Title:

Knight

First Name:

Richard

Last Name:

Croft

Memorial Type:

Memorial - extant tomb effigy

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

Contemporary (pre-1500)

Inscription:

This tomb is to the memory of Sir Richard Coft, Knt, Sheriff of Herefordshire 1471-72-77-86. Fought at Mortimer's Cross 1461, Tewkesbury 1471, Governor of Ludlow Castle. Created Knight Banneret after the Battle of Stoke 1487. Died July 29 1509.

Allegiance:

Yorkist

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

The memorial has been well preserved. It is in the family church in the grounds of Croft Castle. It was visited by a contributor in August 2024

Memorial Notes:

See: C.S.L. Davies, ‘The Crofts’, Historical Research, lxviii. 241-65.
https://thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2024/01/23/the-tomb-of-sir-richard-and-eleanor-croft-in-croft-church-herefordshire/