John Drury (Canon of Windsor)

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John Drury (Drewery, alias Salisbury) (d. 1446) was a Canon of Windsor from 1442–1446.[1]

Career[edit]

He was appointed:

  • Vicar of Northall, Middlesex 1386
  • Rector of Stanford Rivers and Dengy, Essex
  • Rector of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
  • Rector of Kilmersdon
  • Precentor of St Paul's Cathedral 1397 - 1442
  • Prebendary of Neasden in St Paul's 1400 - 1442
  • Prebendary of Exeter

He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1442, and held the stall until 1446.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle