Life History

about 1532	Born
1565	Married Elizabeth Calthorpe
26th May 1578	Death of Elizabeth Calthorpe
1579	Knighted in Wanstead, Essex
1582	Married Catherine Finch
1584	Birth of daughter Elizabeth Drury
after 1585	Birth of daughter Ann Drury
1586	Birth of son Dru Drury of Riddlesworth
	Birth of daughter Frances Drury
13th Sep 1601	Death of Catherine Finch
7th Jul 1623	Wrote will
1627	Died
31st May 1627	Will proved

Notes

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

"The fifth son of Sir Robert Drury of Hedgerley, co. Bucks. was Sir Dru Drury who although a younger son, made a name in the Elizabethan world and founded a line of baronets which became extinct on the death of his great-grandson in 1712. Born about 1532 he appears as a gentleman usher at the Court on the coronation of the Queen 1559"

"Dru Drury had possession of Riddlesworth before 1569 for in that year it is on record that being hunting near Diss he met the 4th Duke of Norfolk and discussed with him the project of the latters marriage with Mary Queen of Scots which led to eventual attainder and execution. Dru Drury, then an esquire, was charged by act of the Privy Council 5 June 1570 to take up his abode in Norwich with a view to assist in the government of that city, and was appointed on various commissions, being knighted at Wanstead, Essex, in 1579. He was Member of Parliament for Norfolk 1584,and 21 September 1586 was present at the execution of the Babington conspirators"

"Sir Dru Drury was sent to Fotheringhay Castle to assist in the Wardership of Mary and in that capacity was present at the execution of Her Majesty as described in Lord Burghley's own account."

"Sir Dru Drury was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London in 1596."

From genealogysource.com

"Sir Dru Drury (c.1532 - 1617) of Riddlesworth and Lynstead. Sir Dru served as a gentleman usher at the coronation of Elizabeth in 1559. He married Elizabeth Calthorpe, whose mother was Amata Boleyn, aunt of Queen Anne Boleyn. Through her he inherited Riddlesworth manor and when she died in 1582 he married Catherine Finch of Lynstead, co. Kent. Dru was knighted in 1579 and was a member of Parliament in 1584 and a Lieutenant of the Tower of London. Sir Dru became one of Elizabeth's most trusted knights and a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber. "

"Sir Dru Drury built a mansion at Riddlesworth where he lived until his death. When his great grandson, Sir Robert Drury, Bt., was convicted of manslaughter for killing John Powell with a sword, he forfeited his Riddlesworth lands."

Sir Dru or Drue Drury of Linstead (Lynsted) (b c1518, d 1617) (Stirnet)