Richard CROFT, Kb, Mp, Sheriff Of Hereford, Sir

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Sir Richard Croft, KB (1487, following Battle of Stoke), of Croft Castle; High Sheriff and MP Herefs; fought with Yorkists at Mortimer's Cross 1461, the battle being fought on his own estate; captured Prince Edward, son of Henry VI, at the Battle of Tewkesbury 1471 but was not responsible for the Prince's murder; Treasurer of Household to Henry VII; married Eleanor, widow of Sir Hugh Mortimer, of Kyre Wyard, Worcs, and daughter of Sir Edmund Cornwall, of Burford, Salop, and died 29 July 1509. [Burke's Peerage]

Richard married Eleanor CORNWALL after 1460 in 2ND Husband. Eleanor (daughter of Edmund CORNWALL, Master Of Burford and Elizabeth De LA BARRE) was born about 1431 in Burford, Shropshire, England; died in 1520 in Croft Castle, Leominster, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth CROFT was born in 1462 in Castle Croft, Leominster, Herefordshire, England; and died.