Richard Croft

- 1509

• Name	Richard Croft
  Birth	of Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Jul 1509  [2, 3]
  Burial	Church of St. Michael, Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England   [2]
  Person ID	I37065	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	William Croft,   b. of Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England
  Mother	Margaret Walwyn
  Family ID	F25516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Cornwall
  Marriage	Bef 1465  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Anne Croft
  Family ID	F25505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Sheriff of Herefordshire 1471, 1475-76, 1484-85. Knight of the shire for Herefordshire. Governor of the future Edward IV, and later comptroller of the household of Henry VII. "He fought at the Battle of Tewkesbury 4 May 1471, where he captured Edward, Prince of Wales, who was subsequently executed. […] He fought at the Battle of Stoke 16 June 1487, and was afterward made a Knight Banneret by King Henry VII." [Royal Ancestry, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S8675] Will of Thomas Blount (d. 28 Nov 1568), modern spelling transcript by Nina Green..