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Birth:          19 Jan 1241 of  Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
Death:          29 May 1299 Boyton, Wiltshire, England
Burial:         11 Jun 1299 Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Giffard,_1st_Baron_Giffard
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.
Involvement in military actions[edit]

In 1263, with others of Simon de Montfort's party[1] 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).[2] Edward granted him Welsh 
castles, including Carreg Cennen.

Family[edit]

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. John married secondly, 
in 1286, Margaret, widow of Sir John de Neville, of Hallingbury[disambiguation 
needed], Essex.

Parents
GIFFARD Elias IV (ABT 1180 - BEF 2 May 1248)
MALTRAVERS Alicia (ABT 1195 - )

Siblings
GIFFARD John (19 Jan 1241 - 29 May 1299)

Marriage To DE CLIFFORD Maud (ABT 1240 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE CLIFFORD Walter (1186 - 1263)
VERCH LLYWELYN Margaret (ABT 1210 - AFT 1263)

Children by DE CLIFFORD Maud ABT 1240 - 
GIFFARD Katherine (1272 - AFT 1322)

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