An English surname, Drury, originally came over with the 1066 Norman conquest from France. Those Drury families were from Rouvray and the name evolved into Drury from the Old French term ‘druerie‘ which meant friendship and love. The spelling variations for Drury include Drewry, Drewrie, Drurie and Drewery. The English Drury settled at first in Suffolk and many families later moved to Ireland. Those that remained in England settled in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Kent, Essex, Lancashire counties and the city of London. In Scotland Drury families lived in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire, Midlothian and Angus counties. Within the United States the Drury families primarily lived in Massachusetts, New York, Kentucky, Illinois, California and Missouri. Famous: Allen Stuart Drury (novelist who won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction), Alfred Briscoe Drury (a renown sculptor from England), Tom Drury (writer, author), Chris Drury (professional ice hockey player), Newton B. Drury (director of the U. S. National Park Service), Shane Drury (professional rodeo bull rider), James C. Drury (television actor) and Adam Drury (professional footballer from England).