John Giffard

• Preferred Name: John Giffard^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]}
  
• Alternate Name: John of Brimpsfield
  
• Alternate Name: John Gifford
  
• Alternate Name: John de Giffard
  
• Alternate Name: John le Boef
  
• Alternate Name: John de Gifford
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Baron le Boef
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: 1st Baron Giffard
  
• FSID: LJP3-57M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Sir Knight
  
• Death: 29 MAY 1299 in Boyton, Wiltshire, England at LATI: N1.142 LONG: E2.1003
  
• Birth: 19 JAN 1232 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England at LATI: N1.8132 LONG: E2.0923
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Lord le Boef
  
• Burial: 11 JUN 1299 in Malmesbury Abbey, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England at LATI: N1.5843 LONG: E2.0996
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  John Giffard, Baron Giffard of Brimsfield (1232-1299), was an English nobleman prominent in the Second Barons' War and in Wales. His initial gift of land in Oxford led to the foundation of Gloucester College, Oxford.
  
  «b»Involvement in military actions«/b»
  In 1263, with others of Simon de Montfort's party he besieged the sheriff of Gloucester in Gloucester Castle. Also in that year, with others, he abducted Peter of Aigueblanche, the Bishop of Hereford, confining him to Eardisley Castle.
  
  In 1264 he controlled Kenilworth Castle, and successfully attacked Warwick Castle, occupied by William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick. Captured at the Battle of Lewes, he changed sides, and fought for Henry III at the Battle of Evesham.
  
  He was subsequently a staunch king's man, for Henry and Edward I of England. He fought at the decisive Battle of Orewin Bridge (1282). Edward granted him Welsh castles, including Carreg Cennen.
  
  «b»Family«/b»
  He was the son of Elias Giffard IV of Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire and his second wife, Alice, sister of Sir John Mautravers, of Lytchett Matravers, Dorset. He married Maud de Clifford, daughter of Sir Walter de Clifford, of Clifford, Hertfordshire, and widow of William III Longespée. Their son John (1287-1322) was executed by Edward II as a rebel, and Brimpsfield Castle was destroyed. Their daughter Katherine married Nicholas Audley (1258-1299), son of Ela Longespée and James de Audley. Their daughter Eleanor married Fulk le Strange, 1st Baron Strange of Blackmere. John married secondly, in 1286, Margaret, widow of Sir John de Neville, of Hallingbury, Essex.
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 7/2009:
  Sir John Giffard, 1st Lord Giffard1
  M, #908, d. 28 May 1299
  Last Edited=3 Apr 2009
  Sir John Giffard, 1st Lord Giffard married, firstly, Maud de Clifford , daughter of Walter de Clifford and Margaret ap Llywelyn .1 He married, secondly, Margaret (?) after 1282.2 He died on 28 May 1299.3
  Sir John Giffard, 1st Lord Giffard gained the title of 1st Lord Giffard, of Brimpsfield.1
  Child of Sir John Giffard, 1st Lord Giffard and Maud de Clifford
  Catherine Giffard + b. b 12721
  Citations
  [S6 ] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 338. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  [S6 ] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IX, page 483.
  [S37 ] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1063. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.25, 26, 35, 45; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === Sir John "Le Boef" Giffard * was born in ===
  Sir John "Le Boef" Giffard * was born in 1235 in Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England.(2069) He died about 1300. (2069)(71) Chris Moore posted to soc.genealogy.medieval on 30 May 1997: Subject: Re: Parents of John Giffard of Twyford "In NEHGR, Vol. 75, pp. 129-130, an article by the well-known G. Andrews Moriarty on "Giffard-Sargent" . . . [This John's] pedigree is given to be Osbert, Elias, Elias, Elias, Osberne, Osbern Le Bolebec. The wife of the elder John [i.e this one] and mother of the younger is not known. In another NEHGR article thirty years later (Vol. 105, pp. 292-294) on "The Early Giffards", Moriarty states that Giffard "the name is one of those rude nicknames in which the Normans delighted and may be translated into the vernacular as "fat face"!!! Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Giffard) does not mention this John. On p.653 and in note b he does mention a John Giffard, son of Osbert, but a careful reading shows that John to be the nephew of this John. (source: Jim Steven's Genealogy Homepage)
  
  === ! "He was enfeoffed of two parts of a kn ===
  ! "He was enfeoffed of two parts of a knight's fee in Twyford, by Robert Fitz Nicholas, steward of Henry III, prior to 1272. On 12th Mar 1276, he was mentioned as of Twyford in the Close Rolls, and in 1277, as John Giffard le Boef, he petitioned that the service of Ralph Pipard should be performed in West Wales. In 1282 the said John Giffard was performing in Wales the service due from John Giffard of Brimsfield. In 1284, he was summoned by a writ to show his right of frank pledge in Twyford, when he pleaded the feoffment by Robert Fitz-Nicholas and called upon Robert's nephew, Ralph Pipard, to warrant, but was adjudged to be in mercy." He held feudal lands in Twyford and Charndon, Bucks. "In the roll of arms printed with the parliamentary writs, the arms of Sir John Giffard le Boef of Twyford are set down as "Sire Johann Gyffard le boef De goules. ! References: English Origins of New England Families, NEHGR, I:625-6.
  
  === !Ancestral File English Origins of New E ===
  !Ancestral File English Origins of New England Families, Vol. I. by New England Historical & Genealogical Register pages 625, 626
  
  === The following was copied from Dave Utzin ===
  The following was copied from Dave Utzinger, World Connect db=utzing, rootsweb.com:
  
  Known as Sir John Giffard Le Boef. He was enfeoffed of two parts of a knight's fee in Twyford, by Robert FitzNicholas, steward of Henry III, prior to 1272. On 12 Mar 1276 he was mentioned as of Twyford in the Close Rolls, and in 1277, as John Giffard le Boef, he petitioned that the service Ralph Pipard should be performed in West Wales [Parliamentary Writs, vol 1, p 632]. In 1282 the said John Giffard was performing in Wales the service due from John Giffard of Brimsfield (ib.). In 1284 he was summoned by a writ of quo warranto to show his right of frank pledge in Twyford, when he pleaded the feoffment by Robert FitzNicholas and called upon Robert's nephew, Ralph Pipard, to warrant, but was adjudged to be in mercy. Pipard sought in 1289-90 that he be restored [Parliamentary Rolls, vol 1]. In the Feudal Aid of 1284-1286 John Giffard le Boef held 15 1/2 virgates of land in Charndon, co. Bucks, of the king, and 40 librates in Twyford of Ralph Pipard [Feudal Aids, vol 1, p 181]. On 3 May 1296 he was knight of the shire for co. Bucks, in a Parliament at Westminster--one of the earliest Parliaments [Parliamentary Writs, vol 1, p 632].
  
  In the roll of arms, in the time of Edward I, known as the Planché Roll, the arms of John Giffard le Boef of Twyford are given as Gules, three lions passant in pale argent, and a label for difference. These are the arms of the Brimsfield Giffards with the mark of cadency. In the roll of arms printed with the parliamentary writs the arms of Sir John Giffard le Boef of twyford are set down as "Sire Johann Gyffard le Boef De goules a III lions passant de argent e un label de azur."
  
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  *That Sir John Gifford Ie Boef of Twyford, co. Bucks, Knight was probably a son of Osbert and Isabel (de Bokland) Gifford of the Brimsfield family is shown by a pardon for Geoffrey de Arcubus for the death of Hugh Ruffus, at the instance of John Gifford, son of Osbert Giffard, 10 Jan. 1266 (Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry Ill, 1258-1266, p. 522). The John Gifford of this record can be no other than the son of the Osbert who died about 1237, as the latter's son Osbert, born in 1233 or 1234, could not have had a son John who was born early enough to be the John mentioned in the pardon, and Osbert, son of Richard Giffard the Justiciary), left no issue, an his sisters were his heirs. Moreover, John Gifford Ie Boef came from Devonshire, and he (and his son after him) held Accott in Devonshire and Astwell in Northamptonshire adversely to John Gifford, son of the second Osbert. Astwell at one time was held by the second Osbert.
  
  (The contributor of this article, who has spent the winter in England, writes that he has discovered a fine of John Giffard le Boef of Twyford, in the time of Edward I. in which the said John is called "son of Osbert Gifford," so that the pedigree is now conclusively proved back to the Conquest. Therefore on p. 59 of the present volume of the REGISTER, line 9, the word probable should be deleted.---EDITOR.]
  
  === Relationship to N. G. Utting note ===
  Twentieth Great Grandfather : Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather
  
  === !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF SIXTY COLON ===
  !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF SIXTY COLONISTS WHO CAME TO NEW ENGLAND BETWEEN 1623 AND 1650, 6TH EDITION, 1988, PG 34, LINE 29A-29
  
  === THE COMPLETE PEERAGE OF ENGLAND (Second ===
  THE COMPLETE PEERAGE OF ENGLAND (Second Edition); by George Edward COKAYNE; Volume 11, Page 384; and Volume 5, Page 639-642. THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST; op. cit.
  
  === !#21> Complete Peerage-v5-p639-644*,-v11 ===
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  === BARONY OF GIFFARD (I)
  
  SIR JOHN GIFFARD, ===
  BARONY OF GIFFARD (I)
  
  SIR JOHN GIFFARD, of Brimpsfield, Badgeworth, Stonehouse, Stoke Gifford, and Rockhampton, co. Gloucester, Elston, Orcheston St. George, Sherrington, Ashton, and Broughton Gifford, Wilts, son and heir of Sir Elis GIFFARD, of Brimpsfield, &c. (who died shortly before 2 May 1248) (c1), by his 2nd wife, Alice, sister of Sir John MAUTRAVERS, of Lytchet Matravers, Dorset (a). He was aged 16, or 16 and more, at his father's death (b1). With several other barons, he seized the Bishop of Hereford, 11 June 1263, and took him to Eardisley Castle. On 18 August following, he was among those who made a treaty with Edward, the King's son. He had just been appointed, 7 August, by the advice of the Magnates of the Council, Keeper of the castle of St. Briavel and the forest of Dean, during pleasure, and he was pardoned, 18 September following, for all trespasses committed by reason of non-observance of the Provisions of Oxford. He was appointed joint Keeper of the counties of Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford, 24 December 1263. In 1264 he belonged to the baronial party, and in April, being in command at Kenilworth, he surprised and destroyed Warwick Castle, taking the Earl and Countess prisoners. On 14 May following he was at the battle of Lewes, where he was taken prisoner early in the day, but he had already captured William la Zuche. He was one of those prohibited, 16 February 1264/5, from taking part in the tournament at Dunstaple, and ordered to attend a Council on the morrow of Ash Wednesday [19 February] following. He changed sides together with the Earl of Gloucester and others, and was in the King's army at the battle of Evesham, 4 August 1265. In consideration of his services at this battle, he was pardoned, 9 Oct. 1265, for having adhered to Simon de Montfort at the battle of Lewes, and for all other trespasses committed up to the said 9 October. He was one of the commissioners empowered, 24 April 1274, to make a truce at the ford of Montgomery, in a month from Easter [29 April], between Llewelyn ab Gruffyd, Prince of Wales, and Humphrey de Bohun of Brecknock. On 6 November 1281 he had licence to hunt wolves, with his own hounds, throughout all the King's forests in England. He was appointed Keeper of the castle of Llandovery, co. Carmarthen, 9 April 1282, and of that of Builth, co. Brecknock, 14 October following, both during pleasure. On 18 November 1283 the King granted him, in fee, the commote of Is-cennen, co. Carmarthen, to hold by the service of a knight's fee: and, on 8 February 1289/90, the castle of Dynevor in that county, for life, as a refuge for himself and his men: he was ordered to deliver this castle to Walter de Pederton, 29 July 1297. He was present at the assemblies held at Berwick in October and November 1297, to discuss the various claims to the Crown of Scotland. He was Captain of Podensac in Gascony, which town he surrendered to the French, in 1294/5. He was summoned for Military Service from 18 July 1257 to 7 May 1299, to attend the King at Shrewsbury, 28 June 1283, to attend the King at Salisbury, 26 January 1296/7, to a Military Council, 20 August 1297, and to Parliament from 24 June 1295. to 10 April 1299, by writs directed Johanni Giffard, or Gyffard, occasionally with the addition de Brimmesfeld', whereby he is held to have become LORD GIFFARD.
  
  He was affianced, at the age of 4 years, to Aubrey DE CAUMVILLE (who was about the same age), but he did not marry her (b2). He married, 1stly, Maud [c2], widow of Sir William LUNGESPEE, of Amesbury, Aldbourne, and Trowbridge, Wilts, Canford, Dorset, Bicester, Oxon; Brattleby, co., Lincoln, &c. (who died between 23 December 1256 and 3 January 1256/7], and daughter and heir of Sir Walter DE CLIFFORD, of Clifford co. Hereford, Cortham, Salop, &c., by Margaret, daughter of Llewelyn ab IORWERTH, PRINCE OF NORTH WALES. She, who was living 1 December 1281, died s.p.m., not long afterwards. He married, 2ndly, in 1286, Margaret, widow of Sir John DE NEVILLE, of Hallingbury, Wethersfield, Great Totham, Great Wakering and Langharn, Essex, Alphington, Devon, &c. who died shortly before 20 May 1282. He died at Boyton, Wilts, 29 May, and was buried 11 June 1299 in Malmesbury Abbey. His widow's dower was ordered to be assigned, 1 August 1299, and on 5 August she was assigned the manors of Stonehouse, Stoke Gifford, Elston, and Broughton Gifford. She died shortly before 13 December 1338. [Complete Peerage V:639-44, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  
  (c1) In 1221 this Elis stated that "Osbertus Giffard, antecessor suus qui venit ad conquestum Angl' tenuit manerium de Bimesfeld' . . . et post eum Elias flius suus . . . et post eum Elias filius illius Elie et pater suus." At least one generation is here omitted. The Elis living in 1221 was son and heir of Elis III, by Maud, daughter of Morice fitz Robert fitz Hardinge, of Berkeley: which Elis III owed 100 marks 'pro fine terre sue' in 1166 and died before Michaelmas 1190, when William le Mareschal owed 140 marks for the custody of the lands of Elis Giffard. Elis III was son and heir of Elis II (who became a monk in Gloucester Abbey), by Berta (living 1167), sister of Walter de Clifford, of Clifford and Glasbury, and daughter of Richard fitz Ponce. In 1130 Elis II rendered account of 100 marks of silver for the relief of his father's lands, being son and heir of Elis I, by Ala, his wife. Before 1096 Elis I had succeeded his father Osbern Giffard, the Domesday tenant of Brimpsfield, Stoke, Rockhampton, Elston, Orcheston, etc.
  
  (a) John Mautravers gave the manor of Ashton and the advowson of the church of St. Peter at Codford, Wilts, to Elis Giffard in free marriage with Alice his sister, to hold to them and their heirs of their bodies, by the service of a knight's fee.
  
  (b1) "Elias Giffard". He held the manor of Winterburne (now Elston), of the King in chief, as the head of his barony; the manor of Sherrington pertaining to that barony; and that of Ashton, held of John Mautravers in free marriage. Heir [name cut away] his son aged 16 [rest cut away]. The proof of age of this heir, John Giffard, is undated and defective, but it states that he was born on the day of St. Wulstan (19 Jan).
  
  (b2) So the proof of age mentioned above. She was probably the Aubrey de Canville, a nun of Polesworth, who was elected Abbess in Dec 1276 or in the following month. The marriage was contracted at Arrow, co. Warwick, and she must have been a daughter of Thomas de Camville, of Arrow, and a descendant of Aubrey Marmion, Lady of Arrow, wife of William de Caumville.
  
  [c2] Maud Lungespee notified the King that John Giffard had abducted her from her manor of Canford, Dorset, and taken her against her will to his castle of Brimpsfield, and there detained her. John appeared before the King, and professed himself ready to prove that he did not abduct her against her will, and offered a fine of 300 marks for the marriage already contracted, as it was said, between them, provided she made no further complaint against him. On 10 March 1270/1 the King ordained that if she were not content, the said fine should be void, and John should stand his trial at a month from Easter. And as she was too unwell to appear before the King, commissioners were sent to inquire into the truth of the matter, and to certify the King thereof. John and Maud, and her Ist husband, William Lungespee, were all descended from Richard fitz Ponce. Why John Giffard should have referred to himself as being of the race of Le Lungespee as in the proof of age mentioned above he is said to have done-is not explicable; unless, indeed, the sobriquet was derived from the family of Clifford.
  
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  John Giffard, Baron Giffard of Bromsfield (1232-1299), was a soldier and baron in the reigns of Henry III and Edward I, descended from Osbert Giffard, a Norman noble, who under William I acquired various estates, of which Bromsfield (now Brimpsfield) in Gloucestershire and Sherrington in Wiltshire were the chief. From Osbern was descended Richard, one of the justices appointed at Northampton in 1176, whose grandson, Elias, was one of the barons who fought against King John. The son of this Elias was John Giffard, who succeeded his father in 1248 at the age of sixteen. During his minority the queen had the guardianship of his lands, which probably prejudiced him against this court. His first experience of war was against the Welsh between 1257 and 1262. He seems to have been attached to the household of Simon de Montfort, and when the civil war broke out early in 1263 he ravaged the lands of Roger Mortimer; later in the same year he was one of the barons who captured the alien bishop of Hereford, attacke Sir Matthew de Besil at Gloucester, and afterwards besieged Prince Edward there in March 1264. Next year he was excommunicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and in April, while governor of Kenilworth, attacked Warwick Castle and captured its earl and countess. He was present at Lewes, where he was captured early in the day, imprisoned in the castle, and rescued at its close. He had himself captured Alan de la Zouch, a dispute as to whose ransom, or, accourding to Wykes, an order to surrender some lands which he had occupied, alienated him from Montfort. Giffard now attached himself to Gilbert de Clare, whom he appears to have influenced in taking up the royalist cause. He took an active part in the events which preceded Evesham, was present at that battle, 4 Aug 1265, and in recognition of his services received pardon for his past conduct. During the following years of peace we hear of him only as receiving licenses to hunt in the royal forests, except that in 1271, for forcibly marrying Matilda, widow of William Longespee and heiress of W de Clifford, he had to pay a fine of three hundred marks to the king. He was employed an all the wars of Edward I's reign; in Wlaes where he was one of the knights commanding the English when Llewelly
  
  === ANCESTRAL ROOTS, by F. L. Weis, 7th Ed., ===
  ANCESTRAL ROOTS, by F. L. Weis, 7th Ed., Line 29A #29, pg 31: Maud de Clif- ford; m. (1) Wm. Longespee III, Earl of Salisbury, d. 1257; m. (2) c1257/8, Sir John Gifford, Lord Gifford of Brimsfield, b. c1232, d. Boyton, Wilts., 29 May 1299. (CP XI 384, V 639-642; TAG, op.cit.).
  
  === He forcibly abducted and raped Maud de ===
  He forcibly abducted and raped Maud de Clifford at his stronghold Brimpsfield. By doing so, he hoped to gain her inheritance. When she complained to the King, he said she was to ill to travel and to testify. He then forced the marriage by paying 300 marks for a wedding to her without royal permission. He found a biddable priest to marry them. He renounced his allegiance to Henry III on the eve of the battle. He had a falling out with Simon de Montfort over his illegal land siezures after Lewes. He was also mad at Simon for not giving him ransom money for the prisoners he captured. Though inexperience, he fought under Segrave at Lewes for the rebels in 1264. In July 1265 he deserted and betrayed Montford.
  === Life Sketch ===
  John Giffard, Baron Giffard of Brimsfield (1232-1299), was an English nobleman prominent in the Second Barons' War and in Wales. His initial gift of land in Oxford led to the foundation of Gloucester College, Oxford.
  
  «b»Involvement in military actions«/b»
  In 1263, with others of Simon de Montfort's party he besieged the sheriff of Gloucester in Gloucester Castle. Also in that year, with others, he abducted Peter of Aigueblanche, the Bishop of Hereford, confining him to Eardisley Castle.
  
  In 1264 he controlled Kenilworth Castle, and successfully attacked Warwick Castle, occupied by William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick. Captured at the Battle of Lewes, he changed sides, and fought for Henry III at the Battle of Evesham.
  
  He was subsequently a staunch king's man, for Henry and Edward I of England. He fought at the decisive Battle of Orewin Bridge (1282). Edward granted him Welsh castles, including Carreg Cennen.
  
  «b»Family«/b»
  He was the son of Elias Giffard IV of Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire and his second wife, Alice, sister of Sir John Mautravers, of Lytchett Matravers, Dorset. He married Maud de Clifford, daughter of Sir Walter de Clifford, of Clifford, Hertfordshire, and widow of William III Longespée. Their son John (1287-1322) was executed by Edward II as a rebel, and Brimpsfield Castle was destroyed. Their daughter Katherine married Nicholas Audley (1258-1299), son of Ela Longespée and James de Audley. Their daughter Eleanor married Fulk le Strange, 1st Baron Strange of Blackmere. John married secondly, in 1286, Margaret, widow of Sir John de Neville, of Hallingbury, Essex.
  
  === He forcibly abducted and raped Maud de ===
  He forcibly abducted and raped Maud de Clifford at his stronghold Brimpsfield. By doing so, he hoped to gain her inheritance. When she complained to the King, he said she was to ill to travel and to testify. He then forced the marriage by paying 300 marks for a wedding to her without royal permission. He found a biddable priest to marry them. He renounced his allegiance to Henry III on the eve of the battle. He had a falling out with Simon de Montfort over his illegal land siezures after Lewes. He was also mad at Simon for not giving him ransom money for the prisoners he captured. Though inexperience, he fought under Segrave at Lewes for the rebels in 1264. In July 1265 he deserted and betrayed Montford.
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 7/2009:
  Sir John Giffard, 1st Lord Giffard1
  M, #908, d. 28 May 1299
  Last Edited=3 Apr 2009
  Sir John Giffard, 1st Lord Giffard married, firstly, Maud de Clifford , daughter of Walter de Clifford and Margaret ap Llywelyn .1 He married, secondly, Margaret (?) after 1282.2 He died on 28 May 1299.3
  Sir John Giffard, 1st Lord Giffard gained the title of 1st Lord Giffard, of Brimpsfield.1
  Child of Sir John Giffard, 1st Lord Giffard and Maud de Clifford
  Catherine Giffard + b. b 12721
  Citations
  [S6 ] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 338. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  [S6 ] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IX, page 483.
  [S37 ] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1063. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  
  === !#21> Complete Peerage-v5-p639-644*,-v11 ===
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  === ANCESTRAL ROOTS, by F. L. Weis, 7th Ed., ===
  ANCESTRAL ROOTS, by F. L. Weis, 7th Ed., Line 29A #29, pg 31: Maud de Clif- ford; m. (1) Wm. Longespee III, Earl of Salisbury, d. 1257; m. (2) c1257/8, Sir John Gifford, Lord Gifford of Brimsfield, b. c1232, d. Boyton, Wilts., 29 May 1299. (CP XI 384, V 639-642; TAG, op.cit.).
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.25, 26, 35, 45; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === !Ancestral File English Origins of New E ===
  !Ancestral File English Origins of New England Families, Vol. I. by New England Historical & Genealogical Register pages 625, 626
  
  === ! "He was enfeoffed of two parts of a kn ===
  ! "He was enfeoffed of two parts of a knight's fee in Twyford, by Robert Fitz Nicholas, steward of Henry III, prior to 1272. On 12th Mar 1276, he was mentioned as of Twyford in the Close Rolls, and in 1277, as John Giffard le Boef, he petitioned that the service of Ralph Pipard should be performed in West Wales. In 1282 the said John Giffard was performing in Wales the service due from John Giffard of Brimsfield. In 1284, he was summoned by a writ to show his right of frank pledge in Twyford, when he pleaded the feoffment by Robert Fitz-Nicholas and called upon Robert's nephew, Ralph Pipard, to warrant, but was adjudged to be in mercy." He held feudal lands in Twyford and Charndon, Bucks. "In the roll of arms printed with the parliamentary writs, the arms of Sir John Giffard le Boef of Twyford are set down as "Sire Johann Gyffard le boef De goules. ! References: English Origins of New England Families, NEHGR, I:625-6.
  
  === BARONY OF GIFFARD (I)
  
  SIR JOHN GIFFARD, ===
  BARONY OF GIFFARD (I)
  
  SIR JOHN GIFFARD, of Brimpsfield, Badgeworth, Stonehouse, Stoke Gifford, and Rockhampton, co. Gloucester, Elston, Orcheston St. George, Sherrington, Ashton, and Broughton Gifford, Wilts, son and heir of Sir Elis GIFFARD, of Brimpsfield, &c. (who died shortly before 2 May 1248) (c1), by his 2nd wife, Alice, sister of Sir John MAUTRAVERS, of Lytchet Matravers, Dorset (a). He was aged 16, or 16 and more, at his father's death (b1). With several other barons, he seized the Bishop of Hereford, 11 June 1263, and took him to Eardisley Castle. On 18 August following, he was among those who made a treaty with Edward, the King's son. He had just been appointed, 7 August, by the advice of the Magnates of the Council, Keeper of the castle of St. Briavel and the forest of Dean, during pleasure, and he was pardoned, 18 September following, for all trespasses committed by reason of non-observance of the Provisions of Oxford. He was appointed joint Keeper of the counties of Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford, 24 December 1263. In 1264 he belonged to the baronial party, and in April, being in command at Kenilworth, he surprised and destroyed Warwick Castle, taking the Earl and Countess prisoners. On 14 May following he was at the battle of Lewes, where he was taken prisoner early in the day, but he had already captured William la Zuche. He was one of those prohibited, 16 February 1264/5, from taking part in the tournament at Dunstaple, and ordered to attend a Council on the morrow of Ash Wednesday [19 February] following. He changed sides together with the Earl of Gloucester and others, and was in the King's army at the battle of Evesham, 4 August 1265. In consideration of his services at this battle, he was pardoned, 9 Oct. 1265, for having adhered to Simon de Montfort at the battle of Lewes, and for all other trespasses committed up to the said 9 October. He was one of the commissioners empowered, 24 April 1274, to make a truce at the ford of Montgomery, in a month from Easter [29 April], between Llewelyn ab Gruffyd, Prince of Wales, and Humphrey de Bohun of Brecknock. On 6 November 1281 he had licence to hunt wolves, with his own hounds, throughout all the King's forests in England. He was appointed Keeper of the castle of Llandovery, co. Carmarthen, 9 April 1282, and of that of Builth, co. Brecknock, 14 October following, both during pleasure. On 18 November 1283 the King granted him, in fee, the commote of Is-cennen, co. Carmarthen, to hold by the service of a knight's fee: and, on 8 February 1289/90, the castle of Dynevor in that county, for life, as a refuge for himself and his men: he was ordered to deliver this castle to Walter de Pederton, 29 July 1297. He was present at the assemblies held at Berwick in October and November 1297, to discuss the various claims to the Crown of Scotland. He was Captain of Podensac in Gascony, which town he surrendered to the French, in 1294/5. He was summoned for Military Service from 18 July 1257 to 7 May 1299, to attend the King at Shrewsbury, 28 June 1283, to attend the King at Salisbury, 26 January 1296/7, to a Military Council, 20 August 1297, and to Parliament from 24 June 1295. to 10 April 1299, by writs directed Johanni Giffard, or Gyffard, occasionally with the addition de Brimmesfeld', whereby he is held to have become LORD GIFFARD.
  
  He was affianced, at the age of 4 years, to Aubrey DE CAUMVILLE (who was about the same age), but he did not marry her (b2). He married, 1stly, Maud [c2], widow of Sir William LUNGESPEE, of Amesbury, Aldbourne, and Trowbridge, Wilts, Canford, Dorset, Bicester, Oxon; Brattleby, co., Lincoln, &c. (who died between 23 December 1256 and 3 January 1256/7], and daughter and heir of Sir Walter DE CLIFFORD, of Clifford co. Hereford, Cortham, Salop, &c., by Margaret, daughter of Llewelyn ab IORWERTH, PRINCE OF NORTH WALES. She, who was living 1 December 1281, died s.p.m., not long afterwards. He married, 2ndly, in 1286, Margaret, widow of Sir John DE NEVILLE, of Hallingbury, Wethersfield, Great Totham, Great Wakering and Langharn, Essex, Alphington, Devon, &c. who died shortly before 20 May 1282. He died at Boyton, Wilts, 29 May, and was buried 11 June 1299 in Malmesbury Abbey. His widow's dower was ordered to be assigned, 1 August 1299, and on 5 August she was assigned the manors of Stonehouse, Stoke Gifford, Elston, and Broughton Gifford. She died shortly before 13 December 1338. [Complete Peerage V:639-44, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  
  (c1) In 1221 this Elis stated that "Osbertus Giffard, antecessor suus qui venit ad conquestum Angl' tenuit manerium de Bimesfeld' . . . et post eum Elias flius suus . . . et post eum Elias filius illius Elie et pater suus." At least one generation is here omitted. The Elis living in 1221 was son and heir of Elis III, by Maud, daughter of Morice fitz Robert fitz Hardinge, of Berkeley: which Elis III owed 100 marks 'pro fine terre sue' in 1166 and died before Michaelmas 1190, when William le Mareschal owed 140 marks for the custody of the lands of Elis Giffard. Elis III was son and heir of Elis II (who became a monk in Gloucester Abbey), by Berta (living 1167), sister of Walter de Clifford, of Clifford and Glasbury, and daughter of Richard fitz Ponce. In 1130 Elis II rendered account of 100 marks of silver for the relief of his father's lands, being son and heir of Elis I, by Ala, his wife. Before 1096 Elis I had succeeded his father Osbern Giffard, the Domesday tenant of Brimpsfield, Stoke, Rockhampton, Elston, Orcheston, etc.
  
  (a) John Mautravers gave the manor of Ashton and the advowson of the church of St. Peter at Codford, Wilts, to Elis Giffard in free marriage with Alice his sister, to hold to them and their heirs of their bodies, by the service of a knight's fee.
  
  (b1) "Elias Giffard". He held the manor of Winterburne (now Elston), of the King in chief, as the head of his barony; the manor of Sherrington pertaining to that barony; and that of Ashton, held of John Mautravers in free marriage. Heir [name cut away] his son aged 16 [rest cut away]. The proof of age of this heir, John Giffard, is undated and defective, but it states that he was born on the day of St. Wulstan (19 Jan).
  
  (b2) So the proof of age mentioned above. She was probably the Aubrey de Canville, a nun of Polesworth, who was elected Abbess in Dec 1276 or in the following month. The marriage was contracted at Arrow, co. Warwick, and she must have been a daughter of Thomas de Camville, of Arrow, and a descendant of Aubrey Marmion, Lady of Arrow, wife of William de Caumville.
  
  [c2] Maud Lungespee notified the King that John Giffard had abducted her from her manor of Canford, Dorset, and taken her against her will to his castle of Brimpsfield, and there detained her. John appeared before the King, and professed himself ready to prove that he did not abduct her against her will, and offered a fine of 300 marks for the marriage already contracted, as it was said, between them, provided she made no further complaint against him. On 10 March 1270/1 the King ordained that if she were not content, the said fine should be void, and John should stand his trial at a month from Easter. And as she was too unwell to appear before the King, commissioners were sent to inquire into the truth of the matter, and to certify the King thereof. John and Maud, and her Ist husband, William Lungespee, were all descended from Richard fitz Ponce. Why John Giffard should have referred to himself as being of the race of Le Lungespee as in the proof of age mentioned above he is said to have done-is not explicable; unless, indeed, the sobriquet was derived from the family of Clifford.
  
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  John Giffard, Baron Giffard of Bromsfield (1232-1299), was a soldier and baron in the reigns of Henry III and Edward I, descended from Osbert Giffard, a Norman noble, who under William I acquired various estates, of which Bromsfield (now Brimpsfield) in Gloucestershire and Sherrington in Wiltshire were the chief. From Osbern was descended Richard, one of the justices appointed at Northampton in 1176, whose grandson, Elias, was one of the barons who fought against King John. The son of this Elias was John Giffard, who succeeded his father in 1248 at the age of sixteen. During his minority the queen had the guardianship of his lands, which probably prejudiced him against this court. His first experience of war was against the Welsh between 1257 and 1262. He seems to have been attached to the household of Simon de Montfort, and when the civil war broke out early in 1263 he ravaged the lands of Roger Mortimer; later in the same year he was one of the barons who captured the alien bishop of Hereford, attacke Sir Matthew de Besil at Gloucester, and afterwards besieged Prince Edward there in March 1264. Next year he was excommunicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and in April, while governor of Kenilworth, attacked Warwick Castle and captured its earl and countess. He was present at Lewes, where he was captured early in the day, imprisoned in the castle, and rescued at its close. He had himself captured Alan de la Zouch, a dispute as to whose ransom, or, accourding to Wykes, an order to surrender some lands which he had occupied, alienated him from Montfort. Giffard now attached himself to Gilbert de Clare, whom he appears to have influenced in taking up the royalist cause. He took an active part in the events which preceded Evesham, was present at that battle, 4 Aug 1265, and in recognition of his services received pardon for his past conduct. During the following years of peace we hear of him only as receiving licenses to hunt in the royal forests, except that in 1271, for forcibly marrying Matilda, widow of William Longespee and heiress of W de Clifford, he had to pay a fine of three hundred marks to the king. He was employed an all the wars of Edward I's reign; in Wlaes where he was one of the knights commanding the English when Llewelly
  
  === The following was copied from Dave Utzin ===
  The following was copied from Dave Utzinger, World Connect db=utzing, rootsweb.com:
  
  Known as Sir John Giffard Le Boef. He was enfeoffed of two parts of a knight's fee in Twyford, by Robert FitzNicholas, steward of Henry III, prior to 1272. On 12 Mar 1276 he was mentioned as of Twyford in the Close Rolls, and in 1277, as John Giffard le Boef, he petitioned that the service Ralph Pipard should be performed in West Wales [Parliamentary Writs, vol 1, p 632]. In 1282 the said John Giffard was performing in Wales the service due from John Giffard of Brimsfield (ib.). In 1284 he was summoned by a writ of quo warranto to show his right of frank pledge in Twyford, when he pleaded the feoffment by Robert FitzNicholas and called upon Robert's nephew, Ralph Pipard, to warrant, but was adjudged to be in mercy. Pipard sought in 1289-90 that he be restored [Parliamentary Rolls, vol 1]. In the Feudal Aid of 1284-1286 John Giffard le Boef held 15 1/2 virgates of land in Charndon, co. Bucks, of the king, and 40 librates in Twyford of Ralph Pipard [Feudal Aids, vol 1, p 181]. On 3 May 1296 he was knight of the shire for co. Bucks, in a Parliament at Westminster--one of the earliest Parliaments [Parliamentary Writs, vol 1, p 632].
  
  In the roll of arms, in the time of Edward I, known as the Planché Roll, the arms of John Giffard le Boef of Twyford are given as Gules, three lions passant in pale argent, and a label for difference. These are the arms of the Brimsfield Giffards with the mark of cadency. In the roll of arms printed with the parliamentary writs the arms of Sir John Giffard le Boef of twyford are set down as "Sire Johann Gyffard le Boef De goules a III lions passant de argent e un label de azur."
  
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  *That Sir John Gifford Ie Boef of Twyford, co. Bucks, Knight was probably a son of Osbert and Isabel (de Bokland) Gifford of the Brimsfield family is shown by a pardon for Geoffrey de Arcubus for the death of Hugh Ruffus, at the instance of John Gifford, son of Osbert Giffard, 10 Jan. 1266 (Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry Ill, 1258-1266, p. 522). The John Gifford of this record can be no other than the son of the Osbert who died about 1237, as the latter's son Osbert, born in 1233 or 1234, could not have had a son John who was born early enough to be the John mentioned in the pardon, and Osbert, son of Richard Giffard the Justiciary), left no issue, an his sisters were his heirs. Moreover, John Gifford Ie Boef came from Devonshire, and he (and his son after him) held Accott in Devonshire and Astwell in Northamptonshire adversely to John Gifford, son of the second Osbert. Astwell at one time was held by the second Osbert.
  
  (The contributor of this article, who has spent the winter in England, writes that he has discovered a fine of John Giffard le Boef of Twyford, in the time of Edward I. in which the said John is called "son of Osbert Gifford," so that the pedigree is now conclusively proved back to the Conquest. Therefore on p. 59 of the present volume of the REGISTER, line 9, the word probable should be deleted.---EDITOR.]
  
  === !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF SIXTY COLON ===
  !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF SIXTY COLONISTS WHO CAME TO NEW ENGLAND BETWEEN 1623 AND 1650, 6TH EDITION, 1988, PG 34, LINE 29A-29
  
  === Sir John "Le Boef" Giffard * was born in ===
  Sir John "Le Boef" Giffard * was born in 1235 in Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England.(2069) He died about 1300. (2069)(71) Chris Moore posted to soc.genealogy.medieval on 30 May 1997: Subject: Re: Parents of John Giffard of Twyford "In NEHGR, Vol. 75, pp. 129-130, an article by the well-known G. Andrews Moriarty on "Giffard-Sargent" . . . [This John's] pedigree is given to be Osbert, Elias, Elias, Elias, Osberne, Osbern Le Bolebec. The wife of the elder John [i.e this one] and mother of the younger is not known. In another NEHGR article thirty years later (Vol. 105, pp. 292-294) on "The Early Giffards", Moriarty states that Giffard "the name is one of those rude nicknames in which the Normans delighted and may be translated into the vernacular as "fat face"!!! Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Giffard) does not mention this John. On p.653 and in note b he does mention a John Giffard, son of Osbert, but a careful reading shows that John to be the nephew of this John. (source: Jim Steven's Genealogy Homepage)
  
  === THE COMPLETE PEERAGE OF ENGLAND (Second ===
  THE COMPLETE PEERAGE OF ENGLAND (Second Edition); by George Edward COKAYNE; Volume 11, Page 384; and Volume 5, Page 639-642. THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST; op. cit.

1. Maud Giffard, b. 1277 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England     d. 1322
2. Eleanor Giffard, b. ABT 1275 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England     d. 23 JAN 1324 in Blackmere, Cornwall, England

1. Maud Giffard, b. 1277 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England     d. 1322
2. Katherine de Giffard, b. DEC 1272 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom     d. 23 JAN 1324 in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
3. Eleanor Giffard, b. ABT 1275 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England     d. 23 JAN 1324 in Blackmere, Cornwall, England

1. Title: G. E. Cokayne: "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom"
   Author: G E Cokayne: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom; Palgrave Mac\Mmillan (New York, November 1984); ISBN-10: 031215836X, ISBN-13: 978-0312158361
   Publication: Name: http://myheritage.com;
   
2. Title: John Giffard, 1st Lord Giffard (1232-1299), "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors"
   Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p224.htm#i6719 12 Citations: 1. [S1774] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 639-644. 2. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 81.
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p224.htm#i6719;
   Note: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p224.htm#i6719 Sir John Giffard, 1st Lord Giffard, Keeper of St. Briavel Castle & the Forest of Dean, Keeper of Builth & Llandovery Castles1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 M, #6719, b. circa 1232, d. 29 May 1299 Father Sir Helias V Giffard, Lord Brimsfield11 b. c 1185, d. c 2 May 1248 Mother Alice Mautravers (Maltravers)11 Sir John Giffard, 1st Lord Giffard, Keeper of St. Briavel Castle & the Forest of Dean, Keeper of Builth & Llandovery Castles was born circa 1232 at of Brimpsfield, Badgeworth, Stonehouse, Stoke Gifford, & Rockhampton, Gloucestershire, England; Age 16 in 1248.11 He married Maud de Clifford, daughter of Sir Walter IV Clifford, Lord Corfham, Sheriff of Herefordshire, Constable of Cardigan & Carmarthen Castles and Margaret of Wales, in October 1270; They had 4 daughters (Katherine, wife of Sir Nicholas de Audley; Eleanor, wife of Fulk le Strange, 1st Lord Strange of Blackmere; Maud; & Elizabeth).6,7,11 Sir John Giffard, 1st Lord Giffard, Keeper of St. Briavel Castle & the Forest of Dean, Keeper of Builth & Llandovery Castles married Margaret in 1286; They had 2 sons (Sir John, 2nd Lord Giffard; & Edmund).5,10,11 Sir John Giffard, 1st Lord Giffard, Keeper of St. Briavel Castle & the Forest of Dean, Keeper of Builth & Llandovery Castles died on 29 May 1299 at Boyton, Wiltshire, England; Buried in the abbey church of Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire.11 Family 1: Maud de Clifford b. 1238, d. bt Dec 1282 - 1283 Children: Katherine Giffard+12,2,4,6,7,9 b. c 1272, d. a 1322 Eleanor Giffard+3,8 b. 1275, d. b 23 Jan 1325 Maud Gifford b. 1277, d. 1322 Elizabeth Gifford b. c 1279, d. b 29 May 1299 Family 2: Margaret d. c 13 Dec 1338 Child: Sir John Giffard, 2nd Lord Giffard5,10 b. 24 Jun 1287, d. c 1 May 1322
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3. Title: Appendix I of "Ancestors and Descendants of John Price: Immigrant to Virginia: 1610-11"
   Note: Although the book is compiled by Vina Chandler Price, Appendix I was included at the request of Mrs. Margaret Scruggs Carruth, and was researched by Miss Kett and by Mr. H. E. Forrest (after the death of Miss Kett, which took before 1930). Both Miss Kett and Mr. Forrest were reputed to be professional genealogists. Mr Forrest is also referred to as the "Antiquarian Editor" of the Shrewsbury Chronicle I looked H. E. Forrest online and found that he is also the editor of the following books: --"Shrewsbury Burgess Roll", published in 1924 by the Shrewsbury and Shropshire Archaeological and Parish Register Society --"The old Churches of Shrewsbury: Their History, Architecture and Associations", published in 1920 by Shrewsbury, Wilding & Son --"Some Old Shropshire Houses and their Owners: Braggington (with a plate), Dinthill, Whitley, & Play-Y-Court", published in 1915 by Shropshire Archaeological & Natural History Society. Margaret Scruggs Carruth is a charter member of "Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede". She served as Registrar when it was first organized, and is listed as member #22. To be eligible for membership, a person must descend from one or more of the Barons of Runnemede. The Barons forced King John to agree to the Magna Carta, a charter constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges. Mrs. Scruggs claims eligibility for membership through John Price who supposedly descended from eleven of the Barons. Appendix I provides two different lineages. One is from Robert Fitzwalter (who was one of the Barons of Runnemede) to John Price (born 1584-5), and the titular character of this book. The 2nd is from Elystan Glodrydd app Cyhelin ap Ifor (933-1010) (who was Prince of Ferlllys and founder of the Fourth Royal Tribe of Wales) back to the same John Price.
   Page: On pg. 515, John is identified as: the son of Heliadiffard (a Baron in Arms); the husband of Maude (daughter of Walter de Clifford and wife Margaret (daughter of Llewellyn (Prince of North Wales, Baron in Arms)); the father of Catherine Giffard (the wife of Nicholas d'Audlithley (died 1299) (6th Gen)); and the grandfather of Nicholas d'Audlithley (died 1319) (7th Gen).
   
4. Title: Abstracts of Feet of Fines
   Publication: Name: http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_286_36.shtml#67;
   Note: CP 25/1/286/36, number 67. Link: Image of document at AALT Link: Image of dorse of document at AALT County: Gloucestershire. Wiltshire. Place: Westminster. Date: One week from St Michael, 4 Edward III [6 October 1330]. Parties: John Mautrauers the younger, querent, and John de Caillewe, deforciant. Property: The castle of Careckenyn and the manor of Careckenyn in South Wales and the castle of Brymesfeld' and the manors of Brymesfeld', Kyngestanleye, Rokhampton', Stonhouse, Stoke Giffard', Side and Walles and 12 acres of meadow in Begeworth' and the advowsons of the churches of Wynt[er]bourn' and of the manors of Kyngestanleye, Rokhampton', Stonhouse, StokeGiffard' and Side in the county of Gloucester and the manors of Boyton', Eliston', Broghton', Corton', Sharnton', Stapelford' and Codeford' and the advowsons of the churches of the manors of Boyton', Eliston', Broghton', Sharnton', Stapelford' and Codeford' in the county of Wiltshire. Action: Plea of covenant. Agreement: John de Caillewe has acknowledged the castles, manors, meadow and advowsons to be the right of John Mautrauers, and has remised and quitclaimed the castles, the manors of Careckenyn, Brymesfeld', Kyngestanleye, Rokhampton', Sharnton', Stapelford', Codeford', the meadow and the advowsons of the churches of Wynt[er]bourn' and of the manors of Kyngestanleye, Rokhampton', Sharnton', Stapelford' and Codeford' from himself and his heirs to John Mautrauers and his heirs for ever. And besides John de Caillewe granted for himself and his heirs that the manors of Stonhouse, Stoke Giffard', Eliston' and Broghton' and the advowsons of the churches of the same manors - which Margaret, who was the wife of John Giffard' of Brymesfeld', held in dower - and that the manors of Side, Walles and Boyton' and the advowsons of the churches of the manors of Side and Boyton' - which the same Margaret held for life - and also that the manor of Corton' - which Robert le Bor held for life - of the inheritance of John de Caillewe on the day the agreement was made, and which after the decease of Margaret and Robert ought to revert to John de Caillewe and his heirs - after the decease of Margaret and Robert shall remain to John Mautrauers and his heirs, to hold together with the aforesaid castles, manors, meadow and advowsons, to wit, the castles, the manors of Careckenyn, Brymesfeld', Kyngestanleye, Rokhampton', Stoke Giffard', Walles, Eliston', Sharnton' and Stapelford' and the advowsons of the churches of Wynt[er]bourn' and of the manors of Kyngestanleye, Rokhampton', Eliston', Sharnton' and Stapelford' of the lord king and his heirs and all the other manors, meadow and advowsons of the chief lords, for ever. For this: John Mautrauers has given him 1000 pounds sterling. Note: This agreement was made by the command of the lord king, in the presence of Robert and Margaret, and they did fealty to John Mautrauers in the court. Note: [Endorsed: Henry Sturmy puts in his claim. Henry, son of Henry Sturmy, and Margaret, his wife, put in their claim. James, son of Nicholas de Audelegh', and John, son of Fulk Lestraunge, put in their claim. Roger de Bauent, Richard Dansey, Thomas de Benton' and Margaret, his wife, put in their claim. Robert de Condicote puts in his claim.]
   
5. Title: Pedigrees from the plea rolls: collected from the pleadings in the various courts of law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the original rolls in the Public Record Office pp. 60-61
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/pedigreesfromple00wrotrich/page/60/mode/2up;
   
6. Title: IPM for Avelina, late the wife of John Gyffard of Brymmesfeld
   Author: J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 5', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 7, Edward III (London, 1909), pp. 41-56. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol7/pp41-56 [accessed 31 January 2020].
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol7/pp41-56;
   Note: 79. AVELINA, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN GYFFARD of Brymmesfeld. Writ, 20 August, 1 Edward III [1327]. GLOUCESTER. Inq. Monday the morrow of St. Nicholas, 1 Edward III. Kyngesstanleye. The manor, held for life, by the demise which Aymer (Almaricus) le Despencer made to the said John Giffard and Avelina and the heirs of the said John, of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee. Elias Giffard, grandfather of the said John Giffard (the younger), had two wives, Isabel de la Musarder the first, and Alice Mautravers the second. The said Isabel bore two sons and a daughter, names unknown, who all died without heirs. After the death of Isabel, the said Elias married Alice Mautravers, of whom he begat John Giffard father of the said John Giffard who died last, and three daughters, Maud, Isabel and Mabel. The said John Giffard son of Elias Giffard, after the death of his father, married a certain Maud de Longespeye, of whom he begat Eleanor Lestrange and Katherine de Audeleye. The said Eleanor had issue John Lestrange, who is now of the age of 22 years; and the said Katherine had issue Nicholas de Audeleye, who begat a son James de Audeleye, who is now of the age of 15 years and is in the king’s wardship. The said Maud daughter of Elias, had issue Peter de Skydemor, who begat Alesia de Bavent, who had issue Roger de Bavent, who is now of the age of 40 years. The said Isabel, second daughter of the said Elias, had issue Guy le Tabler, who begat Edith de Grimstude, who had issue Thomas de Grimstude, who is of the age of 26 years. And the said Mabel, third daughter of the said Elias, had issue Richard Danseye, who begat Richard Dansey, who is of the age of 40 years. The said Roger de Bavent, Thomas de Grymstude and Richard Danseye are next heirs of the said John Giffard, who died last. The said Avelina on the day she died held no other lands or tenements within the bailiwick, save as dower, which are in the king’s hand. C. Edw. III. File 5. (3.)
   Page: Mentioned in this source.
   
7. Title: Burke's Peerage
   Author: Charles Mosley, Editor: "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, And Knightage" (106th Edition), Routledge, Abingdon, 1999 ISBN-10: 1579580831, ,ISBN-13: 978-1579580834
   
8. Title: IPMs for John Giffard or Gyffard, of Brimmesfeld, Brymesfelde or Bremesfeld, otherwise John de Brymmesfeld
   Author: J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 5', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 7, Edward III (London, 1909), pp. 41-56. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol7/pp41-56 [accessed 31 January 2020].
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol7/pp41-56;
   Note: 78. JOHN GIFFARD or GYFFARD, of Brimmesfeld, Brymesfelde or Bremesfeld, otherwise JOHN DE BRYMMESFELD. Writ, 12 February, 1 Edward III [1327]. and duplicate. GLOUCESTER. Inq. Ash Wednesday, 1 Edward III. and duplicate. Brymmesfeld. The castle and manor and the manor of Rokhampton, held, together with other lands in the county of Wilts, of the king in chief by barony, viz. —by three knights’ fees. Brimesfeld or Brymmesfeld. A ruined castle, with a court (curia) outside the ditch, and the manor (extent given), including a sheepfold, two parks, a great wood of beech containing 300a., liberty of toll upon Wortewolde, and services in ploughing and harrowing due from tenants of the abbot of St. Peter’s, Gloucester. Rokhampton. The manor (extent given). Cailly or Cayllye in Walles. A wood worth 6s. 8d. Syde. The manor (extent given), held of John de Acton by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Beggeworth. The manor (extent given), including a water-mill, a park, and an aid of 40s. yearly from the customary tenants, held of the earl of Gloucester by the enfeoffment of the said earl, to him and the heirs of his body, service unspecified. Aymer (Almaricus) le Despenser shall receive yearly for life by the enfeoffment of the said John Gyffard 16l. 13s. 4d. out of this manor. Wynterbourn. A moiety of the manor (extent given), held of Gilbert son of Stephen by service of half a knight’s fee. John son of Fulk le Straunge and of Eleanor his wife, sister of the said John Giffard, and James son of Nicholas de Audeleye, son of Katherine, another sister of the said John Giffard, are his next heirs; and the said John le Straunge was aged 19 years at Christmas last, and James de Audeleye aged 14 years at Michaelmas last. Writ, 12 February, 1 Edw. III. GLOUCESTER. Inq. Saturday after St. Gregory, 1 Edward III. Brymesfeld &c. The castle and manors &c. as above, with the exception of the wood of Cailly, which is omitted. Heirs as above, but John le Straunge is stated to have been of the age of 21 years at Christmas last. Writ, 12 February, 1 Edward III. WILTS. Inq. Saturday before St. Peter in Cathedra, 1 Edward III. Sherntone. The manor (extent given), including a pasture called ‘la Schipcrofte,’ a water-mill and a fishery in its pond, a fishery in the fishpond of the manor, rents at Boytone, a certain gift of 33s. 4d. at Martinmas at the larder, and the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by barony for one knight’s fee as the chief manor of the barony. Aschtone. The manor (extent given), including a water-mill with a fishery, and a certain gift of 42s. 1d. at the larder at Martinmas, held of the heirs of William Mautravers by fealty for all service. Westcodeforde. The manor (extent given), including rents of free men there and at Orchestone, and the advowson of the church, held of the king as parcel of the same barony of Sherntone. Stapelforde. A moiety of the manor (extent given), including a certain gift of 13s. 4d. at the larder, and a moiety of a water-mill and of the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief, together with the other moiety of the same manor and with the manor of Figheldene, for a knight’s fee, viz.—that moiety for a moiety of three parts of the said fee. Orchestone St. George. The advowson of the church. The said John Giffard died seised in his demesne as of fee of seven fees and an eighth part of a knight’s fee pertaining to the said manor of Sherntone, the tenants whereof owe suit of court every three weeks, viz.— WILTS. Boytone. A fee. Suttone Maundeville. A fee. Tuderyngtone Calowey. Half a fee. Deverel. Half a fee. Orchestone Boyville. Half a fee. Orchestone Clifton and Madyngton. Half a fee. Orchestone Bacham. Half a fee. Ugeford St. James. An eighth part of a fee. SOMERSET. Cnolle, Camelertone, Wodeborgh and Clive. Two and a half fees. DORSET. Hulle. Half a fee. SURREY. Clandone. Half a fee beyond the said seven fees and an eighth. Elias Giffard had issue John Giffard of Bremesfeld, Maud, Isabel, and Mabel; which John, after the death of the said Elias, married Maud de Longespeye, of whom he begat Katherine de Audele, afterwards espoused to Nicholas de Audele, of whom the said Nicholas begat Nicholas de Audele, who begat James de Audele, now aged 15 years and in the king’s wardship. The same John Giffard begat of his said wife Eleanor la Estraunge, afterwards espoused to Fulk le Estraunge, who begat of her John le Estraunge, now aged 19 years and more, and in the king’s wardship. Upon the death of the said Maud de Longespeye, the aforesaid John married Margaret de Neville, of whom he begat John Giffard of Bremesfeld, who died last without an heir of his body. The said Maud, daughter of Elias Giffard, was espoused to Godfrey Escudamor, who begat Peter Escudamor, who begat Alice de Bavent, afterwards espoused to Adam de Bavent, who of her begat Roger de Bavent, now aged 40 years. Isabel the second daughter of the said Elias, was espoused to Thomas le Tabler, who begat Guy le Tabler, who begat Edith de Grymstede, afterwards espoused to Richard de Grymstede, who of her begat Thomas de Grymstede, now aged 25 years. Mabel, the third daughter of the said Elias, was espoused to Richard Dansy, who begat Richard Dansy, who begat Richard Dansy, now aged 40 years and more. On account of the difficulty of the right and possession of the said John Giffard, who last died seised as abovesaid, the jury are wholly ignorant which of them ought to be reputed the next heir according to the law and custom of the realm. SOUTH WALES. Inq. 7 March, 1 Edward III. Karregkenyn and Iskenyn. The castle of Karregkenyn and land of Iskenyn (extent given), including a rent of assize called ‘West Wa’ paid by free tenants, a rent of oats called ‘Devereth,’ viz.—400 bushels to be paid at the feast of St. Patrick, a rent called serjeanty (serjantia), which rent with that of the oats is newly levied upon the country and against the liberty thereof, and rents of certain towns called Drefgybe, Crugekeyr, and Lanryneyn, held of the late King Edward in chief, service unknown. Heir unknown, but Elias Giffard, grandfather of the said John Giffard (now deceased), had one son John Giffard, and three daughters, Maud, Isabel and Mabel; of John Giffard son of Elias Giffard and Margaret de Nevylle, his wife, there was issue John Giffard, who has now died without an heir of his body; and of the said John Giffard, son of Elias Gyffard, and Maud de Longespey there were issue four daughters, viz.—Katherine, Eleanor, Maud and Elizabeth; of the said Katherine there was issue Nicholas de Audelegh, who had issue James de Audelegh, now aged 14 years and more; of the said Eleanor there was issue John le Straunge, now aged 19 years; and the said Maud and Elizabeth died without heir; of Maud daughter of Elias Gifford there was issue Peter Skydemour, of whom (came) Alice, of whom there issued Roger Bavant, now aged 40 years; of Isabel, daughter of Elias Giffard there was issue Guy le Tabler, of whom (came) Edith, of whom Thomas de Grymstede, now aged 30 years; and of Mabel, daughter of Elias Giffard there was issue Richard Dansy, of whom (came) Richard Dansy, of whom Richard, now aged 40 years. OXFORD. Inq. 17 February, 1 Edward III. Berford. 20l. rent from free tenants, held of the heirs of the earl of Gloucester by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Heir unknown. Extent or summary of the abovesaid castles, manors &c. in cos. Gloucester, Wilts and Oxford, and in Wales; and the advowson of the church of Orcheston; divided into two parts and a third part. Writ of certiorari de feodis, &c. 12 February, 1 Edward III. GLOUCESTER. Inq. Saturday after St. Gregory, 1 Edw. III. Dounhatherleye manor. A knight’s fee, held by Ralph de Wylington, John de Annesleye and Roger de Borzhull as of the manor of Beggeworth. Great Shurdynton. A carucate of land held by Henry Cropet, as of the manor of Beggeworth, by service of a fifth part of a knight’s fee. Syde. The advowson of the church. Rokhampton. The advowson of the church. Wynterbourn. The advowson of the church. Writ of certiorari, to John de Annesle and Robert de Aston, 24 February, 1 Edward III, on the petition of Margaret, late the wife of John Giffard (the elder) of Brymmesfeld setting forth that she and John her son had acquired to them and the heirs of the said John the manor of Syde, and that afterwards she had granted to her said son that he alone should hold the said manor for his life, which manor the late King Edward II, caused to be taken into his hand and granted to Hugh le Despenser, sometime earl of Winchester, and the said manor by reason of the forfeiture of the said earl is in the present king’s hands; which manor the king wishes to restore to the said Margaret. By pet. of C. Writ of venire facias to the sheriff of Gloucester, 24 February, 1 Edward III. By pet. of C. GLOUCESTER. Inq. Thursday the feast of St. Gregory, 1 Edward III. Syde or Side. Margaret, late the wife of John Gyffard (the elder) of Brimesfeld, and John her son acquired the manor to them and the heirs of the said John from a certain Adam de Kaylly, and she afterwards by her writing granted to the said John that he alone should hold it for his life, but she gave him no other estate therein, nor otherwise remitted her right in the same; after the death of the said John, the manor was seized into the hands of the late King Edward, as forfeited to him by reason of the faction (querele) of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, in his fifteenth year, and the same king granted the manor to Hugh le Despenser, sometime earl of Winchester, for his life, after whose death it should remain to Hugh le Despenser, the younger and his heirs for ever. The said Margaret never remitted the manor to the said Hugh or changed her estate therein; and through the forfeiture of the said Hugh it was seized into the hand of the late king and for that reason and no other is in the hand of the present king; it is held of
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9. Title: John Giffard, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-KBHB : 7 August 2020), John Giffard, ; Burial, Malmesbury, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England, Malmesbury Abbey; citing record ID 53276824, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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10. Title: "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage [106th Edition]," by Charles Mosley, Editor
    Author: Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage [106th Edition]; Charles Mosley, Editor; Routledge, Abingdon, 1999
    
11. Title: British History online
    Note: sir, John Giffard yr s/o Osbert Giffard b- m- d - by 1300 - Tyeford manor,Buckinghamshire,England 1290 - held - Tywford,Buckinghamshire,England
    
12. Title: Pedigrees from the plea rolls: collected from the pleadings in the various courts of law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the original rolls in the Public Record Office p. 66
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/pedigreesfromple00wrotrich/page/66/mode/2up;
    
13. Title: Online - Murdac
    Note: sir, John Giffard , of Twford yr s/o Osbert Giffard & b- m- d - by 1300 - Tywford, Buckinghamshire,England 1290 - after the death of his brother Osbert Giffard, his father Osbert Giffard began to dispose of his esteas without regard for the rights of his son JOHN 1290 - enfeoffed of - manor of Twyford,Buckinghamshire 1298 - JOHN Giffard was granted Deddington, Oxfordhsire, in fee tail, he was dismissed of it shortly afterwards & in 1304 his father OSBERT Giffard , grnated manor to John Abel, a Royal offical & agent of the Despencers 1327 - JOHN Giffard made last attemp to recover his inheriance - never recoverd Deddington, Oxfordshire
    
14. Title: British History online
    Note: sir, John Giffard, of Twyford yr s/o Osbert II Giffard & b- m- d - by 1300 - Twyford, Buckinghamshire,England 1290 - aft the death of his brother Osbert, his father Osbert began to dispose of his estates, without regard for the rights of his son JOHN 1290 - enfeoffed of - Ywuford manor, Buckinghamshire 1298 - JOHn was granted Deddington, in tail fee, he was disiesed of it shortly afterward & in 1304 - his father Osbert Giffard granted manor to John Abel, a Royal Official & agent of the Despencers 1327 - JOHN Giffard made last attempt to recover his inheritance, never recoverd Deddington,Oxofrdshire
    
15. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th Edition), edited by William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall
    Author: Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th Edition), Edited By William R Beall and Kaleen E Beall; Genalogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, 1964, 2006
    
16. Title: Britannica - Pepin III
    Publication: Name: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pippin-III;
    Note: Pippin III, also spelled Pepin, byname Pippin the Short, French Pépin le Bref, German Pippin der Kurze, (born c. 714—died September 24, 768, Saint-Denis, Neustria [now in France]), the first king of the Frankish Carolingian dynasty and the father of Charlemagne. A son of Charles Martel, Pippin became sole de facto ruler of the Franks in 747 and then, on the deposition of Childeric III in 751, king of the Franks. He was the first Frankish king to be anointed—first by St. Boniface and later (754) by Pope Stephen II.