Sir Nicholas Drury

• Nicholas Drury1
• M, #35635, b. circa 1365, d. 2 September 1456
• Father Sir Nicholas Drury d. 1384
• Mother Agnes de Saxham
• Nicholas Drury married Joan Heath, daughter of Thomas Hethe, Esq.. Nicholas Drury was born circa 1365 at of Hawstead, Suffolk, England. He died on 2 September 1456 at of Saxham's in Thurston, Suffolk, England; Date of Probate.
• Family Joan Heath
• Children
  • Henry Drury, Esq. d. b 1456
  • Elizabeth Drury
  • Roger Drury, Esq.+ d. 31 Jan 1494
• Citations
• 1.[S10977] Unknown author, The History of the Family of Drury, p. 100, 101; Wallop Family, p. 286.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1187.htm#...
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• Nicholas DRURY of Thurston
• Born: ABT 1365
• Died: 1454
• Buried: 1456, parish church at Thurston
• Notes: 1386, accompanied John of Gaunt into Spain in 1386. He went to the Holy Land, at which time he added the cross tau to his Coat of Arms. He founded the Drury line at Hawstead, Suffolk. Feb 04, 1453/54, filed will at Bury St. Edmunds. His Will was dated Jan 4th, 1454/1455, and probated Sep 2nd, 1456. 1431, Joan Heath excommunicated: Party to a fine on a conveyance of land in Thurston and Bacton.
• Father: Nicholas DRURY of Thurston and Rougham (Sir)
• Mother: Joan De SAXHAM
• Married: Joan HEATH (b. ABT 1451) (dau. of Thomas (Hethe) Heath of Mildenhall)
• Children:
  • 1. Roger DRURY of Hawstead
  • 2. Henry DRURY of Ickworth
  • 3. Elizabeth DRURY
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/DRURY.htm#Nicholas DRURY of Thurston1
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• from "Suffolk manorial Families", Vol. 1, pt. 9, 1899 by Joseph James Muskett.
• http://www.genealogysource.com/muskett346.htm
• Pg.346
  • Drury of Thurston
• John Drury of Thurston, in Com. Suffolke, Esquier, sonne and heire tempre Kinge Edward first, 19, 1291. = Amabell daugh. of Thomas Newton, Esquier. Sables, too shanke bones in Salter argente.; ch: Sr Roger, Nicholas (m. Agnes Saxham) Drury.
• Nicholas Drury of Thurston in Com. Suffolke, esquier, sonne & heire, died 3rd 13 of Kinge Edw. 3d ao 1339; Will 7 Rich. 2, 1381, Cullum. = Agnes, sole daughter and heire of Sr Symond Saxham, Kt.Joane??, Joan in his will. Oullum.; ch: Sr Roger (m. Margarett Naunton), Nicholas (m. Joanne Heathe), John Drury.
• *Nicholas Drury of Saxham's in Thurston in Suffolke, 2d sonne, & of Hawsted, buried with his wife. Will, Gage, p. 428, Arch. Sudh., 4 Jan. 1454, proved 2 Sept. 1456. See note above. = Joanne, daugh. to Thomas Heathe, esquier, of Mildenhall. ch: DRURY OF HAWSTEAD.
  • *This Nicholas and Thom Heathe for love of John a Gaunte theire Captayne they tooke their voyage wt him into Spayne and theye have assumed to them Sellefs the Crosse Tawe in the Cheffe of there Armes ever since that tyme for the Howse of Hawsted. Whilste he Florished at Thurston in the Auweiente house of Saxhams, which lande wt others Came by his Mother beinge heire to her father to him allso did desende the Mannor of Hawsted wt others: he lyeth Buryed wt his wyfe in Thurston Church in a Chapell over aganst his fathers chap: where his Armes doeth appeare wt his Crosse Tuny. See below, Nicholas Drury.
• http://www.genealogysource.com/muskett354.htm
• Pg.354
  • Drury of Hawstead.
• Nicholas Drury of Saxham's in Thurston, made will, Arch. Sudb., at Bury St. Edmunds, 4 Jan. 1454, proved 2 Sept. 1456. To be buried near his parents in Thurston church. Names Sir Roger Drury, his late brother; Felice, wife of his son, Roger Drury, &c. = Joan, dau. of Thomas Heath, Esq., of Mildenhall.; ch: Roger (m. Agnes _ & Felice Denston & Agnes Hanningfield), Elizabeth (m. _ Monk), Henry (m. Elizabeth Eaton) Drury.
• Henry Drury of Ickworth, Esq., eldest son; died in his father's lifetime. = Elizabeth, dau. of George Eaton, Esq., living 1454. Will, Arch. Sudb., 14 Mar 1475. To be bur. in St. Mary's church, Bury.; ch: Henry (d. bef. his father s.p.), Joan (m. Thos. Harvey & Sir William Carew) Drury.
• Roger Drury, Esq., bought Hawstead, 3 Edw. 4. Will, Cur. Ep. Norw., 20 Jan. 1493. Inq. p.m. 13 H. 7. Ob, 31 Jan. H. 7. = Agnes, named in husband's M.I. = Felice, dau. & heir of William Denston of Besthorpe, co. Norfolk.; ch: Felice (m. Jas. Andrews), John, Roger, William (m. Margaret Briggs), Sir Robert (m. Anne Calthorpe & Anne Jerningham), Katherine (m. Sir Henry L'Estrange & Sir Robert Ratcliff) Drury.
• Sir Robert Drury of Hawstead, of the Privy Council of King Henry VII. Will, P.C.C. 32 Hogan, 8 Feb. 1535. Inq. p.m. 27 H. 8, Altar tomb in St. Mary's, Bury. = Anne, 1st wife, dau. of Sir William Calthorpe of Burnham Thorpe, co. Norff., who made will, Cur. Ep. Norw., 1491. Harl. MS. 10.; ch: Bridget (m. Sir John Jernegan), Sir Wm. (m. Joan St. Maur & Elizabeth Sotehill), Anne (m. Sir George Waldegrave & Sir Thomas Jermyn), Elizabeth (m. Sir Philip Boteler), Sir Robert (m. Elizabeth Brudenell), Ursula (m. Sir Giles Allington) Drury.; = Anne, 2d wife, dau. of Edward Jerningham of Somerleyton; widow of Lord Edward Grey and of . . . Berkeley. She m. 4th Sir Edmund Walsingham of Scadbury. Her will, P.C.C. 17 Chaynay, is dated 1 Mar. 1568.
• Sir Wm. Drury of Hawstead, of the Privy Council of Queen Mary; aet. 36, 27 H. 8. Brass at Hawstead. Will, P.C.C. 26 Dec. 1557. = Joan, 1st wife, dau. and heir of Sir Wm. St. Maur; buried in Hawstead chancel; d. 1517.; = Elizabeth, dau. and coh. of Henry Sotehill of Stoke Faston, co. Leic. Ob. 19 May 1575. His Inq. p.m. 20 H. 7. His mother a coheir of Plompton. Her will, P.C.C. 42 Pyckering, proved 1575.; ch: Anne (m. Sir Christopher Haydon), Mary (m. Richd. Corbet & John Tyrrell), Robert (m. Audrey Rich), Henry (m. Elizabeth Isaac), Frances (m. James Hobart), Bridget (m. Henry Yelverton) Dorothy (m. Robert Rokewood), Elizabeth (m. Sir Robert Drury of Rougham) Drury.
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Sir Nicholas Drury of Thurston (and later Rougham), 7th great grandson of Drieu of Normandy, is the first of the line to live at Rougham village. The Drurys would reside at Rougham for eleven generations. Nicholas, apparently somewhat rebellious towards the authority of the Abbey of St. Edmunds, was pardoned in 1359 for failure to appear to answer charges that he conspired to keep court cases from being heard in the Abbey for the area around the village of Thurston. However, he was in good stead with King Edward and was sent in 1375 to conduct the king's business in Ireland. That same year he was commissioned to "buy and take all the Hawks and Tercels which they should be able to find" to be appraised and purchased by the king. Sir Nicholas added the Tau Cross to the Drury arms.