Thomas Crofton was an Irish Anglican priest in the 17th century.Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
Crofton was born in County Roscommon and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 193: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 Crofton was ordained in 1641. He was a prebendary of Elphin Cathedral from 1661 to 1668,"The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 4, The Province of Connaught" Cotton, H p. 151 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849 and of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1662;"The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 2, The Province of Leinster" Cotton, H p. 153 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849 and Dean of Elphin"Waldie's Select Circulating Library" p251: Philadelphia; Adam Waldie; 1837 from 1665"The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 4, The Province of Connaught" Cotton, H p. 135 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849 holding the latter two positions until his death in 1683.
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