Sir Richard CROFT, Knight-Banneret^[1]

1427 - 1509  (82 years)

• Name	Richard CROFT  [2, 3]
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	Knight-Banneret
  Birth	1427	Croft, Herefordshire, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	LHH4-CH5
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHH4-CH5
  _UID	2F2F75F7F9C544AE8ABC5C577322844FDB63
  Death	29 Jul 1509	Leominster, Herefordshire, England   [2, 3]
  Burial	Aft 29 Jul 1509	Croft, Herefordshire, England   [3]
  Person ID	I13015	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Sir William CROFT,   b. 1393, Leominster, Herefordshire, England d. 1433, Croft Ambrey, Herefordshire, England (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Margaret WALWYN,   b. 1395, Much Marcle, Herefordshire, England d. 1439, Croft, Herefordshire, England (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	1418	Hereford, Herefordshire, England
  Family ID	F536733027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eleanor CORNEWALL,   b. 1428, Burford, Shropshire, England d. 23 Dec 1519, Croft Castle, Leominster, Herefordshire, England (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1460	2ND Husband   [2]
  Children	1. Elizabeth CROFT,   b. 1462, Castle Croft, Leominster, Herefordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   2. Anne CROFT,   b. 1458, Croft, Herefordshire, England d. 27 Sep 1549, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F6582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Elynor BARE,   b. 1437, Croft Castle, Hereford, England d. 1458, Hereford, Herefordshire, England (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F536733030	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 3	BLUNT,   b. 1434, Croft, North Yorkshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F536733031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 4	Elinore BARRE,   b. 1428, Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England d. Aft 1470, Hereford, Herefordshire, England (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F536733032	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 5	Agnes FOX,   b. Between 1440 and 1455, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England d. 1509, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England (Age ~ 69 years)
  Family ID	F536733033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 6	Elizabeth SMITH,   b. 1477, Of Pen-Coed Mano, Llanfarthin, Monmouthshire, England d. Abt 1495 (Age 18 years)
  Family ID	F536733034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2026

  
  

• 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). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 24 Nov 2024), entry for Richard Croft, person ID LHH4-CH5. (Reliability: 3).