William Drury 1527-1579

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On 2nd October 1527 William Drury was born to Robert Drury [aged 24] at Hawstead, Suffolk.

Around 1541 William Drury [aged 13] educated at Gonville College, Cambridge University.

In 1544 William Drury [aged 16] was captured at France.

In 1554 William Drury [aged 26] was elected MP Chipping Wycombe.

On 19th April 1557 John Williams 1st Baron Williams [aged 57] and [his future wife] Margery Wentworth were married.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 10th October 1560. The x day of October was mared in the parryche of sant Alphes at Crepullgatt master Wylliam Drure [aged 33] unto [his wife] lade Wylliams of Tame, and mared by master Frence on of the masters of Wyndsore, and after gohyng home to dener the trumpettes blohyng, and after the flutt and drum, and at the furst corse servyng the trumpettes blohyng, for ther was a gret dener and gret museke ther....

On 10th October 1560 William Drury [aged 33] and Margery Wentworth were married at St Alphege London Wall aka Cripplegate Bassishaw. They were fifth cousins.

On 6th May 1572 Henry Norreys [aged 47] was created 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote. [his step-daughter] Margery Williams Baroness Norreys Rycote [aged 51] by marriage Baroness Norreys of Rycote.

On 12th December 1573 [his daughter] Elizabeth Drury was born to William Drury [aged 46] and [his wife] Margery Wentworth.

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.

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On 21st May 1577 [his father] Robert Drury [aged 74] died.

On 13th October 1579 William Drury [aged 52] died.

In 1580 James Croft [aged 30] and [his former wife] Margery Wentworth were married.

In 1587 [his former wife] Margery Wentworth died.

[his daughter] Jane Drury was born to William Drury and Margery Wentworth. She married Richard Chetwood.

[his daughter] Anne Drury was born to William Drury and Margery Wentworth. She married Robert Hartwell.

Royal Ancestors of William Drury 1527-1579

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of William Drury 1527-1579

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Drury of Thurston

Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Drury

Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Drury of Hawstead in Suffolk

Grandfather: Robert Drury

father: Robert Drury 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Calthorpe 5 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Calthorpe 6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Calthorpe 7 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Calthorpe 8 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Grandmother: Anne Calthorpe 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Miles Stapleton 17 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bryan Stapleton 18 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Miles Stapleton of Ightham in Norfolk 19 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stapleton 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael de la Pole 2nd Earl Suffolk

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Pole 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Stafford Countess Suffolk 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine de la Pole 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

William Drury 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England