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List of pedigrees
| Cr21=20=19. Thomas Crofts of Bury St. Edmunds b about 1385 | It is really something to sing and dance about. Dig up those old bones and get them dancing! |
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| Cr20=19=18. | John Crofts of Bury St. Edmunds b about 1403 d c1467 | ||||||||||||||
| Cr19 | John Crofts of West Stow b about 1430 | ||||||||||||||
| m _ Cockett of Ampton | |||||||||||||||
| Cr18 | John Crofts of West Stow b about 1455 | ||||||||||||||
| m Elizabeth Hervey d 09.05.1519, dau of Thomas Hervey of Ickworth | |||||||||||||||
| Cr17. | Sir John Crofts of West Stow - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m Rose Sampson | |||||||||||||||
| Cr18=17 | Elizabeth Crofts possibly of this family and generation but the names of the parents occur below about 100 years later b about 1405 d 1470, dau of Thomas Crofts by Susan Poley | ||||||||||||||
| m | Sir Edmund Bacon | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Thomas Crofts monk | ||||||||||||||
| Cr17.Sir John Crofts a temp Philip & Mary - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m Rose Sampson dau/heir of George Sampson | |||||||||||||||
| Cr16-1. | Thomas Crofts of Bardwell, Suffolk d 1595-6 | ||||||||||||||
| m Margaret Copledike dau of Sir John Copledike | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Charles Crofts 'of Bardwell' d 1616-7 | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Charles Crofts 'of Bardwell' b c1580, d 1663 | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Bridget or Sisely Poley of Badley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Litton dau of Sir Rowland Litton | |||||||||||||||
| Not clear which wife was mother of .... | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Bridget Crofts | ||||||||||||||
| m Thomas Read of Lincolnshire, later of Bardwell | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Crofts d unm | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Cicely Crofts | ||||||||||||||
| m Francis Brewster of Wrentham | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Crofts | ||||||||||||||
| m Roger sb Robert Drury of Rougham | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Crofts | ||||||||||||||
| m John Syllett | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Susan Crofts | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Thomas Aldham of Sapiston | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Aldham of Sapiston | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - John, Robert in London | ||||||||||||||
| Cr16 | Edmund Crofts of West Stow, Suffolk d 1557-8 | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Burgh dau of Thomas, Lord Burgh | |||||||||||||||
| Cr15 | Margaret Crofts | ||||||||||||||
| m 23.08.1563 John Southwell of Barham | |||||||||||||||
| Cr15-2.+ | other issue - John dsp 1560-1, Alice d unm | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Kitson dau of Sir Thomas Kitson not Kilson | |||||||||||||||
| Cr15-4. | Thomas Crofts d 1612-3of Little Saxham b about 1500 | ||||||||||||||
| m Susan Poley dau of John Poley of Badley | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Crofts of Saxham, Suffolk b about 1545 | ||||||||||||||
| m Mary Shirley dau of Sir Thomas Shirley of Wiston, Sussex | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Henry Crofts of Saxham b about 1580 | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margery | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | William Crofts, Baron Crofts of Saxham b c1611, dsp 11.09.1677 | ||||||||||||||
| TCP Crofts of Saxham reports that William's mother was his father's 1st wife but names her Elizabeth Wortley. We are following BEB1841 not least because TCP Cornwallis confirms that Elizabeth Wortley was Sir Henry's 2nd wife. | |||||||||||||||
| m1 c01.04.1661 Dorothy Hobart dau of Sir John Hobart, Bart of Intwood, by Philippa Sydney | |||||||||||||||
| m2 Elizabeth Spencer dau of William, Lord Spencer, by Penelope Wriothesley | |||||||||||||||
| 2+ | 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 identifies Sir Henry's 2nd wife as just Elizabeth. TCP Cornwallis identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Wortley dau of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Elizabeth Crofts | ||||||||||||||
| m Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Lord Cornwallis of Eye b 11.1610, d 01.1661/2 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Hester Croftsnamed Mary by BEB1841 but Hester by the Poley records, confirmed by TCP Jermyn | ||||||||||||||
| m Sir Edmund Poley | |||||||||||||||
| 7+ | other issue - John Dean of Norwich, Charles, Edmund dsp, Esther | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Anthony Crofts of Stow b c1594, d 01.10.1657 | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by TCB vol III, Crofts of Stow. | |||||||||||||||
| m Mary Franklin dau of Richard Franklin of Willesden, relict of Sir John Smyth of Leeds Castle | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Sir John Crofts, Bart of West Stow dsps bur 12.1664 | ||||||||||||||
| m Bryers Wharton d 13.01.1669/70, dau of George Wharton by Anne Bryers | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Anne Crofts d 16.01.1637/8 | ||||||||||||||
| m before 1612 Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Cleveland b 1591, d 25.03.1667 | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Frances Crofts | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir John Compton d 1625 | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Edmund Poley of Badley | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Dorothy Crofts | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 identifies Dorothy's husband as Sir John Bennet Burnett but this seems to be an error for ... | |||||||||||||||
| m Sir John Bennet | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Jane Crofts | ||||||||||||||
| m Sir Humphrey Mildmay of Essex | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Mary Crofts | ||||||||||||||
| m Sir Christopher Abdy of London | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Cicely Crofts | ||||||||||||||
| m _ Killegrew | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Alice Crofts | ||||||||||||||
| m Sir Owen Smith of Norfolk | |||||||||||||||
| j.+ | other issue - John, Samuel, Edward, Arabella | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anne Crofts | ||||||||||||||
| m Sir Richard Gresham | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Susannah Croftsnamed by BEB1841 Crofts as a 2nd Anne and reported by BEB1841 Barker as daughter rather than sister of Sir John | ||||||||||||||
| m Sir Robert Barker of Grimston d 08.10.1618 | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Elizabeth Crofts see above | ||||||||||||||
| m Anthony Penning of Kettleburg | |||||||||||||||
| ???m2 | Sir Edmund Bacon of Drinkstone b about 1400 d 1470 ?Plausibility indicates Elizabeth above | ||||||||||||||
| v. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m John Grime | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue - Henry, William, Robert d unm, Edmund | ||||||||||||||
Sources:
1 various web sites in particular here,
mainly based on Ancestry.com
2 BEB1841 Crofts of Stow
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