His coat of arms is shown: "Quarterly per fess dancette ... William was descended from the Croft family of Croft Castle in Herefordshire. He was a son of William Croft (died 1690) and baptised at ...

But he seems never to have had any monument or marker. He was born about 1518, a son of Richard Croft of Croft Castle and his wife Catherine (Herbert). His first wife was Alice Warnecombe and they had ...