[2] Queen Elizabeth I visited Henry Drury at Lawshall Hall during her "Royal Progress" tour in August 1578.

[4] Henry Drury entertained and fed her entourage at lunch, after which the queen asked that he pledge his loyalty to the throne, denounce his faith, and acknowledge the crown as the spiritual head of the church.

Henry Drury would have certainly pledged his life to defend the queen, but would not renounce his church, and was arrested on the spot.

The house may have been part of an old monastery and has massive brick walls approximately six feet thick in places.

Part of the original wall is apparent at the north-west end of the front wing, with two small, stone-framed windows and a Tudor arched doorway.

The house has been greatly altered and was refronted on the south-west elevation in the nineteenth century with three-window range of double-hung sashes.