About Croft, Lincolnshire
Croft is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately 2mi north-east from Wainfleet, and 4mi south-west from Skegness. Croft is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book with 15 households, 120acre of meadow and a salthouse. The parish church is dedicated to All Saints and is a Grade I listed building built of greenstone, dating from the 14th century. Monuments inside the church include kneeling alabaster effigies to Sir Valentine Browne (d. 1600) and Elizabeth (Monson) his wife, with their fifteen children in relief below. Its inscription states that Browne was "Treasurer and Vittleter of Barwicke and dyed (about 1600) Treasurer of Ireland". A related alabaster monument is to Valentine Browne's son John Browne (d. 1614), and his wife Cicely (Kirkman). A further (ashlar) monument is to William Bonde (d. 1559), erected by his son Nicholas, President of Magdalen College, Oxford. In the floor of the south aisle and chantry is a late 13th or early 14th century brass, the half effigy of a knight in banded mail. A tablet on the south side of the tower mentions a restoration of 1656; the church was again restored in 1857.
Croft, Lincolnshire Description
Croft is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately 2mi north-east from Wainfleet, and 4mi south-west from Skegness. Croft is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book with 15 households, 120acre of meadow and a salthouse. The parish church is dedicated to All Saints and is a Grade I listed building built of greenstone, dating from the 14th century. Monuments inside the church include kneeling alabaster effigies to Sir Valentine Browne (d. 1600) and Elizabeth (Monson) his wife, with their fifteen children in relief below. Its inscription states that Browne was "Treasurer and Vittleter of Barwicke and dyed (about 1600) Treasurer of Ireland". A related alabaster monument is to Valentine Browne's son John Browne (d. 1614), and his wife Cicely (Kirkman). A further (ashlar) monument is to William Bonde (d. 1559), erected by his son Nicholas, President of Magdalen College, Oxford. In the floor of the south aisle and chantry is a late 13th or early 14th century brass, the half effigy of a knight in banded mail. A tablet on the south side of the tower mentions a restoration of 1656; the church was again restored in 1857.