Drie used to be a separate hofmark. These 3 buurschappen had user rights in the maalschap Speulderbos. With the markewet of 1884 the maalschap was transformed into a nameless partnership with 64 members, containing 953 ha. Situated in the ambt Ermelo, all wastes belonged to the Landschaps-, or Rekenkamervelden, in which all buurschappen had user rights of a separate part with the exclusion of others.