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Bertha fitzRichard
- Preferred Name: Bertha fitzRichard[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
- Alternate Name: Giffard
- Alternate Name: de Giffard
- Gender: F
- LdsBaptism: 2 APR 1932 with note: GEDCOM data
- FSID: KNHN-W1P
- Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Bertha-FitzRichard/6000000000276146890?through=6000000003148535391
- LifeSketch: with note: Description: Bertha FitzRichardAlso Known As:"Berta"Birth circa 1110 Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England Death:Died 1167 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, EnglandImmediate Family:Daughter of Richard FitzPons and Maude FitzWalterWife o
- Alt.+Birth: 1106 in Bronllys Castle, Bronllys, Powys, Wales at LATI: N2 LONG: E3.25
- LdsEndowment: 4 MAY 1932 with note: GEDCOM data
- Birth: 1106 in Wales at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664 with note: Bertha de Giffard formerly FitzRichard
Born about 1107 in Bronllys Castle, Breconshire, Wales
Ancestors
Daughter of Richard FitzPons and Matilda (FitzWalter) FitzPons
Sister of Roger FitzRichard, Simon FitzRichard and Walter (FitzRichard) de Clifford
Wife of Elias Giffard — married 1127 [location unknown]
Descendants
Mother of John Giffard, Gilbert Giffard, Richard Giffard, Berta Giffard, Elias Giffard, Walter Giffard and William Giffard
Died after 1167 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
- Death: AFT 1166 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England at LATI: N1.8132 LONG: E2.0923
- Burial: 1170 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England at LATI: N1.8132 LONG: E2.0923 with note: Saint Michael and All Angels Churchyard
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
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Bertha FitzRichard
Also Known As: "Berta"
Birth circa 1110 Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
Death: Died 1167 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Richard FitzPons and Maude FitzWalter
Wife of Elias / Elis (Helias) "The Boy" Giffard, of Brimpsfield
Mother of Matilda (Maud) Scudamore; Walter Giffard; Richard Giffard; Berta Giffard de Clifford; Elias / Elis (Helias) Giffard, Lord of Brimpsfield and 2 others
Sister of Simon FitzRichard; Roger FitzRichard and Walter FItzRichard de Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford
Bertha de Clifford
BIRTH 1106
Powys, Wales
DEATH 1170 (aged 63–64)
Brimpsfield, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England
BURIAL
Saint Michael and All Angels Churchyard
Brimpsfield, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England
MEMORIAL ID 87998129 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 1
FLOWERS 15
Bertha de Clifford was the daughter of Richard fitzPons and Maud FitzWalter
Bertha married Helias II Giffard, son of Elias Giffard and Ala.
Their children were:
Elias III Giffard b: 1145 in Brimsfield,Gloucestershire,England
Matilda Giffard b: 1127 in Brimfield, Gloucestershire, England
Family Members
Spouse
Photo
Elias II Giffard
1095–1166
Children
Elias III Giffard
1152–1190
=== !: SOUR AUTH The Church of Jesus Christ ===
!: SOUR AUTH The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints TITL Ancestral File(TM) PUBL June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 REPO @R01@
=== Sources: Norr, p72; Genealogical Researc ===
Sources: Norr, p72; Genealogical Research in England by G. AndrewsMoriarty, NEHGR 75/57-63 and 129-139; The English Ancestry of Peter Bulkeley, Grace Chetwood and Sarah Chauncy--A Compilation of Ancestral Tables by FrankWayne Ayers, p204, 409, 410. NEHGR: Berta de Clifford, living 1167. Norr: Berta de Clifford, born about 1106. Ayers: Berta, sister of Walter de Clifford of Clifford and daughter of Richard Fitz Ponce. She was living 1167; married Elias Giffard, who diedabout 1166.
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
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=== Ancestral File Number: 9HNS-CL ===
Ancestral File Number: 9HNS-CL
=== !AN EXTENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THOMAS THORNE A ===
!AN EXTENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THOMAS THORNE AND LETITIA THORNES CHILDREN ARE FOUND IN T. CHALKY MATLACK'S BOOK OF THORNS.
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
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=== !See Wallop.(Pedigrees). !DJH Clifford, ===
!See Wallop.(Pedigrees). !DJH Clifford, Clifford Association;
=== Bertha Fitz Richard ===
Bertha (FitzRichard) de Giffard (abt. 1107 - aft. 1167)
iv) BERTHA (-after 1167). A charter dated to [1127] records that "Ricard Pontii filii" granted the manor of "Lechia" to "Mathildi uxori mee in matrimoniu" in exchange for her original marriage portion, the manor of Ullingswick in Herefordshire, which he gave to "Helie Giff in mat-monu cum filia mea Berta"[2596]. "Helyas Giffardus" recorded that "uxori meæ Bertæ medietatem totius manerii de Ullingwike maritagii sui" and donated the property to Gloucester St Peter by charter dated 18 Jul 1163[2597]. The Historia sancti Petri Gloucestriæ records the donation of "ecclesiam Beatæ Mariæ de Boytone, ecclesiam Sancti Georgii de Orchestone cum capella Sancti Andreæ de Wyneterborne" made "tempore Hamelini abbatis" [abbot from 1148 to 1179] made by "Helias Boy Gyffard", for the soul of "Bertæ uxoris suus", later confirmed by "Walterus Giffard filius Heliæ…tempore Hamelini abbatis"[2598]. The Historia sancti Petri Gloucestriæ records that "Helias Giffard junior et Berta mater eius" donated "octo libratas terræ in Willyngwyke" in exchange for "Cronham quam pater eius dederat quando factus fuerat monachus", confirmed by "Helias filius eorum", and that "Berta uxor Heliæ Giffard" donated "terras in Wllingwuke…tempore Hamelini abbatis" [abbot from 1148 to 1179][2599]. m ([1127]) ELIAS [II] Giffard, son of ELIAS [I] Giffard & his wife Ala --- (-after 1166).
Bertha de Giffard formerly FitzRichard
Born about 1107 in Bronllys Castle, Breconshire, Wales
Ancestors
Daughter of Richard FitzPons and Matilda (FitzWalter) FitzPons
Sister of Roger FitzRichard, Simon FitzRichard and Walter (FitzRichard) de Clifford
Wife of Elias Giffard — married 1127 [location unknown]
Descendants
Mother of John Giffard, Gilbert Giffard, Richard Giffard, Berta Giffard, Elias Giffard, Walter Giffard and William Giffard
Died after 1167 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
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Bertha (FitzRichard) de Giffard was a member of aristocracy in the British Isles.
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Preferred Parents:
Father: Richard fitz Pons , b. ABT 1075 in Lahnyndhry Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. ABT 1129 in Bronllys Castle, Bronllys, Breconshire, Wales
Mother: Maud FitzWalter, b. ABT 1085 in Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire, England d. 29 NOV 1141 in Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Family 1: Elias de Giffard, b. 1100 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England d. 1166 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
- m. ABT 1127 in Gloucestershire, England
- Richard Giffard, b. um 1122 in Fonthill Gifford, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom d. 1232 in Oxfordshire, England
- Elias Giffard III Lord of Brimpsfield, b. 1145 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England d. 1190 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England
- Walter Giffard of Boyton, b. ABT 1133 in Boyton, Brimfield, Gloucestershire, England d. BET DEC 1185 AND 1226 in Northampton, England
- Matilda Maud de Giffard, b. ABT 1128 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England d. 12 JUN 1227 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England
Sources:
- 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;
- Title: Bertha FitzRichard in The Peerage
Author: https://www.thepeerage.com/p25024.htm#i250239 Citations: 1. [S35] BLG1965 volume 1, page 579. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S35] 2. [S35] BLG1965. [S35]
Publication: Name: https://www.thepeerage.com/p25024.htm#i250239;
Note: Bertha fitz Richard is the daughter of Richard fitz Pons and Maude fitz Walter.2 She married Elias Giffard, son of Elias Giffard, circa 1127.2
From circa 1127, her married name became Giffard.2
- Title: Lt-Col. W. H. Turton: "The Plantagenet Ancestry" Genealogic Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore, 1993 (Orig 1928)
Author: Genealogic Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore, 1993 (Orig 1928)
Note: relationships, dates
- Title: Bertha de Clifford (1106-1170), Find a Grave
Author: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87998129/bertha-de_clifford
Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87998129/bertha-de_clifford;
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87998129/bertha-de_clifford
Bertha de Clifford
BIRTH 1106 Powys, Wales
DEATH 1170 (aged 63–64) Brimpsfield, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England
BURIAL Saint Michael and All Angels Churchyard
Brimpsfield, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England
MEMORIAL ID 87998129
Bertha de Clifford was the daughter of Richard fitzPons and Maud FitzWalter
Bertha married Helias II Giffard, son of Elias Giffard and Ala.
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Bertha (Berta) de Clifford -
Author: New England Historic and Genealogical Society Register, Page number: "Gifford-Sargent (cont)", G Andrews Moriarty; LXXV:61
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742369
- Title: Berta FitzPons in "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors"
Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p395.htm#i11861 Citations: 1. [S3357] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 639, notes; Wallop Family, p. 359. 2. [S11588] Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 73.
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p395.htm#i11861;
Note: Berta FitzPons [1]
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
F, #11861, d. circa 1166
Father Richard FitzPonce d. bt 1127 - 1138
Mother Maud FitzWalter b. c 1085
Berta FitzPons married Elias II Giffard, Lord Brimsfield, son of Elias Giffard, Lord Brimsfield and Ala d' Evereux, circa 1127. Berta FitzPons died circa 1166.
Family: Elias II Giffard, Lord Brimsfield b. c 1100, d. 1159
Children:
Helias III Gifford+ b. c 1117, d. b 29 Sep 1190
Richard Gifford2 b. c 1125
Walter Gifford2 b. c 1129
Page: death and other sources
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Bertha (Berta) de Clifford -
Author: English Origins of New England Families; Gary Boyd Roberts {1984}, Page number: I:623
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742375
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