Sir John Giffard, 2nd Baron of Brimpsfield

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John 2nd Baron GIFFARD , of Brimpsfield, Sir was born 24 JUN 1287 in Brimpsfield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, and died BEF MAY 1322 in Hanged at Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (dsp). He was buried in As a traitor after the Battle of Boroughbridge. He was the son of John 1st Baron GIFFARD , of Brimpsfield, Sir and Margaret granddaughter of Ralph BELET.

He married Aveline de COURTENAY BEF 6 NOV 1311, daughter of Hugh de COURTENAY , Lord of Okehampton and Eleanor le DESPENSER. She was born ABT 1288 in Okehampton, Devon, England, and died 27 APR 1327 in Brimpsfield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.

disambiguation

John was the son of John Giffard and his second wife, Margaret, who was the widow of Sir John de Neville. He remained in wardship until 1308, when he inherited the lordship of Brimpsfield and the rest of his father's acquisitions.

John married Avelina de Courtenay, was John was executed by Edward II as a rebel in 1323, and Brimpsfield Castle was destroyed. He died leaving no issue.[1] Burke's says that it was the son of Peter who married Avelina,[2] but that conflicts with later research by Richardson.

legacy

From postem

John Giffard m2 Margaret, wdw of Sir John de Neville of Hallingbury etc., [no parents given but] to whom he appears to be related as papal dispensation was applied for, being related in the 3rd-4th degree. The bishop found there was no impediment to the marriage.
By this m2 he left John s&h, and his heirs were his four half sisters (therefore by Maud de Clifford) were:

• 1)Katherine m Sir Nicholas Daudeleye who seems to be son of James d'Audley/Alditheley by Ela dau of William Longespee II
• 2)Alianore m Sir Fulk Lestraunge of Whitchurch (Lord Lestrange)
• 3)Maud m William son of Geoffrey de Joinville/Geneville, dsp
• 4)Elizabeth dvp

notes

From [Ref: CP V:797-801]

... He was taken prisoner at the battle of Bannockburn, 24 June 1314. In Feb. 1315/6 he was sent to Wales to check the depredations of Llewelyn ab Rhys in Morgannwg. He was appointed, 20 Apr. 1316, Keeper of the castles, manors, towns, and lands, in Glamorgan and Morgannwg, late of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, deceased, during pleasure: on 22 May 1317 he was ordered to deliver them to the keepers then appointed. On 30 Dec. 1316, being then a banneret of the King's Household, he was granted 200 marks a year, having agreed to remain with the King for life, and serve him in peace and war with 30 men-at-arms: this grant was revoked, 9 June 1318, by reason of the Ordinances. He was summoned for Military Service from 21 June (1308) 1 Edw. II to 22 May (1319_ 12 Edw. II, to a Council of the Magnates, 28 Mar. (1321) 14 Edw. II, and to Parl. from 8 Oct. (1311) 5 Edw. II to 15 May (1321) 14 Edw. II, by writs directed _Johanni Giffard de Brymmesfeld'_. He was one of the barons who ravaged the lands of the Despensers in May and June 1321: (a646) for this he received a pardon, 20 Aug. following, in accordance with the agreement made in Parl.(a646) On the outbreak of hostilities in the following Dec., he successfully held Gloucester against the King who, when at Cirencester (26 Dec.), had the neighbouring castle of Brimpsfield demolished and opposed the royal forces at Bridgnorth in Jan. following, burning that town and destroying the bridge, to prevent them from passing the Severn. Soon afterwards he joined the Earl of Lancaster, and was at the siege of Tickhill, and at the conflict at Burton-on-Trent (11 Mar.). His lands had been taken into the King's hand, bywrits dated 27 Dec. 1321 and 4 Jan. following, and various orders for his arrest were issued, 7 Dec. 1321, 15 and 23 Jan., 23 Feb., and 11 Mar. 1321/2. He was taken prisoner after the battle of Boroughbridge, 17 Mar., and hanged at Gloucester as a traitor, at the end of Apr. or early in May, 1322.(f646) He d. s.p., aged 34. His widow had livery of the manor and advowson of King's Stanley, of which she and her husband had been jointly enfeoffed, 28 May 1323, the keeper of the manor being ordered to take her fealty. The lands of the contrariants having been restored in the Parliament which met 3 Feb. (1326/7) 1 Edw. III, those of John Giffard, which had been granted away, were resumed into the King's hand, 12 Feb, 1326/7.(i646) On 17 Mar. following his widow had livery of the castle and manor of Brimpsfield, the manor of Rockhampton, a third of that of Badgeworth, and a moiety of that of Stapleford, which the King had assigned to her in dower. She died 27 April 1327.

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