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William Drury 1499 – 1557 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1499

Birth Location: Hawsted, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 11 Jan 1557

Death Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Father: Robert Drury

Mother: Anne Calthorpe

Spouse(s): Joan Maur, Elizabeth Sothill

Children(s):

William Drury was born in 1499 in Hawsted, Suffolk, England, the child of Robert Drury and Anne Calthorpe. William Drury married Joan St Maur, Elizabeth Sothill. William Drury passed away in 1557 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • William Drury was born in 1499 in Hawsted, Suffolk, England, the child of Robert Drury and Anne Calthorpe.
  • William Drury married Joan St Maur, Elizabeth Sothill.
  • William Drury passed away in 1557 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Drury's Ancestors

Self
William Drury
1499 – 1557
Birth Place: Hawsted, Suffolk, England
Parents
Robert Drury
1456 – 1536
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Anne Calthorpe
1457 – 1531
Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
William Calthorpe
1410 – 1494
King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
Elizabeth Stapleton
1441 – 1505
Hawstead, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Calthorpe
1389 – 1421
Anna Wythe
1390 – 1451
Miles STAPLETON
1395 – 1466
Catherine Pole
1416 – 1488
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Calthorpe
1360 – 1420
Alianore Mautby
1360 – 1398
John Whyte
1370 – 1397
Sybil Omer
1376 – 1421
Brian STAPLETON
1379 – 1438
Cecily BARDOLF
1371 – 1432
Thomas Pole
– 1433
Anne Cheney
1376 – 1435

William Drury's Timeline

3 Records

1499
1499
Birth of William Drury in Hawsted, Suffolk, England
Hawsted, Suffolk, England
1557
11 Jan 1557
Age 58
Death of William Drury in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
1557
Jan 1557
Age 58
Burial of William Drury in All Saints Churchyard, Hawstead, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, England
All Saints Churchyard, Hawstead, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1499
    Event Place: Hawsted, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Jan 1557
    Event Place: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Jan 1557
    Event Place: All Saints Churchyard, Hawstead, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, England

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