Bridget (Drury) Yelverton (1534 - bef. 1599)

Born 11 Sep 1534 in Hawstead, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Yelverton — married 1557 in England

Descendants

Died before 1 Oct 1599 before age 65 in Norfolk, England

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Biography

Bridget was the daughter of William Drury of Hawstead, Suffolk^[1] and Elizabeth Sothill.^[2] She was born on 11 September 1534, possibly at Hawstead, Suffolk where her father had his main residence.^[3][4]

Bridget married Henry Yelverton^[2] of Rougham, Norfolk.^[1][3][4] They probably married in either Norfolk or Suffolk, given where the two families lived. A settlement for their marriage was dated 1 January 1557.^[5] They had the following children:

• William,^[1] born about 1558, who became the first Yelverton baronet of Rougham, Norfolk^[3][4][6] and who is named in his father's will^[7]
• Henry^[1][3][4]
• Roger^[1][3][4]
• Thomas,^[3][4] named in his father's will^[7] and baptised at Sculthorpe, Norfolk on 10 January 1567/8^[8]
• Anne,^[1] who married William Barsham^[3][4] of Colkirk, Norfolk^[9] in 1579^[10]
• Martha, baptised at Sculthorpe, Norfolk on 20 October 1575,^[11] who married William Staunton^[3][4] on 1 December 1595^[12] at Rougham, Norfolk:^[13] she is named as "daughter Staunton" in her father's will;^[7] marriage transcripts spell his last name Stanton
• probably another daughter: Bridget's husband's 1599 will refers to a "daughter Sybley"^[7]

Bridget's death date and place are not known, but she is likely to have died in Norfolk where she and her husband lived. She is not named in the will, dated 1 October 1599, of her husband, so she had probably died by then.^[7]

Research Notes

Birth Date

Bulwer's edition of the 1563 Norfolk Visitation gives her birth date as 11 September 1554, not 1534:^[14] this appears to be a misprint.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Walter Rye (ed.). The Visitation of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, Anno 1563 Enlarged with another Visitation made by Clarenceux Cooke, with many other descents; and also the Visitation made by John Raven, Richmond, Anno 1613, Harleian Society, 1891, p. 329, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Walter C Metcalfe (ed.). The Visitations of Suffolk, 1561, 1577 and 1612, William Pollard, 1882, p. 91, Internet Archive
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, p. 399, YELVERTON 13
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. V, p. 444, YELVERTON 17
5. ↑ Norfolk Record Office, ref. NRS 7097, Marriage Settlement between Henry Yelverton, son and heir of (2), and Bridget Drury, daughter of (1). (1) Sir William Drury. (2) William Yelverton, esq., 1 January 1557, Norfolk Record Office catalogue entry
6. ↑ G E Cokayne. Complete Baronetage, Vol. I, William Pollard, 1900, p. 146, Internet Archive
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} "The National Archives, ref. PROB 11/98/66, Will of Henry Yelverton of Rougham, Norfolk, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
8. ↑ Norfolk: Sculthorpe: St Mary and All Saints: Parish Register, FreeREG, (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818b9f9e93790eca3b704c0 : viewed 29 Sep 2023) baptism Thomas Yelverton 10 Jan 1567/8
9. ↑ Walter Rye (ed.). The Visitation of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, Anno 1563 Enlarged with another Visitation made by Clarenceux Cooke, with many other descents; and also the Visitation made by John Raven, Richmond, Anno 1613, p. 19, Internet Archive
10. ↑ Phillimore Marriage Registers, 1531-1913: Norfolk Marriage Registers, Vol 6, FindMyPast
11. ↑ Norfolk: Sculthorpe: St Mary and All Saints: Parish Register, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818b9f9e93790eca3b7056a : viewed 29 Sep 2023) baptism Martha Yelverton 20 Oct 1575
12. ↑ "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJMX-B43 : 6 November 2020), Martha Yelverton in entry for William Stanton, 1595
13. ↑ Norfolk: Rougham: St Mary: Parish Register, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58183d48e93790eb7f6d8b1a : viewed 29 Sep 2023) marriage Wm Stanton to Martha Yelverton 01 Dec 1595
14. ↑ Brigadier-Geberal Bulwer (ed.). The Visitation of Norfolk in the year 1563, Vol. II, Agas H Goose, 1895, p. 219, Internet Archive

• Gage, John. The History and Antiquities of Suffolk: Thingoe Hundred, 1838, p. 429, Google Books (Drury family tree)

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 29 September 2023.

Bridget (Drury) Yelverton is in a trail badged by the Magna Carta Project in September 2015 from Gateway Ancestor Robert Peyton to Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod, Roger le Bigod and John FitzRobert. Later, this profile was identified in badged trails to Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare, John de Lacy, and Saher de Quincy. These trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".