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Birth:          ABT 1180 Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England
Death:          BEF 2 May 1248 

Notes
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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) (c), by his 2nd wife, Alice, sister of Sir John 
MAUTRAVERS, of Lytchet Matravers, Dorset.

(c) 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. [Complete Peerage V:639 note (c)]

Parents
GIFFARD Elias III (Helias) (ABT 1145 - BEF 29 Sep 1190)
DE BERKELEY Maud Fitz Harding (ABT 1155 - )

Siblings
GIFFARD Elias IV (ABT 1180 - BEF 2 May 1248)

Marriage To MALTRAVERS Alicia (ABT 1195 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
MALTRAVERS John II (ABT 1176 - AFT Aug 1220)
----- Hawise (ABT 1180 - AFT 1222)

Children by MALTRAVERS Alicia ABT 1195 - 
GIFFARD John (19 Jan 1241 - 29 May 1299)

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