Richard CROFT, Kb, Mp, Sheriff Of Hereford, Sir^[1]

Abt 1431 - 1509  (~ 78 years)

• Name	Richard CROFT  [2]
  Suffix	Kb, Mp, Sheriff Of Hereford, Sir
  Birth	Abt 1431	Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	2F2F75F7F9C544AE8ABC5C577322844FDB63
  Death	29 Jul 1509	Croft Castle, Leominster, Herefordshire, England   [2]
  Person ID	I13015	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Family	Eleanor CORNWALL,   b. Abt 1431, Burford, Shropshire, England d. 1520, Croft Castle, Leominster, Herefordshire, England (Age ~ 89 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1460	2ND Husband   [2]
  Children	1. Elizabeth CROFT,   b. 1462, Castle Croft, Leominster, Herefordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F6582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  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]

  
  

• Sources

  [S579] Jim Weber. [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 714, 26 May 2003. (Reliability: 3).