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Sir Richard CROFT Knt. of Croft Castle [15739]
(-1509)

 

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1. Eleanor CORNWALL [15740]

Sir Richard CROFT Knt. of Croft Castle [15739]

  • Marriage (1): Eleanor CORNWALL [15740]
  • Died: 29 Jul 1509
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Sir Richard Croft was made a Knight Bannerett at the battle of East Stoke, Co. Notts, June 6 1487, where Lambert Simnel was defeated by Henry VII

Sir Richard was also governor of Ludlow Castle, and his wife Eleanor, daughter of Sir Edmund Cornwall, Baron of Burford, was the " Lady Governess " of the two Princes, Edward (afterwards Edward V) and his brother Richard, Duke of York, while they were at Ludlow Castle ; these are the little Princes who were afterwards murdered in the Tower of London in 1483 by order of their uncle- the Protector, Gloucester-who had usurped the throne under the title of Richard III.
Ref: https://archive.org/stream/houseofcroftofcr00crof/houseofcroftofcr00crof_djvu.txt


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Richard married Eleanor CORNWALL [15740] [MRIN: 5605], daughter of Edmond Baron CORNWALL of Burford [15742] and Elizabeth De La BARRE [15743]. (Eleanor CORNWALL [15740] died in 1520.)


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