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Hawstead
Hawstead is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is located south of Bury St. Edmunds between the B1066 and A134 roads, in a fork formed by the River Lark and a small tributary. The place-name 'Hawstead' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Haldsteada''. The name is thought to mean 'a place of shelter for cattle'. Hawstead Place, previously the seat of the Drury family, is now a farmhouse. Sir William Drury was sheriff and knight of the shire for Suffolk. Lt Col Edward Robert Drury, son of Rev Sir William Drury, was the first General Manager and President of the Queensland Bank of Australia now the National Australia Bank; he named his Queensland home 'Hawstead' in 1875. Lady Drury's Closet (also known as the Hawstead Panels), now in Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich, is a series of painted wooden panels of early 17th-century date. They originally decorated a painted closet adjac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawstead
Hawstead is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is located south of Bury St. Edmunds between the B1066 and A134 roads, in a fork formed by the River Lark and a small tributary. The place-name 'Hawstead' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Haldsteada''. The name is thought to mean 'a place of shelter for cattle'. Hawstead Place, previously the seat of the Drury family, is now a farmhouse. Sir William Drury was sheriff and knight of the shire for Suffolk. Lt Col Edward Robert Drury, son of Rev Sir William Drury, was the first General Manager and President of the Queensland Bank of Australia now the National Australia Bank; he named his Queensland home 'Hawstead' in 1875. Lady Drury's Closet (also known as the Hawstead Panels), now in Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich, is a series of painted wooden panels of early 17th-century date. They originally decorated a painted closet adjac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Drury (MP For Suffolk)
Sir William Drury (8 March 1550 – 1589) was an English landowner and member of parliament. He was the father of Sir Robert Drury, patron of the poet John Donne. Family William Drury, born 8 March 1550, was the eldest son of Robert Drury (d. 7 December 1557), esquire, and Audrey Rich, the daughter of Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England. He had three brothers and eight sisters: *Henry Drury, who died without issue. *Thomas Drury (born 8 May 1551).. *Robert Drury, who died an infant. *Anne Drury, who married John Thornton of Soham, Cambridgeshire. *Mary Drury (born 14 February 1546), who married Robert Russell of West Rudham, Norfolk. *Elizabeth Drury (born 8 February 1547), who married firstly, Thomas Grey of Merton, Norfolk, and secondly, Nicholas Mynne of Walsingham, Norfolk. *Susan Drury (born 4 April 1549), who married Robert Baspole. *Winifred Drury (born 27 August 1552), who married Edmund Markhant or Marchant or Markham of Colchester, Essex. *Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Drury's Closet
Lady Drury's Closet (also known as the Hawstead Panels) is a series of painted wooden panels of early 17th-century date, currently installed in the room over the porch of Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ..., Suffolk, England.Christchurch Mansion (Colchester & Ipswich Museums), Museum Booklet. They originally decorated a painted closet, about square, adjacent to a bedroom in Hawstead Place, near Bury St Edmunds.Partner, Jane, "Vision, appearance and skin colour in the painted emblems from Hawstead Hall," Word & image, 25/2 (2009): 178-191. It is believed they were made for Anne Drury, Lady Drury, wife of Sir Robert Drury of Hawstead and Hardwick, Suffolk, Hardwick, who died in 1624. They were removed to Hardwick House, Suffolk, Hard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
