William Drury (died 1558)

Sir William Drury
Born	c. 1500
Died	11 January 1558 (aged 57–58) Hawstead, Suffolk
Spouse(s)	Jane St Maur Elizabeth Sothill
Children	Robert Drury William Drury Henry Drury Roger Drury Anne Drury Mary Drury Elizabeth Drury Frances Drury Bridget Drury Winifred Drury Ursula Drury Audrey Drury Dorothy Drury Margaret Drury Katherine Drury Dorothy Drury (again) Elizabeth Drury (again)
Parent(s)	Sir Robert Drury, Anne Calthorpe

Sir William Drury (c. 1500 – 11 January 1558) was the son and heir of Sir Robert Drury (before 1456 – 2 March 1535), Speaker of the House of Commons. He was a Member of Parliament and a Privy Councillor. His name appears in the Ellesmere manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

William Drury, born about 1500, was the elder son of Sir Robert Drury (before 1456 – 2 March 1535), Speaker of the House of Commons, and Anne Calthorpe, daughter of Sir William Calthorpe of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. He had a younger brother, and four sisters:

Drury was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn on 12 February 1517, and entered the service of King Henry VIII before his father's death. In 1521 he accompanied Cardinal Wolsey to Calais. He was knighted in 1533 at the coronation of Anne Boleyn. In 1536 he was High Sheriff of Suffolk and Norfolk, and in the same year equipped 100 men to accompany the King's forces under Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, at the time of the Pilgrimage of Grace. In 1539 he was a commissioner for the defence of the coast of Suffolk. In the following year he was appointed a Groom of the Privy Chamber when Anne of Cleves arrived in England as Henry VIII's fourth bride. In 1544 he was again appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk and Norfolk.