Sir Edward Croft, Kt.

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• http://www.thepeerage.com/p32488.htm#i324873
• 'Sir Edward Croft1
• 'M, #324873, d. 1547
• Last Edited=19 Dec 2008
• ' Sir Edward Croft was the son of Sir Richard Croft and Eleanor Cornwall.2 He married Joyce Skull, daughter of Sir Walter Skull.1 He died in 1547.1
• ' Sir Edward Croft held the office of High Sheriff of Herefordshire.1 He lived at Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England.1 He was invested as a Knight before 1513.1
• 'Children of Sir Edward Croft and Joyce Skull
  • 1.Richard Croft+2 d. 1 Jan 1562
  • 2.George Croft1 d. 1540
• 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.
• 2.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
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• '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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• 2B) ELEANOR CORNEWALL, born 1430/5, married 1st, Sir Hugh Mortimer, of Kyre Wyard and Martley, Worcestershire, and Tedstone Wafer, Herefordshire, heir of the Tedstone Wafer Mortimers. He was killed at Wakefield in December 1460, and was buried in the Church of St. Peter, Martley. By him she had a son and a daughter. She married 2nd, Sir Richard Croft (d. 29 July 1509), of Croft Castle, Herefordshire, sheriff of Herefordshire 1471-72, 1477, 1486, MP Herefordshire 1477, and had three more sons and five more daughters. The Crofts had occupied Croft Castle since before the Conquest. Eleanor was the governess of Edward IV's sons at Ludlow Castle. She died 23 Dec. 1519, at an advanced age, and was buried with her second husband in the chapel of Croft Castle (tomb now in St. Michael church, Croft). Issue:
  • 2B1) Sir JOHN MORTIMER, of Kyre Wyard, etc., born 1450/5, sheriff of Herefordshire 1477-8, 1481-2, steward of Abberley, Worcestershire during Warwick's minority 15 Aug. 1480, Squire of the Body 1481-5, knighted 1485, Knight of the Body 1485-1504, sheriff of Worcestershire 1485-6, banneret at Stoke 16 June 1487, sheriff of Herefordshire 1493-4, 1501-2, MP Worcestershire 1495. He married, after 1485, Margaret Nevill (c.1466-31 Jan. 1528), third daughter and co-heiress of John Nevill, Marquess of Montagu (d. 1471) by his wife Isabel Ingaldesthorpe. They had no issue, and Margaret went on to marry Charles Brandon, have it annulled the same year (1507), and then marry in 1522, one Robert Downes, in addition to having had an illegitimate daughter. Sir John Mortimer died without issue in October 1504 (writ of d.c.e. 1 Nov. 1504).
  • 2B2) ELIZABETH MORTIMER, LADY DE LA WARR, born 1455/60, married about 1480, Sir Thomas West, 8th Lord De La Warr (c.1457- 11 Oct. 1525), and died 29 June 1502, having had issue at least one son and four daughters.
  • '2B3) Sir EDWARD CROFT, of Croft Castle, born about 1465, sheriff of Herefordshire 1505, married Joyce Scull, said to be daughter of Sir Walter Scull, of Holt Castle, Worcestershire (d. about 1472; buried at Holt Castle church), by his first wife Margaret Beauchamp of Holt (d. 1456; buried at Holt Castle church), but this seems unlikely due to chronology, and she was probably his daughter by his second wife Frances Mulle (d. 1483). Sir Edward died 23 March 1541, having had four sons and seven daughters, and was ancestor of the Crofts of Croft Castle, descendants of whom still occupy the castle today.
  • 2B4) JOHN CROFT, of Holt, Worcestershire, born 1465/70, married Elizabeth Seymour, daughter of John Seymour of Wolf Hall, Wiltshire (d. 1491), by his wife Elizabeth Darrell, and was ancestor of the Crofts of Holt.
  • 2B5) ROBERT CROFT, of Kyre Wyard, Worcestershire, married and had a sole daughter and heiress.
  • 2B6) ANN CROFT, married Sir Thomas Blount (1455- 4 June 1524), of Kinlet, Shropshire, and died 27 Sep. 1549, having had at least five sons and six daughters.
  • 2B7) ELIZABETH CROFT, married John Whittingham, of Pauntley, Gloucestershire.
  • 2B8) JOYCE CROFT, married Thomas Mill, of Avenbury, Herefordshire.
  • 2B9) JANE CROFT, married Sir Edward Darrell (1465/6- 9 Mar. 1530), of Littlecote, Witshire, and died by 1492, having had issue, two sons and two daughters.
  • 2B10) SYBIL CROFT, married Sir George Herbert (c.1463/5- died after 1504), of St Julians, Monmouthshire, third son of William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. He was knighted in 1487 at the battle of Stoke. Dame Sybil had two sons and one daughter.
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• Reference:
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Croft-21
• Sir Edward "Sheriff of Herefordshire" Croft
• Born about 1465 in Croft Castle, Herefordshire, Englandmap
• Son of Richard Croft and Eleanor (Cornwall) Croft
• Brother of Elizabeth (Mortimer) West [half], John Crofts Esq., Joyce (Croft) Myll, Elizabeth (Croft) Whittington, Anne * (Croft) Blount and Jane (Croft) Darell
• Husband of Joyce (Scull) Croft — married about 1483 in Englandmap
• Father of Eleanor Elizabeth Croft,
• Richard Croft,
• Margaret Croft,
• Joyce (Croft) Owen
• Elizabeth (Croft) Vaughan
• Died 23 Mar 1547 in England

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Sir Walter Skulle married (2nd) before 1464 Frances Winchcombe, widow of William Mulle (or Mille), of Harescombe, Gloucestershire, and Allensmore and Avenbury, Herefordshire, and daughter and heiress of Edmond Winchcombe. They had one daughter, Joyce (wife of Edward Croft). He died in 1482. His widow, Frances, left a will proved in 1483 (P.C.C. 7 Logge).