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Category:Drury arms

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  • Arms of Drury of Rougham, Suffolk (senior branch): Argent, on a chief vert two mullets pierced or
    Arms of Drury of Rougham, Suffolk (senior branch): Argent, on a chief vert two mullets pierced or
  • Arms of Drury of Hawstead, Suffolk (junior branch): Argent, on a chief vert a cross tau between two mullets pierced or
    Arms of Drury of Hawstead, Suffolk (junior branch): Argent, on a chief vert a cross tau between two mullets pierced or

The Tau Cross (a symbol of Saint Anthony) was added to the Drury arms by a junior branch, albeit a prominent and numerous branch, of the family, namely by Nicholas Drury II (d.1456) of Saxham, who married Joan Heath. He was the second son of Sir Nicholas Drury I of Thurston, and the younger brother of Sir Roger Drury (d.1420) of Thurston and Rougham, MP for Suffolk, whose brass is in Rougham Church. The descendants of Nicholas Drury II (d.1456) of Saxham, who thus bore the Tau Cross, were seated at Hawstead, Hedgerley, Riddlesworth, Besthorpe, Ickworth, Linsted, etc, and included the Drury Baronets (cr.1627). Thus the senior branch, seated at Thurston, the family's original English seat, and at Rougham, did not adopt the Tau Cross. (Sources: Francis Blomefield, History of the County of Norfolk, re Ridlesworth[1]; Duchess of Cleveland, Battle Abbey Roll[2])

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