Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Croft, (Sir) James

by Joseph Foster

Croft, (Sir) James, of co. Hereford, eq. fil. Christ Church, matric. 8 June, 1621, aged 18; B.A. 6 Dec., 1621, of Gray's Inn 1625 (as son of Herbert, of Croft Castle, co. Hereford, knight), a colonel in the service of Charles I., knighted Dec., or Jan., 1644, 'for his stout and faithful service,' suffered much for his loyalty; 'ye pentioner,' buried 9 Aug., 1659, at St. Clement's, London, brother of Herbert 1636. See Alumni West., 86; & Foster's Inns of Court Reg.