Ursula (Drury) Alington (abt. 1492 - abt. 1523)

Born about 1492 in Hawstead, Suffolk, England

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Died about 1523 at about age 31 in Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, England

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Ursula Drury was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Ann Calthorpe had married Sir Robert Drury (died 2nd March 1536, at Hawstead and buried in a monumental and magnificent tomb in St.Mary’s Church, Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk). Sir Robert was Lord of the Manors of Thurston and Hawstead, Suffolk, a barrister of Lincoln’s Inn, Privy Councillor and Speaker of the House of Commons. Sir Robert was present at the funeral of the young Prince Henry in 1511 and is noted as one of the knights who bore the canopy. He was buried in a monumental and magnificent tomb in St.Mary’s Church, Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk.

Between 1510 and 1513 he was engaged with various collegues in the attempt to pacify the Scottish border by peaceful methods. He was a witness to the marriage of Princess Mary on 9th October 1514 and was knighted in 1516. He was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520, and has a long list of other important appointments to his credit, too numerous to mention here. The site of his family’s London home is still called Drury Lane. Sir Robert Drury and Anne Calthorpe had two sons:

Sir Robert, of Hedgerley, Bucks, who married Elizabeth Brudenell with issue, one of whom was Sir William Drury, Marshall of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and later Lord Justice of Ireland; and Sir William (d.1589), Lord of Hawstead Manor, who married Elizabeth Stafford (d.1578) with issue, amongst whose descendants can be found the families of Wray, Irby of Boston, Clifford, Ayscoghe of Skelsey through to the Hanbury-Tracys and so to the present Lord Sudeley.

Sir Robert and Ann Drury also had four girls: Anne, who married (1) Sir George Waldegrave (d.1528) knight, of Smallbridge, and (2) Sir Thomas Jermyn (d.1552) knight, of Rushbrooke; Bridget, who married Sir John Jernegan (d.1556) knight, of Somerleyton; Elizabeth, who married Sir Philip Boteler; and finally, Ursula (d.1523).

Sir Giles & Ursula also had a son, Sir Robert Alington (b.1520 - d.22nd May 1552

Sources

• Source S22378

Title: Cambridge Visitation - Pedigree of Alington

• Source S45648

Title: Descendants of Malcolm III 'Cranmore'

Author: www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/canmore.html

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