DRURY, Sir Anthony (c.1576-1638), of Besthorpe, Norf.

Family and Education

b. c. 1576, 1st s. of Anthony Drury of Besthorpe and Anne, da. of John Garneys of Spexhall, Suff.F. Blomefield, Hist. Norf. i. 493. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1591, aged 15. Al. Cant. m. 1596, Bridget (d.1639), da. of John Spelman of Narborough, Norf., 3s. 5 da. (1 d.v.p.). A. Campling, Hist. Drury Fam. 89-90. Kntd. 23 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 165. suc. fa. 1616. C142/363/200. d. 13 Oct. 1638. Norf. RO, Norwich consist. ct. Smythe 121.

Offices Held

J.p. Norf. 1614–d.; C66/1988; C231/4, f. 29; C193/13/1, 2. commr. sea breaches, Norf. and Suff. 1616, 1625, 1638; C181/2, f. 261; 181/3, f. 189v; 181/5, f. 103. sheriff, Norf. 1617–18, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 88. commr. subsidy, 1621, 1624, C212/22/21, 23. piracy, 1624, 1627, C181/3, ff. 115v, 236v. fen drainage, Norf. and Suff. 1625; Ibid. f. 163v. dep. lt., Norf. from 1625; W. Rye, Norf. State Pprs. 6, 17, 29, 55, 100. collector (jt.), Privy Seal loan 1625–6, E401/2586, pp. 121, 138. commr. Admty. causes 1627, HCA1/32/1, f. 4v. charitable uses 1629, 1633. C192/1, n. f.

Parlimentarian

DRURY, Sir Anthony (c.1576-1638), of Besthorpe, Norf.

Main residence: Besthorpe, Norf.

Author

C.R.K.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

DRURY, Sir Anthony (c.1576-1638)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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