Croft, Thomas (1708-1754)

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Born Lincolnshire 1684.
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Adm. sizar at JESUS, Sept. 27, 1700. S. of Thomas, above, R. of Broughton, Lincs. B. 1684. ' Matric. 1701; B.A. 1704/5. Rustat Scholar. Ord. deacon (London) Feb. 1707/8; priest (Ely) Dec. 19, 1708. R. of Alderley, Cheshire, 1712-4, and 1741-53. Buried there Nov. 6, 1753. (Burke, L.G.)

J.P. Earwaker, East Cheshire, 2.635-6, explains the two institutions nearly three decades apart. The presenttation in 1713 was disputed and caused a great deal of litigation. Sir Thomas Stanley had sold the next presentation of the living to Mr Hamlet Woods, father-in-law of Charles Henchman, whilst the manor of Alderley and its appurtenances had been mortgaged to Sir Bibby Lake (who presented Croft to the living). Chancery decided in favour of Woods and Croft had to resign.
Croft was instituted again in 1741. Earwaker considers it doubtful how resident Croft was.
However, Croft was bur. at Alderley, 6 Nov. 1753.

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