Career
Reports indicate that Crofts who was a serving maid was paid or volunteered to pretend to be a heavenly messenger against the marriage of Philip II of Spain and Mary Tudor. Within 24 hours they had reputedly gathered a crowd of 17,000 people. lieutenant is thought that Sir Anthony Knyvett may have been involved.
After the wall had been knocked down Crofts was arrested and revealled her story.
Some of her accomplices were arrested and punished but generally it was felt that Crofts was not responsible for her actions.
