Drue of Montecuto

Drue's father was Richard of Manteacuro and his mother was <Unknown>. His paternal grandparents were William of Montacute and <Unknown>. He was an only child.

General Notes
- Drue de Montecuto, who, upon the assessment of the aid for the marrying the king's daughter, 12th of Henry II, 1167, certified his knight's fees to be nine in number, a half and a third part of the old foefment, and one of the new. He married Aliva, daughter of Alan Bassett, Baron of Wiccomb, in County Buckingham. After his death she married Richard Talbot, ancestor of the Earl of Shrewsbury. The eldest son of Drue and Aliva was named Drue, and died in the lifetime of his father, their only daughter became a nun at Shaftsbury.
  (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, apge 488)