Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Croft, (Sir) William
Croft, (Sir) William, of Middlesex, militis fil. nat. max. Christ Church, matric. 12 May, 1609, aged 14; B.A. 19 June, 1611, of Croft Castle (eldest son of Sir Herbert), M.P. Launceston 1614, and Malmesbury 1626 & 1628-9, knighted 13 June, 1614, slain at Stokesay 8 June, 1645, aged 54, brother of James 1621, and of Herbert 1636. See Foster's Parliamentary Dictionary.