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bap. 18 Dec. 1594, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Drury, cordwainer, of St Peter, Nottingham, and ?St Peter, Nottingham par. reg.; Nottingham Borough Recs. iv. 60. m. (1) 6 May 1617, Mary (bur. 4 Jan. 1633), da. of one Shaw, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) by Nov. 1634, Elizabeth (bur. 5 Nov. 1641), da. of ?, 1s. 1da. d.v.p. ; (3) 16 Apr. 1642, Mary (bur. 20 Nov. 1654), da. of ?, wid. of one Barrett, 1s. 1da.; (4) 9 Dec. 1657, Elizabeth, da. of one Ledbetter, s.p.St Peter, Nottingham par. reg.; St Mary, Nottingham par. reg.; Notts. Par. Regs. Marriages ed. W.P.W. Phillimore (1898-1938), x. 26. suc. fa. July 1617. bur. 6 Mar. 1678 6 Mar. 1678.St Peter, Nottingham par. reg.
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Civic: freeman, Nottingham c.1615–?d.;Notts. RO, CA 4649, f. 7v. common cllr. by Oct. 1631;Notts. RO, CA 3406, pp. 1, 41. chamberlain, 1633–4;Notts. RO, CA 3408, p. 3. sheriff, 1635–6;Notts. RO, CA 3410, p. 3. alderman by 20 Mar. 1640-c.Aug. 1662;Notts. RO, CA 3414, p. 42; CA 3434, ff. 31–3. mayor, 1640 – 41, 1647 – 48, 1652 – 53, 1659–60.Notts. RO, CA 3415, p. 3; CA 3422, p. 3; CA 3426, p. 45; A. B. Clarke, ‘Notes on the mayors of Nottingham 1660–1775’, Trans. Thoroton Soc. xli. 48.

Local: commr. perambulation, Sherwood Forest 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 210v. subsidy, Nottingham 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642.SR. Dep. lt. Notts. c.Mar. 1642–?LJ v. 173b, 275b. Commr. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642.A. and O. Member, Notts. co. cttee. 29 Dec. 1642–?CJ ii. 905a. Commr. assessment, Nottingham 12 Feb. 1645, 16 Feb. 1648, 16 Apr. 1651, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; CJ vi. 562a; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). oyer and terminer, 20 Feb. 1645;C181/5, f. 249. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
DREWRY, William (1594-1678), of Vault Hall, Low Pavement, St Peter, Nottingham, Notts.
: Low Pavement, St Peter, Notts., Nottingham.
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Commons 1640-1660
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DREWRY, William (1594-1678), of Vault Hall, Low Pavement, St Peter, Nottingham, Notts.

Will
3 Nov. 1676, pr. 7 May 1678.Notts. RO, PR/NW, will of William Drury snr. 1678.
Estates
in 1645, purchased Vault Hall on Low Pavement, Nottingham, for £103.Notts. RO, M/13858. In 1650, he and another gentleman purchased, for £584, a fee farm rent in Nottingham worth £64 17s p.a.; he also purchased, for £132, another fee farm rent in the town worth £14 15s p.a.SP28/288, f. 4. Owned considerable property in and about Nottingham and in Arnold and Basford, Notts.Notts. RO, PR/NW, will of William Drury snr. 1678; Clarke, ‘Notes on the mayors of Nottingham’, 48.
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