Confusion on William Drury

Question

On 22 Aug 2021 Shirlea Smith wrote on Drury-1259:

did he marry his daughter-in-law?  Or, did his son marry the stepmother? There is a pending/unmerged match with his son???  Something seems off here. No PM. Could an expert please check?

Answer 1

I've had a brief look at these two profiles and there is something amiss. I need to study the visitations  and wills a bit more I have flagged it up with the leader of the England Project as we are dealing with the Hobarts at the moment and they are connected through marriage.

This pedigree might explain it page 219

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4945930&view=1up&seq=231&skin=2021&q1=drury

Regards,

Ann

Answer 2

Working purely on the evidence at present in the profiles:

1. He does not marry his daughter in law, but it may be uncertain which William Drury she marries.
2. The elder William Drury apparently lives to 98 and dies after his son. Neither of these events is impossible, but each would usually caise comment at the time:  Is there such comment?
3. Is there a death date for the first wives of the Drurys or the first husband of Mary?

Comments

David, you mention 98. Is that based on one of those well-known birth year guesses? If we delete that birth year guess, would there still be a problem?

Answer 3

Does he have the right father? We are citing Campling who says this is the father...

https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/drury-sir-robert-i-1456-1535

If that is the right William then he is this one...

https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/drury-sir-william-1499-1558

But I suppose we should be careful to make sure we are not combining several different Williams.

Comments

Indeed, looking at Muskett we are mixing William with his uncle of the same name. You have to look at both these pages...

https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ZxANnBnHKBQC/page/n361/mode/1up?view=theater

https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ZxANnBnHKBQC/page/n362/mode/1up?view=theater

The nephew who was in parliament and died 1557 or 1558 is our Drury-43

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According to Muskett, the Blannerhessett wife belongs to uncle William's son who is also a William. Uncle William's wife is only the  Bridges/Briggs

Uncle William = Drury-1259

Answer 4

Thanks for the G2G post and clarifying the relationship. Since there was no Profile Manager and he's a part of my ancestry as a great uncle, I can go ahead and try to improve his profile as best as possible after I am finished with my direct Drury line from his brother Sir Robert Drury MP.