Hugh Giffard

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C. GIFFARD of FONTHILL, WILTSHIRE

1. BERENGER Giffard (-after 1085). Domesday Book records “Berengar Giffard” holding Fonthill Giffard in Wiltshire, and Bredy in Dorset[1237]. The entries precede the ones which records the landholdings in Wiltshire and Dorset of Osbern Giffard, which suggests a close relationship. Maybe they were brothers.

2. ROBERT Giffard of Fonthill, Wiltshire (-before 1166). [The 1130 Pipe Roll records "--- Giffard" accounting for "terra q Ric de Holeweia clamat uers eu" in Devonshire[1238].] m ---. Robert & his wife had one child: a) GERARD Giffard (-after 1172). Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record that "Robertus Giffard" used to hold one knight’s fee in Hampshire now held by "Gerardus filius eius", that "Girardus Giffard et Walterus de Calestone" held one knight’s fee in Wiltshire from the abbey of Wilton, and that "Gerardus Giffard" held one knight’s fee in "baroniæ Eliæ Giffardi" in Wiltshire[1239].

1. HUGH . m ---. The name of Hugh’s wife is not known. Hugh & his wife had one child: a) ROBERT Giffard (-1209). His parentage is confirmed by the order dated 1200 under which "Willelmus Cumin" paid a fine for the marriage of "juniore filia Rob fil Hug" and part of her inheritance in Northamptonshire[1240]. "Rob Giffard" paid a fine "p passag suo…feudi i militi in capite de dño R" in Wiltshire, dated 1201[1241]. Domesday Descendants notes the death of Robert Giffard (son of Gerard Giffard, which appears from the source dated 1200 to be a mistake for Hugh) in 1209 "when his heirs were daughters married to Robert Mauduit, Robert de Mandeville and William Comin", but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1242]. m ---. The name of Robert’s wife is not known. Robert & his wife had three children: i) --- Giffard . Domesday Descendants notes the death of Robert Giffard in 1209 "when his heirs were daughters married to Robert Mauduit, Robert de Mandeville and William Comin", but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1243]. m (before 1209) ROBERT Mauduit, son of ---. ii) --- Giffard . Domesday Descendants notes the death of Robert Giffard in 1209 "when his heirs were daughters married to Robert Mauduit, Robert de Mandeville and William Comin", but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1244]. m (before 1209) ROBERT de Mandeville, son of ---. iii) SARAH (-before 1210). "Willelmus Cumin" paid a fine for the marriage of "juniore filia Rob fil Hug" and part of her inheritance in Northamptonshire, dated 1200[1245]. Domesday Descendants notes the death of Robert Giffard in 1209 "when his heirs were daughters married to Robert Mauduit, Robert de Mandeville and William Comin", but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1246]. m ([1200]%29 as his first wife, WILLIAM Comyn, son of RICHARD Comyn & his wife Hextilda of Tynedale (-1233[1247]).

1. JOHN Giffard . Lord Giffard of Brimpsfield. m firstly MATILDA de Clifford, daughter of ---. John & his wife had children: a) CATHERINE Giffard (1272-after 1322). The Book of Lacock names “Catharinam filiam Johannis Giffard” as wife of “Nich’um de Audele”, son of “Jacobus de Audele”[1248]. She became a nun at Ledbury[1249]. m (1299 or before) NICHOLAS de Audley, son of JAMES de Audley of Heleigh, Staffordshire & his wife Ela Longespee (before 1258-28 Aug 1299).