Life History

	Born in Rougham, Suffolk, England
1443	Married Felice Denston in Hawstead, Suffolk, England
c. 1444	Birth of daughter Katherine Drury
c. 1447	Birth of daughter Felice Drury in Hawstead Suffolk
1450	Birth of son Robert Drury of Hawstead
c. 1453	Birth of son William Drury of Besthorpe in Hawstead Suffolk
c. 1455	Birth of son John Drury in Hawstead Suffolk
c. 1458	Birth of son Roger Drury in Hawstead Suffolk
1480	Death of Felice Denston
31st Jan 1494	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.

"Roger Drury was on the Commission of the Peace for Suffolk 1485-9; and about that time was a feoffee of the manor of Badingham which Alice, duchess of Suffolk and John, duke of Suffolk, her son, had in remainder. "

"Roger Drury married Felice, daughter and heir of William Denston of Besthorpe, co. Norfolk, by whom he had issue:
Sir Robert, who succeeded him at Hawstead,
William, 2nd son, who founded the family of Drury of Besthorpe,
John and Roger, died without issue,
and two daughters
Katherine wife of 1. Sir Henry le Strange of Hunstanton, knight, and 2. Sir Robert Ratcliff of Attleburgh, co. Norfolk, knight, and died 1496;
and Felice, married James Andrews of Baylham, co. Suffolk."

"Roger died 31 January 1493/4. His will was dated 20 January 1493/4."

From Charles L. Perrin - Sneaker pages

"8 September 1471 he (Roger Drury) was named a supervisor in the will of William Drury of Bury, chaplain, son of William and brother of Clement and John Drury, whose relationship to Roger is not clear. Clement Drury made his will 16th August 1475, then a burgess of St. Mary's Bury, devising his land in Hessett to his son Edmund.

From rootsweb.ancestry.com

Roger Drury, Sir, of Hawstead
Birth: abt 1440 in Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Death: 20 JAN 1491/92
Also:
Roger De DRURY
Death: 31 JAN 1493/94
Married first Agnes
second Felice Denston
and third Agnes Hanningfield.

From www.compusmart.ab.ca

"The founder of he junior line of Drury which settled at Besthorpe, co. Norfolk, was WILLIAM DRURY, second son of Roger Drury of Hawstead and Felice Denston, whose estate in BESTHORPE came to her son. He rose to some position in that county in the person of a High Sherriff in 1617."