CROFT, William (c.1595-1645), of Croft Castle, Herefs. and Westminster

Family and Education

b. c. 1595, 1st s. of Sir Herbert Croft* and Mary, da. of Anthony Bourne of Holt Castle, Worcs.O.G.S. Croft, House of Croft of Croft Castle, 88. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1609, aged 14, BA 1611; Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1616, 1619, 1622. Herefs. RO, W15/2 (Littleton to Coningsby, 21 Mar. 1616); Eg. 2595, f. 164; APC, 1621-3, p. 308. unm. Kntd. 13 June 1614; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 154. suc. fa. 1629. R.E. Ham, Country and the Kingdom, 286 d. 9 June 1645. D. Lloyd, Memoires of the Lives (1668), p. 674.

Offices Held

Gent. of the privy chamber, Prince Charles’s Household by 1623 – 25, King Charles 1625–6. Autobiog. of Sir Simonds D’Ewes ed. J.O. Halliwell, ii. 415; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 396.

J.p. Herefs. 1624-at least 1641, C231/4, f. 164; C66/2859. dep. lt. 1624; Salop RO, 151/2903. commr. oyer and terminer, Wales and the Marches 1625 – 40, swans, Midland counties 1627, C181/3, ff. 154v, 227; 181/4, f. 162v; 181/5, f. 185. Forced Loan, Herefs. 1627; Add. 11051, f. 33v. freeman, Yarmouth and Newport, I.o.W. 1634; Add. 5669, f. 97v; I.o.W. RO, NBC 45, f. 197v. commr. subsidy, Herefs. 1641–2, SR, v. 62, 152. array 1642–3, Northants. RO, FH133; C115/71/6511. safety (roy.) 1643. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 49.

Parlimentarian

CROFT, William (c.1595-1645), of Croft Castle, Herefs. and Westminster

Main residences: Croft Castle, Herefs.; Westminster.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

CROFT, William (c.1595-1645)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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