Thursday, August 17, 2017

Drury Family

First Generation
 
1.  Roger Drury1 died in 1496 in Hawsted, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.1
 
Roger Drury and Felice Denston1 were married.1 Felice Denston1 was born in Besthorpe, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.1 Felice was the daughter of William Deston of Besthorpe, Norfolk, England.
 
Roger Drury and Felice Denston had the following child:
 
2 i. Sir Robert Drury, born bef 1456, Hawsted, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; married Anne Calthorpe, ca 1494, Hawsted, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; died 2 Mar 1535, Hawsted, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
 
Second Generation
  
2.  Sir Robert Drury1 (Roger-1) was born before 1456 in Hawsted, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.1 He died on 2 Mar 1535 at the age of 79 in Hawsted, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.1 Sir Robert Drury was the son of Roger Drury by his second wife, Felice Denston. He was born at Hawsted, Suffolk by 1456.
Robert married Anne Calthorpe about 1494. They had William, Robert, Anne, Elizabeth, Bridget and Ursula,
He was knighted by Henry VII after the battle of Blackheath on 17 June 1497. Drury was Lord of the Manor of Hawsted in Suffolk, served as Knight of the Body to both Kings Henry VII and VIII, Knight of the Shrine for Suffolk [1491, 1495, 1510], Speaker of the House of Commons [to which he was elected 4 October 1495] and Privy Councillor. Sir Robert was a barrister-at-law, with a townhouse in Drury Lane in London. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1473.
On 29 August 1509, he witnessed the renewal of the Treaty of Pepetual Peace between England and Scotland by Henry VIII. Drury was present at the funeral of Prince Henry in 1511 and was one of the knights to bear the canopy of the young prince. Between June 1510 and February 1513 he was among those involved with trying to pacify the Scottish borders by peaceful means and seeking redress for wrongs committed.
Anne preceded Robert in death. He married, second, twice widowed Anne Jerningham, daughter of Sir Edward.
Robert made his will on 1 May 1531, in which he requested to be buried in the chancel of St. Mary's Church beside his first wife.
Sir Robert Drury and Anne Calthorpe were buried at St. Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds.
Sir Robert Drury and Anne Calthorpe1 were married circa 1494 in Hawsted, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.1 Anne Calthorpe1, daughter of William Calthorpe and Elizabeth Stapylton/Stapleton, was born circa 1460 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England. She died before 1531 at the age of 71 in Hawsted, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.1 Anne, through her mother's Stapylton line was descended from King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile.
 
Robert Drury and Anne Calthorpe had the following child:
 
3 i. Elizabeth Drury, married Sir Philip Boteler, ca 1510, Watton on Stone, Hertfordshire, England; died 11 Dec 1574, Watton Woodhall, Hertfordshire, England.
 
 
Third Generation
  
3.  Elizabeth Drury (Robert-2, Roger-1) died on 11 Dec 1574 in Watton Woodhall, Hertfordshire, England.
Elizabeth Drury and Sir Philip Boteler were married circa 1510 in Watton on Stone, Hertfordshire, England. Sir Philip Boteler was born by 1493 in Watton on Stone, Hertfordshire, England. He died on 28 Mar 1545 at the age of 52 in Watton Woodhall, Hertfordshire, England. Sir Philip was the eldest son of John Boteler and his second wife, Dorothy Tyrell. Philip married Elizabeth Drury in 1510. She was the mother of three sons and seven daughters.

Boteler was one of the Knights of the Body to King Henry VIII in 1516. On 10 January 1520/1, he sold the reversion of Norbury Manor, Staffordshire, to Thomas Skrymaher for a rent-charge of forty marks per annum.

He was a Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire in 1529 and 1539. In 1530 Philip was one of the commissioners for Hertfordshire toinquire into the possessions of Wolsey. He was Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1533 and 1540.

Boteler witnessed the christening of Prince Edward [later King Edward VI]. Sir Philip, in 1539-40, was among the knights appointed to meet Anne of Cleves.

Sir Philip and Dame Elizabeth, along with their son John and his wife Grizel, sold the advowson of Norbury to Skrymaher on 10 June 1540.

In 1544, he was enrolled as supplying men for the rearguard in the army against France and was appointed to levy recruits.

At the dissoution of the monasteries Henry VII gave the manor of Aston, for the tenth part of a knight's fee and a rent of seventeen shillings and eleven pence to Sir Philip Boteler, Sheriff of Hertford. Philip ruled at Woodhall in Watton parish. He built the manor of Aston Bury on the site of an old monastery to establish himself in Aston.
Philip Boteler and Elizabeth Drury had the following child:
 
4 i. John Boteler Esquire, born 26 aug 1514/5, Watton Woodhall, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom; married Grizel Roche, 10 Jun 1540, Watton Woodhall, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom; died bef 6 mar 1575/6, Watton Woodhall, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
 
 
Sources:
1. Wikipedia Foundation, "Robert Drury [speaker]," database, Wikipedia Foundation, Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org: accessed 11 August 2017), Robert Drury.

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