Life History

1457	Married Joan Drury

Notes

From 'The noble and gentle men of England; or, Notes touching the arms and descents of the ancient knightly and gentle houses of England, arranged in their respective counties'

HERVEY OF ICKWORTH, MARQUIS OF BRISTOL 1826; EARL 1714; BARON 1703.

Descended from Thomas Hervey, who died before 1470, having married Jane, daughter and sole heir of Henry Drury, of Ickworth.
It is uncertain who this Thomas Hervey was; the peerages indeed assume that he was younger brother of Sir George Hervey, of Thurley, in Bedfordshire; there appears, however, no proof of the fact, though he might have been descended from that knightly familv.