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William Drury
Sir William Drury (2 October 1527 – 13 October 1579) was an English statesman and soldier.
William Drury, born at Hawstead in Suffolk on 2 October 1527, was the third son of Sir Robert Drury (c. 1503–1577) of Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, and Elizabeth Brudenell, of Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire. He was the grandson of another Sir Robert Drury (c. 1456–2 March 1535), Speaker of the House of Commons in 1495. He was a brother of Sir Robert Drury (1525–1593) and Sir Drue Drury (1531/2–1617).
Drury was educated at Gonville College, Cambridge. Fighting in France, Drury was taken prisoner in 1544; then after his release, he helped Lord Russell, afterwards Earl of Bedford, to quell a rising in Devonshire in 1549, but he did not come to the front until the reign of Elizabeth I. In 1554 he sat as Member of Parliament for Chipping Wycombe.
In 1559, he was sent to Edinburgh to report on the condition of Scottish politics, and five years later he became Marshal and deputy-governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed. He was a close observer of the affairs of Mary, Queen of Scots and her house-arrest in Lochleven Castle, and was in constant communication with William Cecil. Drury also sent Cecil building stone, including materials for two chimneys shipped in the Pelican of London.
Drury sent reports about the activities of Regent Moray in Scotland. Moray was short of funds, so "bare of money" in September, that Drury heard he planned to pawn or sell Mary's jewels. In January 1568, Moray had demolished an artillery fortress on Inchkeith but could not slight Dunbar Castle because of prohibitive costs. He mentioned a custom that border people paid a "black rent" or "black mail" in the East March. In February, Drury wrote to Cecil that Mary, Queen of Scots, captive at Lochleven, was "troubled with a disease in her side and a pain in her arm".
In March, Drury reported that English silver coins were acquired with base metal Scottish coins (such as placks and bawbees) and recoined at a profit at the Scottish mint. Drury wrote to Cecil on 3 April 1568 regarding Mary's attempted escape from Lochleven Castle on 25 March, disguised as a laundry woman. Mary finally escaped on 2 May, and after a defeat at the battle of Langside made her way to England.
Drury heard that trouble on the borders was caused by Dan Carr or Ker of Shilstoke-Bray, who was said to have visited Mary, Queen of Scots, at Carlisle Castle. She was supposed to have encouraged him to make trouble in Teviotdale, Liddesdale, and the West borders, and to spread seditious literature to make difficulties for Regent Moray. Lord Hunsdon set men to watch for him, Dan Carr was eventually captured by Walter Ker of Cessford.
Drury went to Scotland with Sir Henry Gates and met Regent Moray in the Great Hall of Stirling Castle on 19 January 1570, and they had a discussion in his bedchamber after dinner. Moray was proceeding to keep an appointment with Drury in Linlithgow when he was mortally wounded, and it was probably intended that Drury should be murdered also.
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William Drury
Sir William Drury (2 October 1527 – 13 October 1579) was an English statesman and soldier.
William Drury, born at Hawstead in Suffolk on 2 October 1527, was the third son of Sir Robert Drury (c. 1503–1577) of Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, and Elizabeth Brudenell, of Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire. He was the grandson of another Sir Robert Drury (c. 1456–2 March 1535), Speaker of the House of Commons in 1495. He was a brother of Sir Robert Drury (1525–1593) and Sir Drue Drury (1531/2–1617).
Drury was educated at Gonville College, Cambridge. Fighting in France, Drury was taken prisoner in 1544; then after his release, he helped Lord Russell, afterwards Earl of Bedford, to quell a rising in Devonshire in 1549, but he did not come to the front until the reign of Elizabeth I. In 1554 he sat as Member of Parliament for Chipping Wycombe.
In 1559, he was sent to Edinburgh to report on the condition of Scottish politics, and five years later he became Marshal and deputy-governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed. He was a close observer of the affairs of Mary, Queen of Scots and her house-arrest in Lochleven Castle, and was in constant communication with William Cecil. Drury also sent Cecil building stone, including materials for two chimneys shipped in the Pelican of London.
Drury sent reports about the activities of Regent Moray in Scotland. Moray was short of funds, so "bare of money" in September, that Drury heard he planned to pawn or sell Mary's jewels. In January 1568, Moray had demolished an artillery fortress on Inchkeith but could not slight Dunbar Castle because of prohibitive costs. He mentioned a custom that border people paid a "black rent" or "black mail" in the East March. In February, Drury wrote to Cecil that Mary, Queen of Scots, captive at Lochleven, was "troubled with a disease in her side and a pain in her arm".
In March, Drury reported that English silver coins were acquired with base metal Scottish coins (such as placks and bawbees) and recoined at a profit at the Scottish mint. Drury wrote to Cecil on 3 April 1568 regarding Mary's attempted escape from Lochleven Castle on 25 March, disguised as a laundry woman. Mary finally escaped on 2 May, and after a defeat at the battle of Langside made her way to England.
Drury heard that trouble on the borders was caused by Dan Carr or Ker of Shilstoke-Bray, who was said to have visited Mary, Queen of Scots, at Carlisle Castle. She was supposed to have encouraged him to make trouble in Teviotdale, Liddesdale, and the West borders, and to spread seditious literature to make difficulties for Regent Moray. Lord Hunsdon set men to watch for him, Dan Carr was eventually captured by Walter Ker of Cessford.
Drury went to Scotland with Sir Henry Gates and met Regent Moray in the Great Hall of Stirling Castle on 19 January 1570, and they had a discussion in his bedchamber after dinner. Moray was proceeding to keep an appointment with Drury in Linlithgow when he was mortally wounded, and it was probably intended that Drury should be murdered also.
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