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Jane Giffard (Hoord)

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Birthplace: Bridgnorth, Shropshire , England
Death: December 08, 1491 (21-30)
England (Childbirth)
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Daughter of Thomas Horde, of Bridgnorth and Joyce Horde
Wife of Sir John Giffard, 12th of Chillington
Mother of Cassandra Swynnerton; Sir Thomas Giffard of Caverswall & Chillington and Dorothy Shirley (nee Giffard)
Sister of John Hord, of Bridgenorth; Margaret “Maria” Cornwall; Alice Lacon and Alice Ann Charlton

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About Jane Giffard

Sir John Giffard married twice.

Jane Horde or Hoord was his first wife. She was the daughter of Thomas Horde of Horde Park, just north of Bridgnorth, Shropshire. They married in 1483 and she died in chidbirth, on 8 December 1491, having borne 7 daughters and 2 sons, including Thomas Giffard, Sir John's heir, and Cassandra Giffard, who married Humphrey Swynnerton. Most of the children seem to have died at birth or while still young.

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1465
1465
Bridgnorth, Shropshire , England
1484
1484
Bridgworth, Shropshire, England
1490
1490
Burton, Rodenhurst, Wiltshire, England
1491
December 8, 1491
Age 26
England
1491
Chilington, Brewood, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom