Title:

Knight

Military Rank:

not known

First Name:

William

Last Name:

Croft

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

post 1645

Inscription:

From photograph:

Here lyeth ye Body of Sr. William
Croft, Knt Eldest Son of Sr. Herbert
Croft. He was an eminent Example
Of Vertue in his life & of Valour in
Death, wch. He received in the
52nd Year of his Age in the year of our Lord
1645 & in the 21 year of King Charles
The First against whose rebellious
Enemys leading the County Troop
Into a field near Hopton Castle was
There abandoned by his men & left
A single Victime to ye Enemy

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Average

Condition Description:

Stonework and inscription badly damaged and worn, especially to the right-hand edge and bottom.

Memorial Notes:

Find a Grave MEMORIAL ID 185780772

See:http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/2900159 Croft Castle collection, for portrait of Croft attributed to Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt (Delft 1567 – Delft 1641)

https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/croft-william-1595-1645
Croft said to have been killed after leading an unsuccessful raid on Stokesay Castle in June 1645.