'Croft6'
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Families covered: Croft of Barwell, Croft of Peckleton
| Nichols identifies the arms of this family, quartered with others, as "lozengy Argent and Sable". | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Croft of Barwell (a temp Edward IV who r. 1461-1483) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Croft | ||||||||||||||
| A. | William Croft (a 1530, 1537) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Harvey (dau/coheir of Thomas Harvey of Elmesthorp) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Croft of Barwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Ducket (dau of John Ducket of Broughton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Croft of Peckleton (d 1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Chaworth (dau of Sir George Chaworth, 1st Viscount in Ireland) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Croft of Peckleton (b 1591, dsp bur 11.03.1624, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susannah Wright (d 14.03.1649, dau of Thomas Wright of Snelson & Hawksford, m2. Thomas Croft) ## see below | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Dorothy Croft | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Wightman of Hinckley (sister/coheir of Thomas) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Grace Croft | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Aucrey of Heckney (Hinckney?) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Anne Croft | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Meade of Narborow | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Maria Croft | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Burdett of Mousley | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | other issue - William (b 1590, dvpsp 14.11.1612), George (d infant?), George, Henry, Katherine | ||||||||||||||
| b. | John Croft (bur 23.02.1620, rector of Peckleton) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Tilson (d 14.03.1652, dau of John Tilson) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Croft of Meison (a 1619, rector of Peckleton) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maria Rosse of Laxton (Lexton) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Croft of the Forest, Leicester (d 14.02.1651) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susannah Wright (d 14.03.1649, dau of Thomas Wright of Snelson & Hawksford, m1. Thomas Croft) ## see above | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Thomas of the Forest (a 1652), John, Laurence, Christopher | ||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - William, Anthony, Jacob, Barnabas, Maria, Dorothy, Katharione | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Esaias Croft of Thornton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Stone (dau of William Stone of Lindridge) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Croft | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Goodhall of Earl's Shinton | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - William (b c1610, a 1619), Maria, Catherine, Elizabehth | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Croft | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Barnwell | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 4, part 2, 1811, 'Pedigree of Croft of Barwell and Peckleton' (p483) & 'Pedigree of Croft, Wightman, and Jee, of Peckleton' (p876))
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