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Croft, Edward (1465 - 1546/7)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1465
Death Date: 1547-03-23

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Not identified, ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1513-10-14
    Vacated: 1546/7-03-23

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Herefordshire 1487
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Herefordshire 1488/9
JP, Herefordshire 1492 1496/7
JP, Herefordshire 1501 1502/3
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1504 -11 -5 1505 -12 -1
JP, Herefordshire 1504/5
JP, Herefordshire 1506/7
JP, Herefordshire 1509
Keeper, Herefordshire 1509 -7 -13
Receiver-gen of the Earldom of March, Herefordshire 1509 -7 -13
Receiver-gen of the Earldom of March, Radnorshire 1509 -7 -13
Receiver-gen of the Earldom of March, Herefordshire 1509 -7 -13 These three locations are in the Marches of Wales
Receiver-gen of the Earldom of March, Shropshire 1509 -7 -13
Seneschal, Shropshire 1509
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1509 -11 -14 1510 -11 -9
JP, Herefordshire 1512/13
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1513 -11 -9 1514 -11 -7
Keeper, Herefordshire 1516 -6 -28
Receiver-gen of the Earldom of March, Radnorshire 1516 -6 -28
Receiver-gen of the Earldom of March, Herefordshire 1516 -6 -28
Receiver-gen of the Earldom of March, Radnorshire 1516 -6 -28
Receiver-gen of the Earldom of March, Shropshire 1516 -6 -28
Receiver-gen of the Earldom of March, Herefordshire 1516 -6 -28
Receiver-gen of the Earldom of March, Herefordshire 1516 -6 -28 These three locations are in the Marches of Wales
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1517 -11 -9 1518 -11 -8
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1521/2 -2 -3 1522 -11 -12
JP, Herefordshire 1522
Comptroller & Member, Council of Mary, Princess of Wales, Marches of Wales 1525
JP, Herefordshire 1525
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1525 -11 Possibly held this office
JP, Worcestershire 1525/6
JP, Shropshire 1525/6 Appointed as 'Sir Edward Crostes'
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1525/6 -1 -27 1527 -11 -7 Possibly held this office
Sheriff, Hertfordshire 1526 Possibly held this office
JP, Gloucestershire 1528
Sheriff, Worcestershire 1528 -11 -7 Possibly held this office
JP, Shropshire 1528/9
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1529 -11 -9 1530 -11 -11
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Gloucestershire 1530
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Shropshire 1530
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Worcestershire 1530
JP, Shropshire 1530/1
JP, Gloucestershire 1530/1
JP, Worcestershire 1531 1531/2
JP, Shropshire 1532
JP, Gloucestershire 1532
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1533 -11 -17 1534 -11 -14
JP, Shropshire 1536
JP, Worcestershire 1536/7 1540
JP, Gloucestershire 1537
JP, Herefordshire 1537/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1538 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1538 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1538 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1538 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1538 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1538 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1538 1540/1
JP, Shropshire 1538
JP, Gloucestershire 1538
Commissioner of Musters, Herefordshire 1538/9
JP, Shropshire 1539 1539/40
JP, Cheshire 1539 1540
JP, Herefordshire 1539/40 1540/1
JP, Gloucestershire 1539/40
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cheshire 1540
Commissioner of Musters, Herefordshire 1542
JP, Worcestershire 1542
JP, Gloucestershire 1542
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1542/3 1543/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1542/3 1543/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1542/3 1543/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1542/3 1543/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1542/3 1543/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1542/3 1543/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1542/3 1543/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Monmouthshire 1542/3 1544
JP, Shropshire 1542/3
JP, Monmouthshire 1542/3 1544
JP, Worcestershire 1542/3 1544
JP, Herefordshire 1542/3
JP, Cheshire 1543 1544
JP, Herefordshire 1543 1544
JP, Worcestershire 1544 1545
JP, Gloucestershire 1544 1545
Commissioner of Musters, Herefordshire 1545/6

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Herefordshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Mr Rogers' Tavern, Ludlow, Shropshire Sir Edward Croft's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Edward Croft's Minstrels Croft, Edward (1465 - 1547) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Croft Castle Herefordshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914--16
  • Croft, O.G.S. The House of Croft of Croft Castle. Hereford: E.J. Thurston, 1949
  • Ham, R.E. 'The Autobiography of Sir James Croft.'. Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research 50 (1977): 48--57.
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Metcalfe, Walter Charles. A Book of Knights Banneret, Knights of the Bath, and Knights Bachelor made between the Fourth Year of King Henry VI and the Restoration of King Charles II. London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1885
  • Shaw, William Arthur. The Knights of England: A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. 2 vols. London: Sherratt & Hughes, 1906
  • Ulman, Diana. Croft Castle. London: The National Trust, 1975
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936