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Sir Edward Croft 1500–1562 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1500

Birth Location: Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England

Death Date: 1 January 1562

Death Location: Yarpole, Herefordshire, England

Father: Edward Sir

Mother: Lady Cornwall

Spouse(s): Lady Croft, Catherine Herbert

Children(s): James Crofte

Sir Edward Croft was born in 1500 in Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England, the child of Edward Croft Sir And Lady Elynor Eleanor Dela Bare De Plantagenet Cornwall. Sir Edward Croft married Catherine Herbert, Lady Catharine Catrin De Herbert Of Mongomery Lady Croft Of Croft Wsh Countess Of Croft, and had children including James Crofte. Sir Edward Croft passed away in 1562 in Yarpole, Herefordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Edward Croft was born in 1500 in Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England, the child of Edward Croft Sir And Lady Elynor Eleanor Dela Bare De Plantagenet Cornwall.
  • Sir Edward Croft married Catherine Herbert, Lady Catharine Catrin De Herbert Of Mongomery Lady Croft Of Croft Wsh Countess Of Croft, and had children including James Crofte.
  • Sir Edward Croft passed away in 1562 in Yarpole, Herefordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edward Sir
1465–1547
Birth Location: Croft Castle, Yarpole, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
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Lady Cornwall
1428–1519
Birth Location: Burford House, Burford, Tenbury Wells, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
LC

Spouses(s)

Lady Croft
1502–1574
Birth Location: Croft, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
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Catherine Herbert
1500–1574
Birth Location: Wales, Wales, United Kingdom
CH

Children(s)

James Crofte
1518–1590
Birth Location: Crofte Castle, Leminister, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
JC

Sir Croft's Ancestors

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Sir Croft
1500–1562
Birth Place: Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England
Parents
Edward Croft Sir
1465–1547
Croft Castle, Yarpole, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Elynor Eleanor Dela Bare DE Plantagenet) Cornwall
1428–1519
Burford House, Burford, Tenbury Wells, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Croft's Descendants

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Sir (Edward) Croft (Abt. 1500–1 January 1562) m. Lady (Catharine\Catrin de Herbert of Mongomery, Lady Croft of Croft'wsh, Countess of) Croft (1502–1574) m. Catherine Herbert (1500–1574)
  1. 1. James Crofte 1518–1590 m. Lady (Alice Warwick of) Warnecombe 1522–1573
    1. 1. LADY (Anna (Croft*)) Gerunyne* 1550–1618 m. Sir (Robert Gerunyne* of) Penbrookshire 1545–1586
      1. 1. Francis (Gerunyne) Penbrookshire 1586–1665 m. Sea (Capt. Henry Woodhouse II, GOV of) Bahamas 1573–1637
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Daye) Woodhouse 1606–1666 m. John (Edward) Baker 1598–1680

Sir Croft's Timeline

2 Records

1500
Abt. 1500
Birth of Sir Edward Croft in Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England
Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England
1562
1 January 1562
Age 62
Death of Sir Edward Croft in Yarpole, Herefordshire, England
Yarpole, Herefordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1500
    Event Place: Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 January 1562
    Event Place: Yarpole, Herefordshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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