Tolleson family » Sir Robert Drury (1524-1557)

Personal data Sir Robert Drury 

  • He was born on February 13, 1524 in Hawstead, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
  • He died on December 7, 1557 in Hawstead, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, he was 33 years old.
  • He is buried on January 10, 1558 in Hawstead, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
  • A child of William Drury and Elizabeth Sothill
  • This information was last updated on May 13, 2021.

Household of Sir Robert Drury

He is married to Ethelreda Audrey Rich.

They got married in the year 1546 at Suffolk, Eng, he was 21 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Robert Drury

Robert Drury
± 1455-1535
Anne Calthorpe
1457-1491
Henry Sothill
± 1490-????
Johanna Empson
1480-????
William Drury
1499-1557

Robert Drury
1524-1557

1546

Ethelreda Audrey Rich
± 1533-1567


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Birthday February 13, 1524

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1524: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 17 » Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean.
    • April 17 » Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.
    • August 28 » The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
    • October 27 » French troops lay siege to Pavia.

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.

Day of burial January 10, 1558

  • 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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