William de Croft

See Peter Bartrum, https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/6380/CROFT_3... (January 23, 2017; Anne Brannen, curator)

On 9 April 1419 he was pardoned for the death of Thomas Lyngeyn at Leominster. He held the office of Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1425. In 1428 he summoned to serve in the wars in France

• 'A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of ..., Volume 3 By John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke
• http://books.google.com/books?id=9NDTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA83&lpg=PA83&dq=H...
• Pg. 83
• SIR JOHN DE CROFT,* Knt. of Croft Castle, co. Hereford, Capt. of Merk Castle, near Calais who was frequently employed in negotiations in Flanders, between 1402 and 1404. He m. Janet, dau. and presumed co-heir of Owen ap Griffith Vychan, Lord of Wlyndowrdwy, in Merionethshire, the renowned OWEN GLENDOWER, representative of the Princess of Powys, (see HUGHES OF GWERCLAS,) and was father of 'WILLIAM DE CROFT, whose son was
  • * SIR RICHARD CROFT, Knt. of Croft Castle, high-sheriff of the co. of Hereford, the captor of Prince Edward, son of Henry VI., at the battle of Tewkesbury, in 1471. This gallant soldier was appointed treasurer of the household to HENRY VII., and had the high honour of knight-banneret conferred upon him at the battle of Stoke, in 1487. He m. Eleanor, dau. of Sir Edward Cornwall, of Burford, and widow of Sir Hugh Morimer, Knt., and d. 29 July 1 HENRY VIII., 1609, leaving (with other issue) and elder son and heir,
    • * SIR EDWARD CROFT, knt. of Croft Castle, sheriff of Hereford, 20 HENRY VII., and 3, 9, 21, and 25 HENRY VIII., and appointed one of the learned counsel to the Princess Mary, (afterwards Queen.) 17 HENRY VIII. He m. Joyce, dau. and sole heir of Sir Walter Skull, of the Holt, co. Worcester, and was father (with other children) of
      • * RICHARD CROFT, Esq., who m. Katherine, dau. of Sir Richard Herbert, Knt. of Montgomery, and was father of
        • * SIR JAMES CROFT, Knt., M.P. for the co. of Herford, lord-deputy of Ireland in 1552, and subsequently privy-councillor and comptroller of the household to Queen ELIZABETH. He m. Alice, dau. of Richard Warncombe, and relict of William Wygmore, and d. 4 Sept., 32 ELIZ., 1590, and was s. by his eldest son,
          • * EDWARD CROFT, Esq. of Croft, M. P. for Leominster in 1571 and 1586, who m. Anne, dau. and heir of Thomas Browne, of Aldborough, co. Norfolk, and d. 29 July, 1601, when he was s. by his elder son.
            • * SIR HERBERT CROFT, Knt., M.P. for the co. of Hereford, temp. ELIZABETH and JAMES I.

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• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2573.htm#...
• 'William Croft
• 'M, b. circa 1393, d. after 1433
• Father Sir John Croft1 b. c 1368
• Mother Janet ferch Owain Glendower1 b. c 1376
• ' William Croft was born circa 1393 at of Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England. He married Margaret Walwyn, daughter of Thomas Walwyn and Isabella Hathaway, circa 1420. William Croft died after 1433.
• 'Family Margaret Walwyn b. c 1395
• Children
  • ◦Agnes Croft+1 b. c 1419
  • ◦Sir Richard Croft, Treasurer to Henry VII+ b. c 1427, d. 29 Jul 1509
• Citations
• 1.[S11588] Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 53.

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• http://www.thepeerage.com/p32487.htm#i324869
• 'William de Croft1
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• ' William de Croft is the son of Sir John de Croft and Janet Glendower.1 He married Margaret Walwyn, daughter of Thomas Walwyn.1
• ' On 9 April 1419 he was pardoned for the death of Thomas Lyngeyn at Leominster.1 He held the office of Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1425.1 In 1428 he summoned to serve in the wars in France.1
• 'Child of William de Croft and Margaret Walwyn
  • 1.Sir Richard Croft+1 d. 29 Jul 1509
• Citations
• 1.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 966. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

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• 'The Retrospective review, and historical and antiquarian magazine, Volume 1 By Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas
• http://books.google.com/books?id=c34qAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA471&lpg=PA471&dq...
• Pg.469-500 - 472
• 2 Walyn's MSS. Penes Rev. J. Duncombe. 'by Margaret, daughter of __ Malwyn, he had issue', Sir Richard Croft, first son, mentioned above; Richard second son, who by the description of Richard Croft the younger, received a grant of lands, togerther with Thomas Croft, Esquare, 1461, (Rot. Parl. vol. v.p. 586), and was apparently spoken of in the letter noticed in the text from Ed. IV., when Earl of March, and his brother, the Earl of Rutland, circa 1456, and died 18th Henry VII. 1502, (Cotton. MSS. Claudius, C. viii). His will is dated 12th August, 1501, and was proved 16 March, 1501-2, in which he described himself "of Chipping NOrton" (Record in Doctors' Commons, marked Blaymyer, 14); he married Ann, daughter of __ Fox, by whom he had issue Hugh, son and heir; Elizabeth wife of Sir John Fienes, Knight; Lionel; and Ann, who married Sir John Rodney of Stoke Rodney, co. Somerset (Will before quoted). 'William Croft had also a daughter, who married John Dombleton, alias Downton, Esquire (Harleian MSS. 1566, fol. 116); and it is probable that he had a third son, Thomas', who received a grant of lands with Richard Croft, the younger, in 1461 and 1473 (Cal. Rot. and Patent Rot. Parl. vol. v. p. 589, and vol. vi. p. 84b): this Thomas Croft was Ranger of Whichwode Forest in Oxfordshire, Bailiff of Fawnhope in Herfordshire, and Parker of Pembragge, also in Hers (Rot. Parl. vol. vi. p. 342). He committed "a detestable murder in the Marches of Wales," and thereby forfeited all his offices, and took sanctuary at Baudeley, 7th Hen, VII., 1491 (Rot. Parl. vol. vi. p. 441), and levied a fine of a third part of the manor of Shotwell in Warwickshire with Elizabeth his wife, 12th Ed. IV. 1472, by which it appears, that she was coheir to the lands formerly belonging to Sir John Beauchamp (Dugdale's Warwick, Ed. 1765, p. 385).

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THIS SOURCE IS MISSING TWO GENERATIONS OF JOHN'S BETWEEN HUGH CROFT AND WILLIAM CROFT. ELYNOR IS LISTED AS DAU. OF JOHN BARE BUT IS MARRIED ALSO TO HUGH MORTIMER. THERE MAY BE OTHER ERRORS.

• 'Full text of "The visitation of Herefordshire made by Robert Cooke, Clarencieux, in 1569"
• http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationofhere00cookrich/visitation...
• 'The visitation of Herefordshire made by Robert Cooke, Clarencieux, in 1569 (1886)
• http://www.archive.org/details/visitationofhere00cookrich
• http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationofhere00cookrich#page/21/mo...
• Croft Pedigree Chart
• 1. Sir Hughe Croft, Knight.
  • ' a. William Croft, maryed (living 1433.) = Margarett, doughter to Walien (Waleyn, Ash. 831) (Walwyn.)
    • i. Sir Richard Crofte, sonne of William (d. 1509.) = Elynor, doughter to Sir John Bare. = Sir Hughe Mertymer, Knight, (Mortimer, Ash. 831.)
    • ii. Richard Croft, maryed Agnes doughter to Fox (he d. 1501).
    • iii. Agnes, maried to Domallon (Philip Domulton of Brockhampton, bur. at Bromyard.)

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Served in the French wars, 1427-28, and was alive as late as 1434.

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