Life History

about 1180	Born
	Birth of son John Drury of Thurston in Thurston, Suffolk, England
after 1249	Died

Notes

From 'The History of the Family of Drury In the Counties of Suffolk and Norfolk From the Conquest' by Arthur Campling, London, 1937.

"John fil. Robert De Thurston, the second son and eventual heir to his father, was born before 1203, probably about 1180. He was a surety for his half-brother William de Wridwell in the latter's suit against the Abbot of Warden in 1239, and in 1242 was one of the Inquisition of St. Edmund's held for the purpose of ascertaining the holders of fees in the Hundred of Thedwastre owing military service."

"John de Thurston was cited in a plea at Sudbury in 1244, and it appears from the Abbey Cellarer's accounts that he held a parcel of land in Rougham. He was living in 1249, a party to a suit as to land in Thurston."

"About this time the family surname of Drury settled and the next generation of the family are so styled, although their territorial designations persisted for some time in documents concerning them."

From sneakers.pair.com

John DE THURSTON was born about 1180. He died after 1249. Parents: Robert DE THURSTON and Matilda.
Children were: John DRURY.

From ancestry.com

John de Thurston Drury
Birth: Abt 1180 in Thurston, Stow, Suffolk, England
Death: 1249

Father: Robert Dreu Drury b: 1135 in England
Mother: Matilda de Thurston b: Abt 1137 in Thurston, Stow, Suffolk, England

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Children:
John Drury b: Bef 1200 in Thurston, Stow, Suffolk, England

From british-towns.net

NETHER HALL Near Thurston, Suffolk.

The family of Drury, who dated from the reign of William the Conqueror, is the first whose name occurs in connection with the manor of Thurston. As there was never more than one manor in this parish, it was equivalent to that which afterwards became the manor of Nether Hall.
The Drurys had many possessions in Suffolk, but they do not seem to have lived in any house that can be identified with Nether Hall, though one at least seems to have lived on the property, and was known as John de Thurston.