John Dryden, Esq.

• JOHN DRYDEN, of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire.
• Died 30 Sept 1584.
• His will of 15 Aug 1584 directed his burial in Ashby Church, "near unto the place where John Cope, knight, is buried," adding "And although I doe not allow of pomp in burials, yet for some reasonable considerations I will that the stone that I have already prepared shall be layede upon my grave, and my arms and my wyve's graven in brasse thereupon."
• Married 1551: (BP105: 838; FP: 185; HAN, 1: 224-225; HNO, 1: 5; PCC Wills: 24 Watson; VNO: 178)
• He was the grandfather of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643) of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York, and great-grandfather of the poet John Dryden (1631-1700).

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Biography
John Dryden (or Driden), esq. of Canons Ashby, co. Northants.<ref name=cokayne>Cokayne, G.E.C. (1900). "Dryden or Driden," in Complete Baronetage 1611-1625, I, pp. 128-9. Exeter: W. Pollard. Archive.org. eBook.

Origins
According to Thrush & Ferris (2010), John Dryden migrated from Cumberland and settled at Canons Ashby."<ref name=hop>Thrush & Ferris, J.P. (2010). Dryden, Sir Erasmus, 1st Bt. (1553-1632), of Canons Ashby, Northants. HOP.

Marriage
Dryden married Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Cope.<ref name=cokayne /><ref name=hop /> They are the parents of:* Sir Erasmus, Bt. of Canons Ashby (b. 20 Dec 1553 - d. 22 May 1632; bur. Canons Ashby).<ref name=cokayne /><ref name=hop />:::m. (in or bef. 1580) Frances (d. 16 Feb. 1631; bur. Canons Ashby),younger dau. of William Wilkes of Hodnell, co. Warws. & co-h. of her bros. Robert of Hodnell.

Editor Notes

• Second-hand sources for later investigation* Collins(1720) The genealogy in here may not be the last word, but it does quote the will.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryden_baronets
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canons_Ashby_%28lost_settlement%29* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canons_Ashby_Priory (stub with dispute of inheritance - agrees that it went to John Cope.)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canons_Ashby_House
• Contributions: Scott Fair, Pamela Cronan, Zak Young, Tom Bredehoft, Neil Swift

old data: :John was born in 1525. He passed away in 1584. :Father: David Dryden
:Mother: Isabel Nicholson
: Birth 1525 <strike>Parish, Hertfordshire</strike> : Birth: 1525 in Staffle Hill, Cumberland, England

Marriage 1: Elizabeth Cope b: 1529 in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, : Marriage 1553 Canons Ashby, Northhampton, Eng : Wife: Elizabeth Cope : Child: Anthony Dryden : Child: Erasmus Dryden : Child: Mary Dryden : Child: Edward Dryden : Child: George Dryden : Child: John Dryden : Child: Elizabeth Dryden : Child: Thomas Dryden : Child: Bridget Dryden : Child: Stephen Dryden : Child: Emma Dryden : Child: Nicholas Dryden

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