John Giffard, of Halsbury

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Giffard-394

The only John born to Thomas Giffard is very clearly listed with the wife listed below. His only children listed are

1. Lewis (no further record),
2. John (no further record), and
3. Thomas, his heir.

John Giffard was the son and heir of Thomas Giffard and Wilmot Knight.[1]

Marriage to Elizabeth or Joan Dabernon

Visitations shows the name of his wife of John Giffard as Jane Dabernon in both the Giffard Pedigree[1] and the Arscott of Dunland Pedigree.[2]

However, the Inquisitions Postmortem lists her name as Elizabeth, however, there is no proof in existence.[3]

8 Non 1450: ELIZABETH DABERNON: Writ de etate probanda: She is the kin and heir of John Mulys, as one of the daughters of Isabel, one of the daughters of John. Majority claimed by John Giffard, her husband. By royal grant [CFR 1437–45, pp. 281–2], the lands and tenements from her inheritance are in the custody of Otes Gilberd. The escheator of Devon is ordered to prove the age of Elizabeth, who is said to have been born and baptized at Swimbridge, and to warn Otes to be present. [Dorse:] Memorandum that Otes was warned to be at Exeter on 18 November by Nicholas Bokelly, escheator.

Visitations states that Elizabeth (Dabernon) Giffard was the wife of Johem Battyn, son of William Battyn of Exeter.[2] Either the transcriber of the Inquisitions assumed her name was Elizabeth, not Joan, or Joan predeceased her sister who, as a widow, married, John Giffard.

Sources

1. [S696] Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564 and 1620

• John Giffard1
• M, #300693, d. 1491
• Last Edited=29 Jul 2008
• John Giffard was the son of Thomas Giffard and Wilmot Knight.2 He married Elizabeth Dabernon, daughter of John Dabernon.1 He died in 1491.1
• He lived at Halsbury.1
• Child of John Giffard and Elizabeth Dabernon
  • 1.Thomas Giffard+2 b. 1461, d. 17 Mar 1513
• Citations
• 1.[S37] Volume 2, page 1735. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• 2.[S37] See. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p30070.htm#i300693
• _______________
• John Giffard
• M, #69057, b. circa 1399, d. 1491
• Father Thomas Giffard b. c 1367
• Mother Wilmot Knight b. c 1371
• John Giffard was born circa 1399 at of Halsbury, Devonshire, England. He married Joan Dabernon, daughter of John Dabernon and Isabella Mules, circa 1435. John Giffard died in 1491.
• Family Joan Dabernon b. c 1415
• Child
  • Thomas Giffard+ b. c 1437, d. 1513
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2298.htm#...
• ________
• ((A)) John Giffard of Halsbury
• m. Jane Dabernon (dau/coheir of John Dabernon (of family of Dunsland) by Isabella, dau of John Miles of Irishborough.
  • (i) Thomas Giffard of Halsbury - continued below
  • m1. Avis Dennis (dau of John Dennis or Orleigh)
  • m2. Anne Coryton (dau of John Coryton of Newton St. Quethiock)
  • (ii) + other issue - Lewis, John
• Main source(s): Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, Giffard of Halsbury), BP1934 (Halsbury) with a little support for the lower section of 'Giffard of Brightley' in Commoners (vol 4, Nicolas of London)
• From: Stirnet
• _____________________

References

1. WikiTree contributors, "John Giffard (abt.1440-1491)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Giffard-394 : accessed 24 January 2024).
   1. Vivian, J. L., The Visitations of the County of Devon : Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620 / With Additions (Page 397) Exeter: H. S. Eland, [1895] HathiTrust.org accessed October 25, 2014 < Hathitrust >
   2. Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.pg 35 $ < AncestrySharing >
2. http://timforsythe.com/tree/tjforsythe/profile-I1035