page_title: Drewe family of Broadhembury
section_title: Francis Drewe (1712–1773)
hierarchical_section_title: Drewe family of Broadhembury / Francis Drewe (1712–1773)
caption_attribution_description: English: Mural monument in Broadhembury Church, Devon, of Francis Drewe (1712–1773) of The Grange in the parish of Broadhembury, Sheriff of Devon in 1738. He married twice: Firstly in 1737 to Mary Rose (died pre-1753), only child and sole heiress of Thomas Rose of Wooton FitzPaine in Dorset (whose mural monument survives in Broadhembury Church), by whom he had 7 sons, four of whom inherited Grange successively. Secondly in 1753 to Mary Johnson, daughter of Thomas Johnson of London. The arms above show a triple impalement: centre: (Ermine, a lion passant gules) Drew; dexter: (Sable, on a pale or three roses gules slipt and leaved proper) Rose; (Roberts, George, History and Antiquities of the Borough of Lyme Regis and Charmouth, p.299[1]) sinister: (Argent, a chevron between three lion's heads erased gules crowned or) Johnson. Inscribed as follows: "This monument is erected to the memory of Francis Drewe Esqr of Grange in this parish who died Feby 10th 1773 aged 61 years. (he was eldest son of Francis Drewe Esqr also of Grange, who represented the City of Exeter in four successive parliaments and was lineally descended from Edward Drewe Esqr serjeant at law to Queen Elizabeth and Recorder of the City of London in that reign). Tho' he moved in a less conspicuous sphere of life than his ancestors, he contented himself with living to establish the character of a diligent and upright magistrate, a valuable neighbour, a faithful friend and one of the best parents. Having been twice married he had by his first wife seven sons (six of whom survived him) and by his second wife two sons and three daughters (who all survived him)..." There follows much biographical detail regarding his progeny.
context_page_description: The Drewe family of Broadhembury were for many generations owners and inhabitants of The Grange, Broadhembury, Devon, in the west of England, from the 16th to 19th centuries.
context_section_description: Francis Drewe (1712–1773) (eldest son), Sheriff of Devon in 1738.  He married twice:
  Firstly in 1737 to Mary Rose (died pre-1753), only child and sole heiress of Thomas Rose (d.1747) of Wootton House, Wootton Fitzpaine in Dorset (whose mural monument survives in Broadhembury Church), Sheriff of Dorset during the reign of King George I, by whom he had 7 sons, six of whom survived him, four of whom inherited Grange successively, but none of whom left surviving male progeny. His eldest son and heir was Francis Rose Drew (1738–1801) of Grange, who died unmarried. In 1826 a large portrait was hanging on the wall of the staircase of Grange showing Francis Drewe, his wife Mary Rose and their seven sons.
  Secondly in 1753 he married Mary Johnson, daughter of Thomas Johnson of London. Mary Johnson's portrait dated 1754 survives showing her dressed as a shepherdess, in a gold dress, with flowers in her hair, holding a crook in her left hand. By his second wife he had two further sons, the eldest of whom was Rev. Edward Drewe (1756–1810), Rector of Willand, whose son Edward Simcoe Drewe (1805–1879) of Grange, Sheriff of Devon in 1845, succeeded his youngest half-uncle John Rose Drewe (1747–1830) in the Drewe estates including Grange and Leyhill, Peyhembury. The second son was Samuel Drewe (1759–1837) of Kensington in Middlesex, Governor of the Bank of England from 1828 to 1830. By Mary Johnson Francis Drewe left three daughters, who all survived him, one of whom was Mary Drewe (died 1830) who in 1782 married John Fownes Luttrell (1752–1816), feudal baron of Dunster of Dunster Castle in Somerset, MP for Minehead (1776–1816). A portrait of her grandfather Francis Drewe (d.1734) of Grange survives at Dunster Castle.
  His mural monument survives in Broadhembury Church, erected after 1801 as requested in the will of his eldest son and heir Francis Rose Drew (1738–1801), and displays a triple impalement: centre: (Ermine, a lion passant gules) Drew; dexter: (Sable, on a pale or three roses slipt leaved proper) Rose; sinister: (Argent, a chevron between three lion's  heads erased gules crowned or) Johnson. It is inscribed as follows (before much biographical details of some of his progeny):
  "This monument is erected to the memory of Francis Drewe Esqʳ of Grange in this parish who died Febʸ 10ᵗʰ 1773 aged 61 years. (he was eldest son of Francis Drewe Esqʳ also of Grange, who represented the City of Exeter in four successive parliaments and was lineally descended from Edward Drewe Esqʳ serjeant at law to Queen Elizabeth and Recorder of the City of London in that reign). Tho' he moved in a less conspicuous sphere of life than his ancestors, he contented himself with living to establish the character of a diligent and upright magistrate, a valuable neighbour, a faithful friend and one of the best parents. Having been twice married he had by his first wife seven sons (six of whom survived him) and by his second wife two sons and three daughters (who all survived him)..."
caption: Mural monument of Francis Drewe (d.1773), Broadhembury Church
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