Elias III Giffard , Lord of Brimpsfield 
Elias III was born in 1145 in Brimpsfield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. Elias III's father was Elias II Giffard , Lord of Brimpsfield and his mother was Bertha (Berta) de Clifford. His paternal grandparents were Elias I Giffard , Lord of Brimpsfield and Ala; his maternal grandparents were Richard FitzPonce , Lord of Cantref Bychan and Maud FitzWalter de Pitres. He had a sister named Matilda. He was the younger of the two children. He died before September 29th, 1190 in Gloucestershire, England.General Notes
Elis III m. 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)]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1060 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.< 1130 in Brimpsfield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1095 in Brimpsfield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England d.< 1166 in Gloucester Abbey, Gloucestershire, England (as a monk)
- b.1065 in Brimpsfield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1145 in Brimpsfield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England d.<29 Sep 1190 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.1078 in Lahnyndhry Castle, Wales d.1129
- b.1107 in Frampton, Gloucestershire, England d.> 1167
- b.1088 in Frampton, Gloucestershire, England
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Elias III and Maud de were married in a religious ceremony about 1177. They had three sons named Walter, Elias IV and Osbert (Osbern) II.
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Children
Walter Giffard , Lord of Boyton
Walter was born about 1175 in Boyton, Warminster, Wiltshire, England. He died in 1226.
Elias IV Giffard , Lord of Brimpsfield, Sir
Elias IV was born about 1180 in Brimpsfield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. He died before May 2nd, 1248.
Osbert (Osbern) II Giffard , of Winterborne
Osbert (Osbern) II was born about 1182 in Winterborn Houghton, Blandford, Dorsetshire, England. He died before October 17th, 1237 in Deddington, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.
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