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Owned by the Croft family since 1085, the castle and estate passed out of their hands in the 18th century, before being repurchased by the family in 1923. In 1957 it was bequeathed to the National Trust. The castle is a Grade I listed building, and the estate is separately listed as Grade II*. The adjacent Church of St Michael is listed Grade I.
Thomas Johnes FRS (1 September 1748 – 23 April 1816) was a Member of Parliament, landscape architect, farmer, printer, writer and social benefactor.He is best known for his development of the Hafod Estate in Wales.
Arms of Croft, of Croft Castle, Herefordshire: Quarterly per fess indented azure and argent, in the 1st quarter a lion passant guardant or [1]. The Croft baronetcy, of Croft Castle in the County of Hereford, was created in the Baronetage of England on 18 November 1671 for Herbert Croft, who later represented Herefordshire in Parliament. [2]
Lucy Croft married Sir Dudley Carleton, a diplomat at The Hague. Elizabeth Croft (d. 1622) married Sir Thomas Cave, and her portrait is shown at Croft Castle. [3] The lady in waiting to Elizabeth of Bohemia known as "Margaret Crofts" has sometimes been identified as the sister of William Crofts, Baron Crofts of Saxham (died 1677).
Croft matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford in April 1668, and entered the Middle Temple in the same year. [5] Sir Herbert was created a baronet in 1671, and served as member of Parliament for Herefordshire in 1679 and 1690 to 1698. He was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1682. [6] He inherited Croft Castle from his father in 1691.
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Croft is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Croft and Yarpole, in north Herefordshire, England. [1] [2] In 1961 the parish had a population of 25. [3] On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with Yarpole to form "Croft & Yarpole". [4] Croft Castle was built in the 14th century and was the seat of the Croft family.