Anne (Drury) Rant (1598 - 1661)

Born 1598 in Narborough, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Humphry Rant — married 3 Aug 1624 in Besthorpe, Norfolk, England

Descendants

Died 1661 at about age 63 in Yelverton, Norfolk, England

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Biography

'Anna Drury filia Anthonii Drury gen. et Brigitte uxoris' baptised at Narborough Norfolk on 14 September 1598 'Mr Umfery Rant and Mistress Anne Drury were married ye iii day of Auguste 1624' at Besthorpe, Norfolk

The Inscription/s in Yelverton Church to the Rant family includes :

• "Here under lieth interred the Bodies of Humphrey Rant, Esq. Barrister at Law, and also of Anne his Wife, he was the Eldest Son of William Rant of this Town, Dr. of Physick, and she the Eldest Daughter of Sir Anthony Drury of Besthorp in the County of Norfolk, Knt. who lived together in Marriage lovingly and comfortably, for about 35 Years, in which Time were born to them, 5 Sons, and 2 Daughters, viz. William, Humfrey, who died in the sixth Year of his Age, and was here buried, Bridget, Anne, Humfrey, Anthony, and Thomas, when afterwards, having finished their Days here upon Earth, they Both departed this Life, in the Year of our Lord 1661, He Aged 64, and She 63 Years, and were here laid to rest".

Sources

• baptism Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812;
• marriage Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812;
• https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol5/pp489-495
• Pedigree of Freston, pg 49-54 and Rant. Fragmenta Genealogica, Vol XIII. F. A Crisp, 1909
• Marriage: "Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812"
  Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 309/1
  Ancestry Record 61045 #904128611 (accessed 16 September 2023)
  Anne Drury marriage to Omfory Rant on 3 Aug 1624 in Besthorpe, Norfolk, England.