Sir John Giffard

Lord Giffard

Events

Date of Birth: 19 January 1232.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Crouch.

Date of Death: 29 May 1299.

Place of Death: Boyton, Wiltshire.

The date and place are given in the Complete Peerage (5:643)

Relationships

Father: Sir Elis Giffard.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (5:639-40) and by Crouch.

Mother: Alice Maltravers.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (5:639-40) and by Crouch.

Spouse: Matilda Clifford. Married 1271.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (5:642) and by Crouch. Sir John caused a scandal by abducting the (allegedly) unwillingly Matilda. The two had been negotiating a marriage contract. (Crouch)

Spouse: Margaret, widow of Sir John Neville. Married in 1286.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (5:643) and by Crouch.

Children (with Matilda):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information comes from Crouch and the Complete Peerage.)

Katherine married Nicholas Audley.

Eleanor married Fulke le Strange.

Matilda married William de Joinville.

Elizabeth.

Children (with Margaret):

John Giffard (born about 1287 - hanged 1322) married Aveline de Courtenay.

References

Cokayne, G.E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant. Vol. 5 (1921/6) .

Crouch, David. “Giffard, John, first Lord Giffard (1232-1299)” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2002).