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Thomas Drury
1551–1603
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Fleet PrisonDates unknown
- MarshalseaDates unknown
Biography
Thomas Drury (8 May 1551 â 26 August 1603) was an English government informer, messenger and swindler, who is noted for having been one of the main people responsible for accusations of heresy, blasphemy, and seditious atheism on the part of the Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe given to the Privy Council in May 1593. Within a couple of weeks, Marlowe, just 29, was dead.
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