John Giffard 
John was born about 1300 in Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England. John's father was John Giffard Le Boef and his mother was Alexandria De Gardinis. His paternal grandfather was John Giffard; his maternal grandfather was Thomas De Gardinis. He was an only child.General Notes
Sir John Giffard of Twyford, Buckinghamshire, and Somerston,
Fringford and Cogges, Oxfordshire. Fought at the Battle of Crecy (1346). Born
1299/1300. Died 25 Jan. 1368/1369.
Norr: John Gifford of Twyford, born about 1294, died 1369. Married (1) Lucy,
born 1304, and (2) Alice, who remarried.
NEHGR: Sir John Giffard of Twyford, Buckinghamshire, born in 1301, died
1368/9. Married (1) Lucy de Morteyn; (2) Alice _________, who was living 30 July
1379. He inherited large estates from his maternal grandfather, Sir Thomas de
Gardinis, which came down from both the Arsic and De la Haye families. He
inherited the Giffard lands when his father died about 1330. He was one of the
knights who accompanied Edward III to France, and he was in the King's division
at the Battle of Crecy.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1095 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England d.~ 1166
- b.~ 1153 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England d.1190
- b.~ 1107 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England d.> 1167
- b.1192 in Winterbourne, Wiltshire, England d.1237
- b.~ 1120 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d.16 Jun 1190 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1170 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England d. in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1135 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d.>16 Jun 1190
- b.~ 1235 in Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England d.~ 1300
- b.~ 1166
- b.~ 1196 d.<08 Jul 1242
- b.~ 1267 in Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England d.> 1322
- b.~ 1300 in Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England d.25 Jan 1367-1368
- b.~ 1240 in Ixning, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1270 in Oxfordshire, England d.< 1328
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Children
Thomas Giffard
Thomas was born before November 1339 in Hellidon, Buckinghamshire, England. He died on September 25th, 1394.
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