Robert Drewry
1694 - 1761
Life History
1694 |
Born in Lincoln |
1st Aug 1694 |
Baptised in Saint Benedict, Lincoln |
3rd Feb 1727 |
Married Mary Smith in Branston, Lincoln |
1729 |
Birth of son Robert Drewry in Lincoln |
1731 |
Birth of daughter Sarah Drewry in Lincoln |
1733 |
Birth of son John Drewry in Lincoln |
1761 |
Died in Lincoln |
15th Apr 1761 |
Buried in St Mary Le Wigford, Lincoln |
Notes
From IGI
ROBERT DREWRY
Christening: 01 AUG 1694, Saint Benedict, Lincoln
Father: JOHN DREWRY
Mother: MARY
Saint Benedict is about 3 minutes walk from St Mary le Wigford.
The following is the entry in the Saint Benedict Register:
From IGI
Robert Drewery
Marriage: 03 FEB 1727, Branston, Lincoln
Spouse: Mary Smith
Branston is about 4 miles from Lincoln and 3 miles from Bracebridge.
Robert was buried in St Mary le Wigford parish.
Indenture - Bracebridge, Lincolnshire
dated 1st July, 1759.
Lease for a Year of part of a Close in Bracebridge.
"Between Robert Drewry of the City of Lincoln, Gentleman, of the one part, and the Reverend Samuel Lodington of Bracebridge in the County of the City of Lincoln aforesaid Clerk of the other part.
All that part of a certain close of meadow or pasture ground lying and being in Bracebridge in the Parish of Skellingthorpe in the County of Lincoln, commonly called the Rough or Fir Close as hath been lately fenced in and improved by culture, lying at the North East corner thereof and containing six acres or thereabouts.............".
Signature : Robert Drewry; Wax Seal; Measures 19ins x 13ins (49cms x 32cms).
Two seals
from documents signed by Robert.
The first, with the shield, is from 1756.
The second is from a 1759 document.
Were Bracebridge and Wigford part of a single early estate? - Article
Pat Carey suggests that Robert's father was also called Robert and married someone called Catherine.
We have discounted the Brant Broughton connection in the tree. There is a Drewry family in Brant Broughton but probably not our Robert's.
"In 1762 he mortgaged the Bracebridge estate for £1,500 to Robert Drewry of Lincoln and possibly because there were at least three other mortgages in: £I,OOO held by Sir Thomas Palmer of Carlton, in £400 held by Mrs Mary Bragg, and £160 held by the Lodington's neighbour Coningsby Sibthorp, he secured the mortgage by a 21 year lease of Bracebridge to Drewry for a rent of £338.rs.p.a. to run from his decease should he die without issue. As his heirs were his four sisters, Drewry, who had already assigned his mortgage to Francis Stones of Gainsborough and received his £1,500, started a suit in Chancery to enforce his claim. After three years an agreement was made out of court, by which Drewry's executors were bought off for £1,050."
The references below suggest that Robert was Mayor of Lincoln in 1761-62.
At a guess, his father was Sheriff of Lincoln in 1731, though it could have been this Robert.
Received April 27 1939 - City of Lincoln.
Accounts of Robert Drewry, Mayor, and his four Chamberlains, 1754-1755.
to John Drewry and Thomas Colton, Sheriffs of the City of Lincoln, 1792-1793.
Register Roll or Alphabetical List of the names of the Freemen of the City, called at the Great Court Leet of the Mayor, Sheriffs, Citizens and others, at the Guildhall, 5th October, 1761, and 3rd May, 1762. Robert Drewry, Mayor.
In Google Books
Robert Drewry and John Parson Sheriffs of Lincoln 1734.
Robert Drewry Jun. Sheriff of Lincoln 1753.
Robert Drewry Sen. Mayor of Lincoln 1754.
John Parsons Sheriff 1759.
Robert Drewry Mayor of Lincoln 1761.
The Parson/Parsons name appears a number of times in earlier records.
In 1543, during the reign of Henry VIII, a Rd. Drewry is Sheriff.
RefNo 00296/8b - Contents of Parcel Lincoln 12 - Date 1735 Oct 22
Letter from Robert Drewry, Lincoln, to John Ogilvie and Co at the Sun Insurance, Fryday Street, London, appraising him that Mr Samuel Purts will call to receive £104. Receipt for same endorsed on back.
Person: Drewry, Robert of Lincoln; CorporateKey: Sir Thomas White's Charity