Hugh Croft

Hugh de Croft was born on 29 September 1306.1 He was the son of Sir Hugh de Croft and Eleanor (?)1 He married Maud de Brampton, daughter of Sir Brian de Brampton.1

Child of Hugh de Croft and Maud de Brampton

• John de Croft+1

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(9) Hugh de Croft unquestionably married Maud, daughter and co-heir of Sir Brian de Brampton of Co. Hereford, Knight (who died 1305) by Alianora d. and heir of Robert de Herford Her eldest sister Elizabeth, made proof of age 1309—that is what the College of Arms pedigree says. The late Mr. Butler ( Windsor Herald) advised me that they could not accept the right to quarter the arms of Brian de Brampton. In a letter dated 25 April 1934 he wrote : “ Of those which have to be omitted is Brampton, which gave a good deal of trouble, as though your ancestress Maud, wife of Hugh Croft, was the daughter of a Sir Brian de Brampton, he was not the Sir Brian who left co-heiresses.” The College of Arms no doubt came to this decision on the Inquisition post mortem on Brian de Brampton which shows that he had two daughters, viz., Margaret and Elizabeth. July 1871. I have found two pedigrees in Harl. MSS. in Brit. Museum (Nos. 1140, p. 34 and 5799 p. 27). Each directly proving that Eyton is wrong, that Brian de Brampton had three daughters and that the 3rd Matilda or Mary married my ancestor Hugo Croft and her sister Elizabeth to Edmund Cornwall and Margaret to Harley.” I have not been able to check these authorities, but if, as is admitted, Hugh Croft married Maud, daughter and co-heir of Sir Brian de Brampton, who died in 1306, how is Eyton correct when he says, “ the last heir male of his house died 2 Dec. 1294.”

Citations

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p32487.htm#i324863
• 1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 966. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• The house of Croft of Croft Castle / Owen George Scudamore Croft. by Croft, Owen George Scudamore, 1880- (1949) page 24 Archive.Org