Anthony Crofts Explained

Anthony Crofts (c. 1593 – 1 October 1657) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624.

Crofts was probably the son of Sir John Crofts of Little Saxham, Suffolk, and Toddington, Bedfordshire. He was admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge at Easter, 1611 and was admitted at Gray's Inn on 22 May 1612. In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds.[1] Crofts died at the age of 63.

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=5V09AAAAYAAJ&q=%22Browne+Willis%22 Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp186-239