John de Croft, Esq.

• 2B) ELEANOR CORNEWALL, born 1430/5, married 1st, Sir Hugh Mortimer, of Kyre Wyard and Martley, Worcestershire, and Tedstone Wafer, Herefordshire, heir of the Tedstone Wafer Mortimers. He was killed at Wakefield in December 1460, and was buried in the Church of St. Peter, Martley. By him she had a son and a daughter. She married 2nd, Sir Richard Croft (d. 29 July 1509), of Croft Castle, Herefordshire, sheriff of Herefordshire 1471-72, 1477, 1486, MP Herefordshire 1477, and had three more sons and five more daughters. The Crofts had occupied Croft Castle since before the Conquest. Eleanor was the governess of Edward IV's sons at Ludlow Castle. She died 23 Dec. 1519, at an advanced age, and was buried with her second husband in the chapel of Croft Castle (tomb now in St. Michael church, Croft). Issue:
  • 2B1) Sir JOHN MORTIMER, of Kyre Wyard, etc., born 1450/5, sheriff of Herefordshire 1477-8, 1481-2, steward of Abberley, Worcestershire during Warwick's minority 15 Aug. 1480, Squire of the Body 1481-5, knighted 1485, Knight of the Body 1485-1504, sheriff of Worcestershire 1485-6, banneret at Stoke 16 June 1487, sheriff of Herefordshire 1493-4, 1501-2, MP Worcestershire 1495. He married, after 1485, Margaret Nevill (c.1466-31 Jan. 1528), third daughter and co-heiress of John Nevill, Marquess of Montagu (d. 1471) by his wife Isabel Ingaldesthorpe. They had no issue, and Margaret went on to marry Charles Brandon, have it annulled the same year (1507), and then marry in 1522, one Robert Downes, in addition to having had an illegitimate daughter. Sir John Mortimer died without issue in October 1504 (writ of d.c.e. 1 Nov. 1504).
  • 2B2) ELIZABETH MORTIMER, LADY DE LA WARR, born 1455/60, married about 1480, Sir Thomas West, 8th Lord De La Warr (c.1457- 11 Oct. 1525), and died 29 June 1502, having had issue at least one son and four daughters.
  • 2B3) Sir EDWARD CROFT, of Croft Castle, born about 1465, sheriff of Herefordshire 1505, married Joyce Scull, said to be daughter of Sir Walter Scull, of Holt Castle, Worcestershire (d. about 1472; buried at Holt Castle church), by his first wife Margaret Beauchamp of Holt (d. 1456; buried at Holt Castle church), but this seems unlikely due to chronology, and she was probably his daughter by his second wife Frances Mulle (d. 1483). Sir Edward died 23 March 1541, having had four sons and seven daughters, and was ancestor of the Crofts of Croft Castle, descendants of whom still occupy the castle today.
  • 2B4) JOHN CROFT, of Holt, Worcestershire, born 1465/70, married Elizabeth Seymour, daughter of John Seymour of Wolf Hall, Wiltshire (d. 1491), by his wife Elizabeth Darrell, and was ancestor of the Crofts of Holt.
  • 2B5) ROBERT CROFT, of Kyre Wyard, Worcestershire, married and had a sole daughter and heiress.
  • 2B6) ANN CROFT, married Sir Thomas Blount (1455- 4 June 1524), of Kinlet, Shropshire, and died 27 Sep. 1549, having had at least five sons and six daughters.
  • 2B7) ELIZABETH CROFT, married John Whittingham, of Pauntley, Gloucestershire.
  • 2B8) JOYCE CROFT, married Thomas Mill, of Avenbury, Herefordshire.
  • 2B9) JANE CROFT, married Sir Edward Darrell (1465/6- 9 Mar. 1530), of Littlecote, Witshire, and died by 1492, having had issue, two sons and two daughters.
  • 2B10) SYBIL CROFT, married Sir George Herbert (c.1463/5- died after 1504), of St Julians, Monmouthshire, third son of William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. He was knighted in 1487 at the battle of Stoke. Dame Sybil had two sons and one daughter.
• From: http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Soc/soc.genealogy.medieval/... ____________________
• Sir Richard Croft, Sheriff of Herefordshire, Treasurer to Henry VII1,2,3
• M, #77311, b. circa 1427, d. 29 July 1509
• Father William Croft3 b. c 1393, d. a 1433
• Mother Margaret Walwyn3 b. c 1395
• Sir Richard Croft, Sheriff of Herefordshire, Treasurer to Henry VII was born circa 1427 at of Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England.2,1,4 He married (Miss) Blount circa 1444.5 Sir Richard Croft, Sheriff of Herefordshire, Treasurer to Henry VII married Eleanor Cornwall, daughter of Sir Edmund Cornwall and Elizabeth Barre, between 1460 and 1465; They had 3 sons (Sir Edward; John; & Robert) & 5 daughters (Anne, wife of Sir Thomas Blount; Elizabeth, wife of John Whittington, Esq; Joyce, wife of Thomas Mill, Esq; Jane (Alice), wife of Edward Darrell; & Sibyl, wife of Sir George Herbert). He also had an illegitimate son (Thomas).3 Sir Richard Croft, Sheriff of Herefordshire, Treasurer to Henry VII left a will on 11 July 1509.3 He died on 29 July 1509; Buried in the church of St. Michael, Croft Castle, Herefordshire.2,3 His estate was probated on 11 November 1509.3
• Family 1 (Miss) Blount b. c 1428
• Family 2 Eleanor Cornwall b. c 1435, d. 1520
• Children
  • Anne Croft+1 b. c 1463, d. 27 Sep 1549
  • Sibyl Croft5 b. c 1464
  • Sir Edward Croft, Sheriff of Herefordshire+6,3 b. c 1465, d. 23 Mar 1547
• Citations
• [S11571] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. III, by John Burke, Esq., p. 199.
• [S147] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 1938 ed., by Sir Bernard Burke, p., 695.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 311.
• [S11588] Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 53.
• [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• [S11588] Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 54.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2573.htm#... ________________
• Elizabeth SEYMOUR
• Born: ABT 1471, Wolfhall, Wiltshire, England
• Father: John SEYMOUR
• Mother: Elizabeth DARRELL
• Married: John CROFT
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SEYMOUR.htm#Elizabeth SEYMOUR3 ___________________
• Annals of the Seymours : being a history of the Seymour family from early times to within a few years of the present by St. Maur, H
• https://archive.org/details/annalsofseymours00stma
• https://archive.org/stream/annalsofseymours00stma#page/16/mode/1up
• .... etc.
• The elder brother, John Seymour of Wolfhall, was born in 1450. He was, therefore, barely 14 years of age
• https://archive.org/stream/annalsofseymours00stma#page/17/mode/1up
• when his father and grandfather died. He was twice married, first to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Darell, of Littlecote in Wilts, by Margaret, daughter of John, Lord Stourton ; secondly to a daughter of Robert Hardon, by whom he had one son, Roger, who in turn left four daughters, his coheirs. The death of John Seymour occurred in 1491.* By his first wife, Elizabeth, he left numerous issue :
  • Sir John Seymour, of whom we will speak next.
  • George Seymour, who was Sheriff of Wilts in 1499.
  • Robert Seymour.
  • Sir William Seymour, who was made a Knight of the Bath at the marriage of Arthur, Prince of Wales, November, 1501.†
  • Margaret Seymour, who married Sir William Wadham, knight.
  • Jane Seymour, who married Sir John Huddlestone, of Warleston, in Cumberland.
  • Elizabeth Seymour, who married John Crofts, Esq.
  • Catherine Seymour, who died unmarried.
• .... etc ________________
• John Seymour (c. 1450 - 26 October 1491) of Wulfhall, of Stalbridge, of Stinchcombe and of Huish, all in Wiltshire, was warden of Savernake Forest and a prominent member of the landed gentry in the counties of Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset. He was the grandfather of Queen Jane Seymour (c. 1508 – 1537), the third wife of King Henry VIII, and was thus great-grandfather of King Edward VI.
• Seymour was the eldest of the three sons of John Seymour (c. 1425–1463), Knight of the Shire for Wiltshire and High Sheriff of Wiltshire, by his wife Elizabeth Coker (born circa 1436), daughter of Sir Robert Coker of Lydeard St Lawrence, Somerset.
• .... etc.
• Seymour married twice:
• Firstly he married Elizabeth Darrell (born c. 1451), daughter of Sir George Darrell (died c. 1474) of Littlecote, Wiltshire, by his wife Margaret Stourton (born c. 1433), a daughter of John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, and of Margery or Marjory Wadham. By Elizabeth Darrell he had progeny four sons and four daughters:[2][3]
  • Sir John Seymour (1474–1536), knighted in 1497 after the Battle of Deptford Bridge, the father of Queen Jane Seymour (1508–1537).[3][4]
  • Sir George Seymour, Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1498[4]
  • Robert Seymour[3][4]
  • Sir William Seymour KB (born c. 1478, died c. 1503), married Margaret Byconnyll[3][4]
  • Margaret Seymour (born c. 1468), married (as his second wife) Sir Nicholas I Wadham (d.1542) of Merryfield in the parish of Ilton in Somerset and Edge in the parish of Branscombe, Devon, MP for Somerset in 1529, and Captain of the Isle of Wight 1509-1520. She probably died at Carisbrooke Castle, her husband's seat as Captain of the Isle of Wight. Margaret Seymour's monument and tomb, dated circa 1520, survives in St Mary the Virgin Church, Carisbrooke,[5] Isle of Wight, and is decorated with an effigy of herself and of six infirm persons, in memory of her having founded a hospital for the infirm. Her monument in Carisbrooke Church was described thus by Rogers (1888):[6] .... etc.
  • Jane Seymour (born c. 1469), married John Huddlestone of Cumberland[4]
  • Elizabeth Seymour (born c. 1471), married John Crofts, Esquire[3][4]
  • Catherine Seymour, who died unmarried.[3][4]
• Seymour married secondly a daughter of Robert Hardon by whom he had one son:
  • Roger Seymour (born c. 1480, died before 1509), of Andover, Hampshire.[4]
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seymour_(died_1491) ________________________
• Sir John Seymour, Hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest1,2,3
• M, #22141, b. circa 1450, d. 26 October 1491
• Father John Seymour, Esq., Sheriff of Wiltshire, Burgess of Hindon4,5 b. c 1425, d. 29 Sep 1463
• Mother Elizabeth Coker4,5 b. c 1412, d. 19 Apr 1472
• Sir John Seymour, Hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest was born circa 1450 at of Wolfhall in Savernake, Stapleford, Stitchcombe, & Huish, Wiltshire, England; Age 14 in 1464, 26 in 1476, & 34 in 1485.2,3 He married Elizabeth Darrell, daughter of Sir George Darrell, Sheriff of Wiltshire, Somersetshire, & Dorsetshire and Margaret Stourton, circa 1472; They had 4 sons (Sir John; Sir George; Sir Robert; & Sir William) & 4 daughters (Margaret, wife of Sir William Wadham; Jane, wife of Sir John Huddleston; Elizabeth, wife of John Crofts, Esq; & Katherine).2,3 Sir John Seymour, Hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest died on 26 October 1491 at of West Bower in Bridgwater, Moorland in North Petherton, & Cokers in Wembdon, Somersetshire, England.2,3
• Family Elizabeth Darrell b. c 1454, d. c 1479
• Children
  • Sir John Seymour, Sheriff of Wiltshire, Constable of Bristol Castle+2,6,3 b. 1476, d. 21 Dec 1536
  • Joan Seymour7,8 b. c 1477
• Citations
• [S6795] Unknown author, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. I, p. 223; Wallop Family, p. 702.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 109-110.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 615.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 109.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 614.
• [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 82.
• [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• [S11577] Unknown author, Burke's Commoners, Vol. II, p., 584.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p737.htm#i... ____________________

' This information was found in the book'

• Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire
• By Charles Robinson

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010403004;view=1up;...

• There is a Pedigree for the Croft family in this book
• John Croft Married Elizabeth Seymour who is the daughter of Sir John Seymour