CROFTS, Sir Henry (c.1590-1667), of Little Saxham, Suff.

b. c. 1590,C24/607/62. 1st s. of Sir John Crofts† of Chalgrave, Beds. and Little Saxham by Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Shirley I* of Wiston, Suss.; bro. of Anthony*. J. Gage, Hist. and Antiqs. of Suff.: Thingoe Hundred, 134. educ. travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1607-9; academy, Angers 1607. A. Joubert, ‘Les Gentilshommes Etrangers ... a l’academie d’equitation d’Angers au xviie siecle’, Revue d’Anjou, xxvi. 11; Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton ed. L. Pearsall Smith, i. 456. m. settlement 1 Nov. 1610, Elizabeth (d. 1 Oct. 1642), da. of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley, Yorks., 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) by 1644, Margaret (d. 26 May 1674), 1s. d.v.p. 3da. Kntd. 3 Feb. 1611; suc. fa. 1628. bur. 31 Mar. 1667 31 Mar. 1667. Gage, 136; Little Saxham Par. Regs. ed. S.H.A. Hervey (Suff. Green Bks. v), 179-89; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 150; PROB 11/323, f. 353. sig. Henry Croftes.