Richard de Croft I

• Preferred Name: Richard de Croft I^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Alternate Name: Thomas ap Morgan
  
• Alternate Name: Richard Croft
  
• Alternate Name: Richard the Elder
  
• Gender: M
  
• MilitaryService: Sir Richard fought at the Battle of Tewkesbury, where he captured Edward, Prince of Wales, who was subsequently executed.4 MAY 1471
  
• Birth: 1427 in Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England at LATI: N2.1344 LONG: E2.7492
  
• Occupation: Treasurer for Henry VII
  
• Burial: AFT 29 JUL 1509 in St. Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Croft, Herefordshire, England at LATI: N2.2848 LONG: E2.8052
  
• Occupation: Treasurer for Richard III and Henry VII
  
• Occupation: Sheriff of Herefordshire
  
• Christening: AFT 1427 in Wales at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664
  
• MilitaryService: Knight Banneret16 JUN 1487
  
• Occupation: Member of Parliament for Herefordshire
  
• Occupation: Governor of Ludlow
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Royal official for Kings Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III, and Henry VII
  
• Occupation: Steward of the Household for Prince Arthur
  
• Occupation: Governor of Wigmore
  
• Occupation: Privy Counsellor to Henry VII
  
• FSID: LHH4-CH5
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight of the Shire for Herefordshire
  
• NFS ID: with note: Description: LH7F-NCW NFS
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Royal official for King Henry VII
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Royal official for King Richard III
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Royal official for King Edward IV
  
• Ref #: with note: Description: MWh 4 Ref
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight
  
• Death: 29 JUL 1509 in Leominster, Herefordshire, England at LATI: N2.2261 LONG: E2.7436
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Royal official for King Edward V
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  SIR RICHARD CROFT was born about 1427 of Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England, to Sir William Croft (1393-1433) and Lady Margaret Walwyn (1400-1439.) He married Eleanor Cornwall about 1455 of Croft Castle, Yarpole, Herefordshire, England.
  
  Sir Richard Croft fought at the Battle of Tewkesbury, where he captured Edward, Prince of Wales, who was subsequently executed. He was the Knight Bannerer 16 June 1487. He was the Sheriff of Herefordshire; Knight of the shire for Herefordshire. He was steward of the Household for Prince Arthur. Treasurer for Richard II and Henry VII. Privy Counsellor to Henry VII. Governor of Ludlow and Wigmore. Member of Parliament for Herefordshipre. He was the royal official for Kings Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III, and Henry VII.
  
  Richard Croft died 29 July 1509, Leominster, Herefordshire, England, age 82. He was buried at St. Michael and All Angels Churchyard:
  
  FamilySearch:
  
  SIR RICHARD CROFT was born about 1430 of Croft Castle, Yarpole, Herefordshire, England to William Croft, (1393-1433) and Margaret Walwyn (1395-1439.) He married Ellinor Cornwall.
  
  Sir Richard Croft was a Yorkist partisan during the War of the Roses and was governor at Ludlow and Wigmore of the household of Edward IV’s sons, Edward and Richard of York. A fierce and warlike marchman, his rough handling prompted the young princes to complain to their father “of the odious rule and governance of Richard Croft.” He managed to navigate the murky time during the Tudor Coup d’etat which culminated at Bosworth Field [1485], and was made Treasurer of the Royal Household and Privy Counsellor to Henry VII.
  
  Sir Richard Croft died 29 July 1509, age 79, at Croft Castle, Yarpole, Herefordshire, England.
  • Croft Castle Info
  
  Croft Castle
  Croft Castle is located near the village of Yarpole in Herefordshire,
  Posted 21 Dec 2012 by jenks0
  from http://www.castlewales.com/croft.html:
  Croft Castl is now a lavish country mansion, but it started life as a Norman stronghold on the border of Wales.
  The original castle at this site was an earthern ringwork and has been shown by recent excavation to have been similar to Stokesay Castle. A circular ditch surrounded a curving earthern bank which was topped by a palisade of stout timbers. There were timber buildings within the enclosed area and the ramparts may have been strengthened by the addition of wooden watchtowers.
  A larger stone castle was built to replace the earth and timber castle around 1400 AD. The new castle was of quadrangular plan and had high but relatively narrow round towers at each corner. It may also have had projecting square turrets at the mid points of each wall but only the turret on the north side now remains. The four round towers still exist to their original height and their battlements have been restored in later years.
  The castle was involved in the battle of Mortimer's Cross in 1461 when Sir Richard Croft set forth from it with his soldiers towards the battleground a few miles away. A decendent of Sir Richard fought for King Charles at Stokesay in the 1640's during the English civil war and, following the eventual Royalist defeat, Croft Castle was slighted to render it incapable of further military service.
  Restoration took place later in the 17th century when the castle was converted into a mansion but the Croft family sold the castle in 1746 due to financial presures. The castle was then further remodelled in the Gothic style by Richard Knight, the son of a mine owner from Shropsire.
  Large ornamental windows now adorn the walls and the original entrance has been replaced by a grand hallway. The original stonework of the towers and lower parts of the high walls between them can be diffentiated from the later work by their distinctive stone blocks. There is no sign of the broad, deep ditch that surrounds similar castles built on flat ground.
  The Crofts repurchased their ancestral home in 1923 and Croft Castle is currently maintained for public viewing by The National Trust. It contains rare furniture from the 17th to 19th centuries and has impressive plasterwork and gardens. The earthwork remains of the old ringwork castle can be seen amongst trees in the adjacent meadow.s0
  from http://www.genealogy.racher.co.uk/web/willconqdesc/pafg81.htm#1675:
  Sir Thomas Blount (Humphrey Blount , John Blount , Isabel Cornwall , Brian de Cornwall , Edmund (Bryan) de Cornwall , Richard Plantagenet , Richard Plantagenet , John "Lackland" Plantagenet , Henry II Plantagenet , Matilda (Maud) of Germany , Henry I "Beauclerc" of , William I the Conqueror of ) was born in 1455 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. He died on 4 Jun 1524 in Astley Or Acton, Worcester, England.
  • 13th great grandfather of Peter, Hannah and Hendy Racher Of Kinlet, Shropshire.
  • Had 20 children.
  • A descendant of Harold V, the 14th king of Denmark, and of the Plantagenets through King John's second son Richard Earl of Cornwall, helped to secure the English throne for the Welsh Tudors.
  • Henry VII, the first of the Tudor kings, knighted Sir Thomas on the battlefield at East Stoke near Newark, Notinghamshire, in 1487.
  • The Battle of Stoke, two years after Henry seized the crown from Richard III at Bosworth Field, saw Henry defeat the usurpation threat of Lambert Simnel. Twelve-year-old Simnel was a pretender, allegedly the son of Edward IV's younger brother George Duke of Clarence, created King Edward V at a ceremony in Ireland. Simnel's transformation was planned by the Earl of Lincoln, who was a nephew of Edward IV and Richard III, and by Lincoln's aunt the Duchess of Burgundy.
  Thomas married Anne Croft daughter of Sir Richard Croft and Eleanor Cornwall about 1480 in Shropshire, England. Anne was born about 1458 in Croft Castle, Hereford, England. She died on 27 Sep 1549 in Kidderminster, Worcester, England. She was buried in 1549 in Kidderminster, Worcester, England.
  They had the following children:
  +2658MiRobert Blount 2659FiiAnne Blount was born about 1481 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. Anne married Humphrey Massey about 1501 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. Humphrey was born about 1476 in Shropshire, England. 2660FiiiElianora Blount was born about 1482 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. Elianora married Thomas Scriven about 1502 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. Thomas was born about 1477 in Frodesley, Shropshire, England. +2661MivSir John Blount 2662FvMargaret Blount was born about 1485 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. Margaret married John Corbet about 1505 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. John was born about 1480 in Leigh, Shropshire, England. +2663MviWalter Blount 2664MviiArthur Blount was born about 1488 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. 2665FviiiJocosa (Joyce) Blount was born about 1490 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. Jocosa married (1) Thomas Francis Thorney about 1510 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. Thomas was born about 1485 in Shropshire, England. Jocosa married (2) John Combes. John was born about 1486 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. 2666FixJohanna Blount was born about 1493 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. 2667MxEdward Blount was born about 1494 in Kidderminster, Worcester, England. He died on 1 Sep 1559 in Kidderminster, Worcester, England. 2668FxiUrsula Blount was born about 1496 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. 2669FxiiMiss Blount was born about 1497 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. 2670FxiiiMiss Blount was born about 1499 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. 2671FxivCatherine Blount was born about 1501 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. She died on 10 Jul 1549 in Thames Ditton, England. 2672MxvWilliam Blount was born about 1503 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. He died in 1539. 2673MxviThomas Blount was born about 1504 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. He died in 1539. 2674FxviiAgnes Blount was born about 1506 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England.
  • Sir Richard Croft Tomb IFrom a plaque by the monument: -
  
  "THIS TOMB
  IS TO THE MEMORY OF
  SIR RICHARD CROFT, KNT
  SHERIFF OF HEREFORDSHIRE
  1471-72-77-86
  FOUGHT AT MORTIMER'S CROSS 1461
  TEWKSBURY 1471
  M.P. FOR HEREFORDSHIRE 1477
  GOVERNOR OF LUDLOW CASTLE
  CREATED KNIGHT-BANNERET
  AFTER THE BATTLE OF STOKE 1487
  DIED JULY 29 1509
  ALSO OF ELEANOR HIS WIFE
  DAUGHTER OF SIR EDMUND CORNEWALL BARON
  OF BURFORD SALOP
  WIDOW OF SIR HUGH MORTIMER OF KYRE"
  
  Quote from article on the Mortimers: -
  
  "By Sir Richard, Dame Eleanor had eight children. They, as did Sir Hugh Mortimer's daughter Elizabeth, married so well that on her father's heart-tomb is written, "Dame Eleanor had such increase of children that seventeen score and odd people were descended from her body before she died". Two of her direct descendants were Sir Philip Sidney, the Elizabethan poet, and Robert, Earl of Leicester, the Queen's favourite.
  
  Sir Richard Croft held a number of high offices including that of Governor or Ludlow Castle where Dame Eleanor became the "Lady Governess" to the two little Princes, Edward (later Edward V) and Richard, Duke of York, who were to be murdered in The Tower of London.
  
  Geny:
  
  Sir Richard Croft the Elder, Kt.
  
  Richard Croft
  Also Known As: "Richard Crofte"
  Birthdate: circa 1430
  Birthplace: Croft Castle, Yarpole, Herefordshire, England
  Death: July 29, 1509 (74-83)
  Croft Castle, Yarpole, Herefordshire, England
  Immediate Family: Son of William Croft and Margaret Walwyn
  Husband of N.N. Blount; Elinore Crofte and Eleanor Croft
  Father of Sibyl Croft; Richard Croft; Robert Croft; Anne Croft; Lady Elizabeth Whittingham and 8 others
  Brother of Agnes Crofte; Thomas de Crofte; John Croft and Richard "the Younger" Crofte
  
  Occupation: Sheriff of Herefordshire Treasurer for Richard III & Henry VII
  
  Immediate Family
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  N.N. Blount
  wife
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  David Merrett. Via Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croft_Castle#/media/File:Croft_Castle_6.jpg Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
  
  Sibyl Croft
  daughter
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  Elinore Crofte
  wife
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  Richard Croft
  son
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  Robert Croft
  son
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  Eleanor Croft
  wife
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  Anne Croft
  daughter
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  Lady Elizabeth Whittingham
  daughter
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  John de Croft, Esq.
  son
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  Sir Edward C
  
  SIR THOMAS MORGAN, KNIGHT (1452-1495) & LADY JANE HERBERT (1453-1488):
  SIR THOMAS MORGAN, KNIGHT (LORD OF LANGSTON, EARL OF PEN COED CASTLE) was born about 1452 of Pen-coed, Llanfarthin, Monmouth, Wales to Sir Morgan ap Jenkin of Langstone (1413-1473) and Joan Mathew (14
  
  === !#4569-v2-p343*; v5-p780; !DIED: #4569-v ===
  !#4569-v2-p343*; v5-p780; !DIED: #4569-v2-p343; FN #9TFR32;
  
  === #4569> Welsh Genealogies Ad 1400-1500,-v ===
  #4569> Welsh Genealogies Ad 1400-1500,-v2-p343*,-v5-p780 (FHL 942.9 D2fw); !DIED> #4569-v2-p343; FN #9TFR32;
  
  === Tomb ===
  WIKIPEDIA: It contains the tomb of Richard Croft[6] and his wife Eleanor (née Cornwall). Eleanor was the daughter of Sir Edmund Cornwall, Baron of Burford in Shropshire, and the widow of Sir Hugh Mortimer of Kyre Wyard and Martley, Worcestershire, who was killed in action at the Battle of Wakefield on 30 December 1460.[15]
  
  === Ancestral File Number: 9RNH-5V ===
  Ancestral File Number: 9RNH-5V
  
  === ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY ===
  ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === !GENERAL:Compiled, ANCESTRAL FILE, Ance ===
  !GENERAL:Compiled, ANCESTRAL FILE, Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
  
  === Welsh Genealogies Ad 1400-1500, Vol 1 - ===
  Welsh Genealogies Ad 1400-1500, Vol 1 - pg 3, Vol 2 - pg 273, Vol 3 - pp 391, 394-5, 416, Vol 5 - pp 768, 790, Vol 6 - pg 909
  Wales Visitation, Vol 1 - pg 219
  Herford Co History, Vol 2 -189
  Baronetcies Extinct - pg 370fn
  Miscellanea Genealogica, Vol 5 - p 186, Vol 8 - pg 209
  Harleian Society (Visitations), Vol 43 - pg 33
  Surrey Co History, Vol 2 - pg 118
  Monmouthshire History, Vol 1 - pp 47, 278, Vol 2 - pg 142, Vol 3 _ pg 264, Vol 4 - pp 59, 193, 213, 219
  Monmouthshire Historical Tour (1906) pg 82
  Glamorgan Pedigrees - pg 24
  Morgan and Glamorgan Genealogies, pp 258, 306, 311, 320
  Morgan History, pg 14
  Morgan of Llantaram and Monasterevan - ped #355
  Golden Grove MSS, Vol 2 - pp 882, 885
  British Genealogist, Bk 1 - pp 3, 213
  Welsh Pedigrees, pg 200
  Glamorgan History sn Pedigrees, pp 33, 117-8, 181
  Herbert pedigrees, Earl of Pembroke, pg 487
  Llyfr Baglan, pp 256, 300
  Clark's History of Glamorgan, Glamog 2 pp 320-321
  
  Knighted in 1495
  
  === V M Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees ===
  V M Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees P. 53
  
  === [Oosterhoudt.FTW] ID: I220 Name: Thomas ===
  [Oosterhoudt.FTW] ID: I220 Name: Thomas MORGAN Sex: M Note: Sir Thomas Morgan, Knight. Lord of Langstone Manor, Gwent
  
  === !#-47; !Sheriff of Hereford; ===
  !#-47; !Sheriff of Hereford;
  
  === !#4569> Welsh Genealogies Ad 1400-1500,- ===
  !#4569> Welsh Genealogies Ad 1400-1500,-v1-p3,-v2-p273,-v3-p391,394,395*,416,- v5-p768,790,-v6-p909 (FHL 942.9 D2fw); !#2226> Morgan and Glamorgan Genealogies-p311 (FHL 942.97 D2c); ARCH REC> Clarke's History of Glamorgan; Glamorg 2 p320-321; England Pl New Ed (birth 1426/1453); !PL> also of Langstone; TITLE> knighted-1495; ORD> ARCH REC> B: 7 Apr 1966, E: 23 Apr 1966, SS: 14 Sep 1966 SL; !ABEYANCE: A son, Morgan Morgan married to Lucy Hampton, is shown on the arch sheet. Lucy Hampton was married to Richard Newton not Morgan Morgan. ? as to the existence of Morgan Morgan, birth 1473, B: 27 Oct 1965, E: 16 Dec 1965, SP: 7 Dec 1966 Slake; FN #9RNK7H; ^SURNAME: Sur,G3> (ap MORGAN) MORGAN; ^bornL1> of Pen-coed manor;
  
  === !AGI ===
  !AGI
  
  === Titles ===
  royal official for Kings Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III, and Henry VII
  
  === Visitations of Herefordshire p 21 1569 B ===
  Visitations of Herefordshire p 21 1569 Burkes Peerage p 687
  
  === !Thomas Morgan knighted in 1495. ===
  !Thomas Morgan knighted in 1495.
  
  === SOURCE: Ancestral File Ver. v4.19 11 Sep ===
  SOURCE: Ancestral File Ver. v4.19 11 Sept 1999
  
  === MISC. GEN. AND HERALDRY, 5TH SERIES, VOL ===
  MISC. GEN. AND HERALDRY, 5TH SERIES, VOL 6 P.125; DUNCUMB'S HISTORY OF HEREFORDSHIRE, VOL 2 P.156; ROBINSON'S MANSIONS OF HEREFORDSHIRE, P.71, 80, 82, 83 FN, 265 FN, 245; HARLIEAN SOCIETY, VOL 28 P.22; WEAVER'S VISITATIONS OF HEREFORDSHIRE; NORR'S SOME OLD ENGLISH PEDIGREES. P.53;
  
  === A21733-6 E 3 Glamorg 2 p 320-321 Eng Pl ===
  A21733-6 E 3 Glamorg 2 p 320-321 Eng Pl New Ed 1866 p382 B14 A 168
  
  === !#200> Landed Gentry of Great Britian-19 ===
  !#200> Landed Gentry of Great Britian-1969-p363 (FHL 942 D2buf);
  
  === !#4569> Welsh Genealogies Ad 1400-1500 v ===
  !#4569> Welsh Genealogies Ad 1400-1500 v1-p3,4,-v2-p273,-v3-p391,394,395*,416,- v5-p768,790,-v6-p909 (FHl 942.9 D2fw); #2105> Wales Visitation v1-p219* (FHL Q 942.9 D23d); !#227> Hertford Co History-v2-p189 (FHL Q 942.58 H2c); #243> Baronetcies Extinct-p370fn (FHL 942 D22bu); #249> Miscellanea Genealogica-v5-p186,-v8-p209 (FHL 942 B2m); #701> Harleian Society (Visitations)-v43-p33* (FHL 942 B4h); #929> Surrey Co History-v2-p118* (FHL Q 942.21 H2ma); #1079> Monmouthshire History-v1-p47,278,-v2-p142,-v3-p264,-v4-p59*,193,213*,219 (FHL Folio 942.43 H2b); #1755> Monmouthshire Historical Tour (1906)-p82 (FHL 942.43 H2cw); #2106> Glamorgan Pedigrees-p24* (FHL ES Q942.97 D2p); #2226> Morgan and Glamorgan Genealogies-p258,306,311,320* (FHL 942.97 D2c); #4114> Morgan History-p14 (FHL #1012640); #4122> Morgan of Llantaram and Monasterevan-ped #355 (FHL GPED-FILE); #11886> Golden Grove MSS-v2-pD882,885* (FHL #0104349-51); #11915> British Genealogist-bk1-p3*,213* (FHL #0104355); #11938> Welsh Pedigrees-p200 (FHL #0104381 it6); #12434> Glamorgan History and Pedigrees-p177,178,181 (FHL #0104312 it5); #12586> Glamorgan History and Pedigrees-p32 (FHL #0104312); #12639> Herbert pedigrees, Earls of Pembroke-p487 (FHL #0826552 it3,4); #12647> Llyfr Baglan-p256*,300 (FHL 942.97/B1 D2w); ARCH REC> Clarke's History of Glamorgan; Glamorg 2 p320-321; England Pl New Ed (birth 1426/1453); !KIN> son and heir; PL> also of Langstone; LVG> in Llanmartin (Llanfarthin)-1482; LVG> of Pencoed-1482; TITLE> Esquire-1482; TITLE> knighted-1495; ORD> ARCH REC> B: 7 Apr 1966, E: 23 Apr 1966, SS: 14 Sep 1966 SL; !ABEYANCE: A son, Morgan Morgan married to Lucy Hampton, is shown on the arch rec. Lucy Hampton was married to Richard Newton not Morgan Morgan. ? as to the existence of Morgan Morgan, birth 1473, B: 27 Oct 1965, E: 16 Dec 1965, SP: 7 Dec 1966 Slake; ABEYANCE: #2226-p320> married to two other wives; FN #9RNK7H; ^bornL1> of Pen-coed manor;
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

1. Anne de Croft, b. 1458 in Croft, Herefordshire, England     d. 27 SEP 1549 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England

1. Title: Richard Croft, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-KS5J : 9 May 2023), the Elder, ; Burial, Croft, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England, St Michael and All Angels Churchyard; citing record ID 57499352, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-KS5J;
   
2. Title: Richard Croft, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-KS5J : 9 May 2023), the Elder, ; Burial, Croft, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England, St Michael and All Angels Churchyard; citing record ID 57499352, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-KS5J;
   
3. Title: Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915
   Author: National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 09160 / 02
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/collections/61039/records/10237313;
   
4. Title: Find A Grave
   Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119183166/richard-croft_the_younger;
   Page: Source document for death and reference to parents, wife and sibling