Thomas Drury (1551–1603)

Thomas Drury was a British 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 and the same age as William Shakespeare, but one of the single greatest influences upon his work, was dead. ^{Thomas Drury, English government informer and swindler (d. 1603)}

8 May 1551

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