Biography of John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield 1232-1299

John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield and Margaret Belet were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years.

In or before 1232 [his father] Elias Giffard [aged 51] and [his mother] Alicia Maltravers [aged 26] were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.

In 1232 John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield was born to [his father] Elias Giffard [aged 52] and [his mother] Alicia Maltravers [aged 27].

On 2nd May 1248 [his father] Elias Giffard [aged 68] died at Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire.

In 1250 [his mother] Alicia Maltravers [aged 45] died.

After January 1257 John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 25] and Maud Clifford [aged 23] were married.

Before June 1257 William Longespée and [his wife] Maud Clifford [aged 23] were married. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great granddaughter of King John of England.

In 1263 John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 31] was imprisoned Bishop Peter Acquablanca at Eardisley Castle [Map].

In December 1263 [his father-in-law] Walter Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford died at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. Baron Clifford Feudal either extinct or abeyant between his two daughters Lucia Clifford [aged 43] and [his wife] Maud Clifford [aged 29] and their issue. His brother Roger Clifford was the great x 2 grandfather of Roger Clifford who was created 1st Baron de Clifford in 1299.

Before May 1264 John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 32] attacked at Warwick Castle [Map].

Letters. After 1279. Letter XXI. Eleanora Queen-Dowager of England [aged 56] to her son Edward I [aged 39].

To the most noble prince and her very dear son, Edward, by God's grace king of England, lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, Eleanora, humble nun of the order of Fontevraud [Map], of the convent of Amesbury, wishes health and her blessing.

Sweetest son, we know well how great is the desire that a mother has to see her child when she has been long away from him, and that dame Margaret de Nevile [aged 24], companion of Master John Painter Giffard [aged 47], has not seen for a long time past her child, who is in the keeping of dame Margaret de Weyland, and has a great desire to see him. We pray you, sweetest son, that you will command and pray the aforesaid Margaret de Weyland, that she will suffer that the mother may have the solace of her child for some time, after her desire. Dearest son, we commend you to God. Given at Amesbury [Map], the 4th day of March.

On 9th May 1285 [his wife] Maud Clifford [aged 51] died at Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire.

On 24th June 1287 [his son] John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield was born to John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 55] and Margaret Belet [aged 32]. He married April 1322 Aveline Courtenay Baroness Giffard Brimpsfield, daughter of Hugh Courtenay 3rd Baron Okehampton and Eleanor Despencer Baroness Okehampton.

In 1295 John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 63] was created 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield.

On 29th May 1299 John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 67] died at his home in Boyton, Wiltshire [Map]. His son John [aged 11] succeeded 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield. Aveline Courtenay Baroness Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 18] by marriage Baroness Giffard Brimpsfield.

Close Rolls Edward III 1327. 6th October 1327. Nottingham. To William Trussel, escheator beyond Trent. Whereas at the prosecution of John Lestraunge and James Daudele, who is a minor in the king's wardship, suggesting that one [his uncle] John Mautravers lately gave by his charter the manor of Ashtton and the advowson of the church of St. Peter, Codeford, to Elias Giffard, lately deceased, in free marriage with [his mother] Alice his sister, as appeared by the charter then exhibited in chancery, and that John Giffard of Brymmesfeld, now deceased, held the manor and advowson on the day of his death, as kinsman and heir of [his father] Elias and Alice, according to the form of the grant, and that the said John Lestraunge and James Daudele are the next heirs of John Giffard for the manor and advowson according to the form of the gift, the king ordered the escheator to make inquisition concerning the premises; and it is found by the inquisition that John Mautravers gave the manor and advowson to Elias in free marriage with Alice his sister, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies of the said John Mautravers and his heirs by the service of a knight's fee, and that John Giffard held the manor and advowson on the day of his death according lo the form of the gift, and that John Lestraunge and James Daudele are next heirs of John Giffard for the manor and advowson according to the form of the gift: the king orders the escheator to retain in his hands the moiety of the manor falling to James until further orders, and to deliver the other moiety of the manor to John Lestraunge.

[his daughter] Eleanor Giffard Baroness Strange Blackmere was born to John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield and Maud Clifford. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King John of England. She married Fulk Strange 1st Baron Strange Blackmere and had issue.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Giffard was born to John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield and Maud Clifford. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King John of England.

[his daughter] Maud Giffard was born to John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield and Maud Clifford. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King John of England.

[his daughter] Katharine Giffard was born to John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield and Maud Clifford. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King John of England. She married her half third cousin once removed Nicholas Audley and had issue.