The definitive
source for Drury history has long been the 1937 book by
Arthur Campling, F.S.A., "The History of the Family
of Drury in the Counties of Suffolk and Norfolk From the
Conquest". Campling, president of the British
Society of Genealogists, was commisioned by Francis
Saxham Elwes Drury to write the book, based on the
assembled genealogical records of the Drurys.
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| Right:
The Seal of Thomas Drury of Rougham, with
Campling's notes to the publishers. |
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F.S.E. Drury was
the son of the Rev. henry Drury, Archdeacon of
Wilts, and the great-grandson of the Rev. Joseph
Drury, D.D. (1750-1834), headmaster of Harrow
School and teacher of Lord Byron, who wrote of
him later. His grandfather, Henry Thomas Joseph
Drury (1778-1841) was assistant headmaster at the
school for 41 years. The
Harrow School is said to have compiled an
extensive Drury Pedigree during their presence at
the school; presumably this information was part
of teh research that made up Campling's work.
Follwing are a few
of Campling's notes with illustrations for the
book and correspondence with F.S.E. Drury.
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| Above: The
swan mark of Sir Robert Drury of Rougham (top
right, with the two pierced mullets of the Drury
arms). Below: Swan mark of Sir Dru Drury of
Riddlesworth (second from left, bottom row). Both
were used as illustrations in Campling's book and
include his notations. |
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| Below:
The work is completed by June 23, 1937. F.S.E.
Drury was particular as to the color of the book;
included in his files are swatches, and a note to
the publisher that their selection was not
"green" enough. The "little gummed
slip" was indeed inserted into page vii of
the finished copy, listing the four Drurys who
were knighted together before the coronation of
King James I (Sir Robert Drury of Rougham, Sir
Henry Drury of Hedgerley, Sir Anthony Drury of
Besthorpe, and Sir Dru Drury of Rollesby, "a
unique event"). |
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| If
you would like to correspond with other Drury
researchers, please sign the DRURY guestbook below.
Please indicate the branch of Drurys that you descend
from, so others sharing common ancestors can find you.
Separate Gidley, Stevenson, McCauley, Pollock, Gideon,
Caron and Mignier dit Lagacé guestbooks are on those
family pages. |
