CROFT, Sir James (c.1518-90), of Croft Castle, Herefs.

Water bailiff, Boulogne 1544 – 45, under-marshal 21 Mar. 1546 – Mar. 1547; capt. Haddington by June – Sept. 1549; member, council in the marches of Wales 1550, vice-president 1550 – 51; ld. dep. [I] 29 Apr. 1551 – Apr. 1553; gent. privy chamber Nov. 1551; dep. constable of the Tower ? 1 May – 8 July 1553; j.p.q. Herefs. from 1559 and of most marcher and Welsh counties from 1573; gov. Berwick-upon-Tweed 14 Apr. 1559 – 21 Aug. 1560; commr. musters, Herefs. 1569; comptroller of the Household 1570; PC 24 May 1570; constable, Aberystwyth castle, Card., Montgomery castle, Mont. 1570; steward, Kedewen, Kerry and Montgomery, Mont. 1570, Hereford by 1570, Leominster by 1571; keeper, Wigmore park, Herefs. 1570; custos rot. Herefs. c. 1573; commr. to treat with the Spanish at Bourbourg Jan. 1588.Mont. Colls. iii. 150, 314; J. Price, Leominster, 46–61, 219 seq.; G. F. Townshend, Leominster, passim; HMC 13th Rep. IV, 331; SP12/93; CPR, 1558–60, p. 107; 1569–72, pp. 10, 259; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 338; CSP Span. 1568–79, p. 227; P. Croft, Spanish Co. (London Rec. Soc. ix), p.xxvi; P. H. Williams, Council in the Marches of Wales, passim; Wright, Eliz. i. 355; Lansd. 47, f. 41; 56, f. 168 seq.; 105, f. 100; APC, vii. 357.