1506
Joan Empson
± 1466-> 1510

Sir Robert Drury, Sheriff of Suffolk
1525-1557

(1) 1541

Audrey Ethelreda Rich
± 1525-1567

William Drury
1550-1590
Mary Drury
1546-????
Anne Drury
1546-1561
Susanna Drury
1549-????
Henry Drury
1550-1586
Thomas Drury
± 1551-????
Winifred Drury
1552-????
Audrey Drury
1554-????
Elizabeth Drury
1556-1582
Dorothy Drury
1556-1598
Robert Drury
± 1558-????
(2) 1541

Audrey Ethelreda Rich
± 1525-1567


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Historical events

Birthday February 13, 1525

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1525: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
    • February 24 » A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
    • February 28 » Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.
    • May 15 » Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
    • June 13 » Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.

Day of marriage January 20, 1541

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1541: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 12 » Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
    • April 7 » Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.
    • May 8 » Hernando de Soto stops near present-day Walls, Mississippi, and sees the Mississippi River (then known by the Spanish as Río de Espíritu Santo, the name given to it by Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519).
    • June 26 » Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
    • September 11 » Santiago, Chile, is besieged by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards. However, the Spaniards decapitated them and rolled their heads on the main square, horrifying the indigenous warriors, and subsequently ending the attack.
    • September 13 » After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.

Day of death December 7, 1557

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1557: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 30 » Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.
    • July 6 » King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
    • August 10 » Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Italian War of 1551–59.
    • August 27 » The Battle of St. Quentin results in Emmanuel Philibert becoming Duke of Savoy.


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