SIr Elias Giffard, IV

SIr Elias Giffard, IV

Male 1180 - Bef 1248  (~ 67 years)

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  • Name Elias Giffard 
    Title SIr 
    Suffix IV 
    Born ~1180  Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Brimfield  [2
    Died Bef 2 May 1248  Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I52760  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2019 

    Father Sir Elias Giffard, III,   b. ~1145, (Brimsfield, Gloucestershire) England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 2 May 1248, (Brimsfield) Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 102 years) 
    Mother Maud Berkeley,   b. ~ 1160, Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1189, Brentford, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years) 
    Married ~1177  [1, 3
    Family ID F18318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice Maltravers,   b. 1205, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1248, Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married ~1225  (England) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Sir John Giffard, KG, 1st Lord Giffard,   b. 19 Jan 1232, Brimpsfield, Gloucester, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1299, Boyton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2021 
    Family ID F19742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - ~1180 - Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - ~1225 - (England) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Bef 2 May 1248 - Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
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    Sir Elias Giffard (abt. 1180 - bef. 1248)
    Sir Elias Giffard (abt. 1180 - bef. 1248)

  • Notes 
    • Sir Elias (Elias IV) Giffard aka of Brimfield
      Born about 1180 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
      ANCESTORS ancestors
      Son of Elias Giffard and Maud (Berkeley) Giffard
      Brother of Hugh Giffard, Thomas Giffard, Matilda (Gifford) Giffard, Berta Giffard and Osbert Giffard
      Husband of Isabel Musard — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
      Husband of Alice (Maltravers) Mautravers — married about 1225 [location unknown]
      DESCENDANTS descendants
      Father of Matilda (Giffard) Scudamore, Isabel (Giffard) Tablier, Mabel (Giffard) Dauntsey and John Giffard
      Died before 2 May 1248 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England

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      Biography

      He was underage in 1190 when Wiliam de Mareschall paid 140 marks for the custody of his father's lands. He was still underage in the guardianship of William Marshall 1201-1202. He had succeeded to his lands by 1213 when he owed for 9 fees in Brimpsfield in elsewhere. [1]

      Coat of Arms
      Arms of Elias Giffard: Gules, three lions passant argent, a border indented or
      Gules, three lions passant
      argent, a border indented or
      The arms of Elias Giffard are found in two of the earliest rolls of arms:
      Dering Roll A157 Gules, three lions passant argent, a border or.
      Heralds’ Roll HE201 Gules, three lions passant argent, a border indented or.
      Subsequent generations did not have have the border. The Giffards of Twyford (descended from his brother Osbert) added a label azure for differentiation.
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      Marriages and Children
      Married: 1st - Isabel Musard
      Married: 2nd - Alice Mautravers
      Married: 3rd - Isolda Unknown.
      Children of Elias Giffard and Isabel Musard:
      Matilda Giffard.
      Isabel Giffard. Married Thomas Le Tablier.
      Mabel Giffard
      Children of Elias Giffard and Isabel Musard:
      John Giffard.
      Death
      Died: Shortly before 2 May 1248. [2]
      His Inquisition Post Mortem is undated. [3] The date comes from Close Rolls of Henry III. [4]
      Notes
      Proof of his ancestry comes from an assize roll in 1221 where he names his father as Elias. [1]
      His wives and children are spelled out in multiple Inquisitions following the death of his grandson John Giffard of Brimpsfield.
      1201-1202: The lands of Elias Giffard were still in the guaridanship of of William Marshall, so still a minor.
      1210: In the king's army in Ireland, so likely had come of age by this date.
      1211-1212: Pipe Roll entry incating Elias Giffard owed for 9 fees.
      1216: He and his brother Osbert were in arms in against the king. All of his lands were seized into the king's hands.
      1216: Excommunicated by the pope for his rebellion.
      'October 1216: Elias and his brother Osbert swore allegiance to the newly crowned Henry III.
      11 March 1217: Lands ordered restored as he had returned to fidelity with the king.
      1225-1229: Confirmation of a grant by Elias Giffard of Brumesfeld for the healh of his sole and the soles of Ysabell and Alice and Yseud his wives. [5] Likely misdated if his son by Alice wasn't born until 1232.
      1229: Granted to Osbert his brother the manor of Winterborne.

      Sources

      ? 1.0 1.1 Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, vol. 65 (1944):105-128. The Giffards of Brimpsfield, by J. N. Langston.
      ? Cokayne, George Edward. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, revised 2nd ed., Vol. 5: Eardley - Goojerat. (London, 1926).
      ? Great Britain. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 1 Henry III: (London, Public Record office, 1904):30, no. 124, IPM of Elias Giffard. Google Books LINK
      ? Great Britain. Close Rolls of the reign of Henry III, vol 6 (London, 1922. Archive.org LINK
      ? Stevenson, William Henry, Calendar of the Records of the Corporation of Gloucester, (Gloucester, 1893):120. Google Books LINK

      See also:

      Great Britain. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 7: Edward III 1327-1336. (London: public record office, 1909): no. 78 p. 42-49, and no. 180 p. 146-147, IPM’s of John Giffard. Archive.org LINK
      Wrottesley, George. Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls, (Date unknown):60-61. Archive.org LINK
      Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, vol. 65 (1944):105-128. The Giffards of Brimpsfield, by J. N. Langston.
      Davis, Walter Goodwin. The Ancestry of Abel Lunt. (Portland, Me. : Anthoensen Press, 1963).
      Cokayne, George Edward. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, revised 2nd ed., Vol. 5: Eardley - Goojerat. (London, 1926).
      The Genealogist, new series, vol. 38, ed. by Forsyth Harwood (1922). The Origins of the Giffords of Twyford; by G. Andrews Moriarty. p. 91-98, 128-134. Archive.org LINK
      New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 74 no. 3 (July 1920):231-237. Genealogic Research in England: Giffard-Sargent, by G. Andrew Moriarty. Google Books LINK
      New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 74 no. 4 (October 1920):267-283. Genealogic Research in England: Giffard-Sargent, by G. Andrew Moriarty. Google Books LINK
      New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 75 no. 1 (January 1921):57-63. Genealogic Research in England: Giffard-Sargent, by G. Andrew Moriarty. Google Books LINK
      New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 75 no. 2 (April 1921):129-142. Genealogic Research in England: Giffard-Sargent, by G. Andrew Moriarty. Google Books LINK
      Stevenson, William Henry, Calendar of the Records of the Corporation of Gloucester, (Gloucester, 1893):120. Google Books LINK
      British History online: Brimpsfield

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  • Sources 
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