Ralph Croft

- 1579

• Name	Ralph Croft  [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 March 1579  [1]
  Person ID	I2536	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	16 Jan. 2021

  
  

  Family	Ann (unknown)
  Children	+ 1. Christopher Croft
  Last Modified	11 Nov. 2024
  Family ID	F1273	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Coll. Arms MS. Norfolk 2, page 74, appears to be in error in stating that the father of Christopher Croft was "Henry Croft of East Witton in Yorkshire Gent." The MS. adds: "Descended out of Lancashire lived to a great age." Joseph Foster's identification of Christopher's father as Ralph Croft is supported by the Records of the Court of Chancery, C 2/Eliz/C6/60. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th ed. (2003), volume 1, page 965, correctly names him as Ralph Croft, but repeats the remainder of the entry in Coll. Arms MS. Norfolk 2, page 74, in describing him as "of East Wilton [sic], Yorks, though of Lancashire descent."

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire, Joseph Foster, (London, 1874), volume 1, Pedigree of Croft, of Stillington Park. "Ralph Croft, gent., died 30 March, 21 Eliz. Inq. p.m. 30 June, 21 Eliz. (1579.) Held land which had belonged to Coverham Abbey." [S52] Records of the Court of Chancery, TNA Reference C 2/Eliz/C6/60, Crofte v. Ward, pleadings. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5697181 Plaintiff: Christopher Crofte. Defendants: Richard Warde, Christopher Clapham and Henry Yates. Subject: bill to examine witnesses in support of plaintiff's title by descent; land in Coverham, Yorkshire, formerly part of the demesnes of the since dissolved monastery of Coverham, and granted by Philip and Mary to Humphrey Orme, and since the estate of Ralph Crofte, plaintiff's father. [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 1, page 965.