Life History

27 Dec 1766	Born in Lincoln
26 Jan 1767	Christened in St Peter at Arches, Lincoln
1795	Married Sarah Rowland
1798	Married Miss Harrison of Ash
10 Mar 1800	Married Ann Swettenham in Wirksworth
1st Jan 1801	Son: John Drewry christened at All Saints, Derby
1st Feb 1803	Son: James Drewry christened at All Saints, Derby
3rd Aug 1803	Daughter: Ann Drewry christened at All Saints, Derby
27th May 1814	Daughter: Sarah Emma Drewry christened at All Saints, Derby

Notes

John Drewry took over the printing/newspaper business of his uncle John Drewry I in Derby, becoming known as John Drewry II - John Drewry (secundus).

"John Drewry (secundus) succeeded his uncle just mentioned. He produced:
Erasmus Darwin's 'Plea for the conduct of female education in boarding schools' (1797).
He also issued:
Smith's 'Spelling Book', which ran through many editions, and other school books.
Drewry also produced coarsely printed and rudely illustrated chap-books. Some of the illustrations of Drewry's books were by Bewick, who engraved the heading and other blocks of the Mercury."

John was both a printer and a bookseller. In 1800, he took on two apprentices, Thomas Bathew and Francis Yeomans:

From wirksworth.org

"John DREWRY Esq of Derby printer, alderman & several times Mayor of Derby 1806, 1814, & 1823.

The family of Drury came out of Lincolnshire & settled in Derby rather more than a century ago (from 1833) where they have ever since carried on the business of Booksellers & Printers. More than a century ago they began a County paper called the Derby Mercury. Mr Drury was Mayor of Derby several times and his eldest son Mr John Drury is an Alderman."

The same site says that

John Drewry (secundus) married 3 times
First to "daughter of Rowland of Derby tanner died in child bed" [see below]
Second to "daughter Harrison of Snelston farmer died a few weeks after marriage"
Third to "Ann daughter of James Swettenham of Winster Gent ... died 7 Feb 1864 aet 85"
Children of John and Ann Swettenham:
John Drewry of Duffield Esq eldest son died Duffield
married Maria elder daughter of Samuel Rowland of Derby esq died at Duffield 4 Feb 1864
James Drewry of Burton in Trent attorney at law
Ann married Henry Gisborne of Derby surgeon
Emma married Rev Belcher Incumbent of South Darley and secondly Charles Alsop of Burton brewer
Edward Drewry of Derby surgeon

Google Books provides the following in 'History of the County of Derby, ed. by T. Noble' by Stephen Glover:

[The 'Derbyshire parish registers. Marriages (Volume 10)' records the marriage of John Drewry of the parish All Saints, printer, and Sarah Rowland on 26 Feb. 1795]

Ann Swettenham (Baptised Oct 4, 1779) youngest daughter of James Swettenham & Anne Hemingway married John Drury Esq, Alderman & Printer of Derby at Wirksworth, 10 March, 1800. She died 7 Feb 1864, aged 85. (Wirksworth Parish Records 1600-1900)

From Google Books:

The Will of John Drewry (secundus)

John Drewry II left a Will dated 1840.
(Pages: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] )

In the Will he is described as John Drewry the elder, borough of Derby, gentleman.

Summary of the main points of the will:

Wife: Ann Drewry
Sons:
John Drewry
James Drewry
Edward Drewry
Daughters
Anne, wife of Henry Francis Gisborne
Sarah Emma Allsopp, wife of Charles James Allsopp
Nephew:
Charles Chester Mort of Stafford , gent.
['nephew' then had many meanings including e.g. cousin, son-in-law]
Late uncle:
John Drewry - his widow is Mrs Taylor of Duffield
Relative:
Mrs Williamson of Derby
Friend:
James Barker of Bakewell County of Derby, gent.

The Will was proved in 1840.

John Drewry (Son)

Marriage, 1833: John Drewry [signs junr.], p. All Saints, Derby, Printer, & Maria Rowland, lic. 21 Dec 1833

In the 1841 census at Pen Lane, Melbourne, Derby

John Drewry Esq.	40	Ind	b. Derbyshire
Maria Drewry	45		b. Derbyshire

Edward Drewry (son, 1810-1858)

In the 1841 census at 2, Trevor Square, Westminster, London

Edward Drewry	31	Surgeon
Elizabeth M Drewry	23		b. Middlesex
James Drewry	40	Solicitor
Eliza Drewry	31
Martha Booker	26	Servant
A Mary Miles	23	Servant

In the 1851 census at 21, St Marys Road, Islington, London

Edward Drewry	Head	40	Licentiate of Apothecary Company	b. Derby, Derbyshire
Elizabeth M Drewry	Wife	33		b. London, Middlesex
George Drewry	Son	12	Scholar	b. London, Middlesex
Ann M Drewry	Daughter	10	Scholar	b. London, Middlesex
Martha Martin	Servant	15	Housemaid	b. Wantage, Berkshire
William Beaure	Servant	20	Footman	b. Hertfordshire
Mary Cooper	Servant	21	Cook	b. Ticknell, Derbyshire
Martha Booker	Servant	37	Housemaid	b. Denkhworth, Berkshire

Announcement of the death of Edward Drewry, Fitzroy Sq., 1858.

James Drewry (son)

In the 1851 census at Newton Mount, Newton Solney, Derbyshire

James Drewry	Head	40	Attorney	b. Derby, Derbyshire
Eliza Drewry	Wife	40		b. Shelton on le Fields, Derbyshire
Harriet Drewry	Daughter	18		b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire
William John Drewry	Son	17	Attorney's Clerk	b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire
Frederick Jane Drewry	Son	8	Scholar	b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire
Mary Milward	Servant	55	Cook	b. Ashley Hay, Derbyshire
Ann Steeples	Servant	30	Housemaid	b. Ideridge May, Derbyshire
Thomas Sevinfield	Servant	25	General Servant	b. Manchester, Lancashire
John Toy	Servant	18	Ag. Lab	b. Norwich, Norfolk

In the 1861 census at Newton Mount, Newton Solney, Derbyshire

James Drewry	Head	59	Attorney at Law & Solicitor	b. Derby, Derbyshire
Eliza Drewry	Wife	50	Housewife	b. Stretton en le Fields, Derbyshire
Wm John Drewry	Son	27	Attorney at Law & Solicitor	b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire
Fredk. Jas Drewry	Son	18	Schoolboy	b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire
Mary Milward	Servant	65	Servant	b. Hay Wirteworth, Derbyshire
Emily Rice	Servant	23	Servant	b. Winshill, Derbyshire
Richard Hodgkinson	Servant	26	Servant	b. Ivindern, Derbyshire
Henry Shepherd	Servant	15	Servant	b. Newton Solney, Derbyshire

In the Liverpool Mercury, 17th March, 1863

James and Eliza must have taken on a new servant, Mary Tomlinson.

In the 1871 census at Drakelow House, Stapenhill, Derbyshire

James Drewry	Head	61	Attorney & Solicitor	b. All Saints, Derbyshire
Eliza Drewry	Wife	60		b. Stretton en le Field, Derbyshire
Harriet Fisher	Daughter	38	Widow	b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire
Wm Jno Drewry	Son	27	Attorney & Solicitor	b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire
Frederick James Drewry	Son	29	Solicitor Articled Clerk	b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire
Jane Elizth Holmes	Servant	32	Cook	b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire
Ann Burroughs	Servant	22	Housemaid	b. Willington, Derbyshire

Drewry & Newbold

(Based on information provided by Ronald Ellis, to whom thanks.)

The sign above the shop on the right, 45 High Street, Burton-on-Trent, claims that the firm was established in 1787. If so, it was set up in that year by an attorney William Osborne (appointed a Commissioner of Oaths in 1789). On the 1st March, 1826, Osborne took on a partner James Drewry who was a Commissioner for Oaths and Perpetual Commissioner for taking Acknowledgements of Married Women and Osborne & Drewry was established.

By the time James Drewry died (13th may 1876) the firm had become a father and son establishment: J. & W.J. Drewry.

William John Drewry was not only a Commissioner for Oaths and Perpetual Commissioner for taking Acknowledgements of Married Women but also a Feoffee (Burton Lands Trustee), a Justice of the Peace and Solicitor to the Burton-on-Trent Corporation, serving a stint as Under-Sheriff for the County.

William John Drewry died in 1902 and the firm was sold to Bertram Clark Newbold, son of a long-time employee, the firm's Managing Clerk, John Newbold. The firm now became Drewry & Newbold (No Drewrys were part of the firm, but the Drewry name must have been worth keeping.)

At the end of 2011 the firm has merged with the Smith Partnership and the sign above the shop changed.

Sarah Emma Drewry (Daughter)

From thepeerage.com

" Sarah Emma Drewry is the daughter of John Drewry.
She married Charles John Allsopp, son of Samuel Allsopp and Frances Fowler, on 29 December 1836.
She married Reverend William Belcher on 5 May 1852."