William Drury (died 1558)

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Sir William Drury was the son and heir of Sir Robert Drury, 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.

Geoffrey Chaucer from the Ellesmere manuscript

All Saints Church, Hawstead, where Sir William Drury is buried

Robert Drury (speaker)

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Sir Robert Drury (1456–1536) was an English knight, Lord of the Manor of Hawstead, Suffolk, and Knight of the Body to Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII. As a politician he was Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Privy Councillor. He was also a barrister-at-law. His London townhouse was on the site of today's Drury Lane.

Chest tomb with effigy of Sir Robert Drury; St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds

St. Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, burial place of Sir Robert Drury and his first wife

Detail showing Geoffrey Chaucer, in the Ellesmere manuscript of The Canterbury Tales, formerly in the library of Sir Robert Drury