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The succession to Edward III was governed according to his entail to the crown in 1376. On his death, on 21 June 1377, the line of succession to the English throne was: Richard of Bordeaux, Prince of Wales (born 1367), only son of Edward III's deceased eldest son Edward, the Black Prince (born 1330)
The original Croft Castle is thought to have been built in the eleventh century by Bernard de Croft, a Norman Knight, who was succeeded by many eminent Crofts, including Hugh de Croft – murdered in 1317 by the Herefordshire Lacys whilst trying to negotiate peace in Ireland.
Jan 9, 2020 · Edward I of England reigned as king from 1272 to 1307 CE. Edward succeeded his father Henry III of England (r. 1216-1272 CE) and was known as 'Longshanks' for his impressive height and as 'the Hammer of the Scots' for his repeated attacks on Scotland .
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Croft never succeeded to the family estates in Herefordshire, which were granted in 1583 to Sir William Herbert and Thomas Wigmore as feoffees who in turn granted them to Croft’s eldest son Herbert in 1594. This arrangement was probably due to Croft’s unstable character.
When Richard Croft II was born in 1484, in Croft, Herefordshire, England, his father, Sheriff Edward de Croft, was 19 and his mother, Joyce Scull, was 20. He married Lady Catherine Herbert about 1514, in Croft, Herefordshire, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters.
Edward, who succeeded his father as Edward II King of England, was born 25 Apr 1284 at Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales (now part of England). In 1308 he married Isabella "the Fair" of France, daughter of Philip IV, King of France, by his wife Joan who in her own right had been Queen of Navarre, but was then deceased.
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Jan 11, 2023 · SIR RICHARD CROFT, Knt. of Croft Castle, high-sheriff of the co. of Hereford, the captor of Prince Edward, son of Henry VI., at the battle of Tewkesbury, in 1471. This gallant soldier was appointed treasurer of the household to HENRY VII., and had the high honour of knight-banneret conferred upon him at the battle of Stoke, in 1487.
