Name origin: Ancient English family; the first ancestor known being Sire Randolph de Gifford 1066. The surname is derived from a Saxon word signifying liberal disposition, the giver. Is is also a place name from a town of the water of Gifford, Huddington County, Scotland; from the Celtic word Gaf, a hook, a bend, and ford.
b.abt.920; parents ukn
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b.abt.960; s/o Walter Bolebec
m.Senfrie (Wevia de) Crepon
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b.abt.975 of Longueville, Normandy, France; s/o Osbern de Bolebec II and Senfrie (Wevia de) Crepon
d.1063 France
m.abt.1001 Avelina (Aveline) de Crepon
b.abt.974 of Longueville, Normandy, France; d/o Herbastus de Crepon
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b.abt.1010 of Longueville, Normandy, France; s/o Osbern de Bolebec and Avelina de Crepon
d.1085/1102 France
m.abt.1025 prob. France; Agnes Ermentrude Fleitel
b.abt.1014 d/o Gerald Flaitel
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b.abt.1049 of Brimesfield, Gloucestershire, England; s/o Osbern and Avelina ([Aveline] de Crepon) de Bolebec
d.bef.1096 France
m.Lady Weva Decrepon Crefon
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b.abt.1022/1050 Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England; s/o Osborne and Lady Weva (de Crepon Crefon) Giffard
d.1121/1130
m.Ala _______
b.abt.1065/1121 of Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
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b.abt.1095/1110 of Brimesfield, Gloucestershire, England; s/o Elias Helias and Ala (_______) Gifford
d.abt.1166
m.abt.1127 Berta FitzRichard de Clifford
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b.abt.1145 of Brimfield, Gloucestershire, England; s/o Elias and Berta (Clifford) Giffard
d.1190
m.abt.1177 of Gloucestershire, England Maud Fitzharding de Berkeley
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b.abt.1188 of Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England; s/o Elias Helias and Maud (Fitzharding de Berkeley) Giffard
d.abt.1237
m.Isabel de Bokland
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b.abt.1232-1235 of Twyford, Buchinghamshire, England; s/o Osbert and Isabel (de Bokland) Giffard
d.May 29, 1299
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b.abt.1270 of Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England; s/o John Giffard
d.aft.March 30, 1328
m.1300 Alexandra de (Lahaye) Gardinis
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b.1301 of Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England; s/o John and Alexandra (de Lahaye Gardinis) Giffard
d.1368/69
m.(1)Lucy de (Elmbrugge) Morteyn
m.(2)1321 Alice _____
b.1303 of Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
d.aft.July 30, 1379
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b.abt.1345 of Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England; s/o John and Lucy (de Elmbrugge Morteyn) Gifford
d.Sept. 25, 1394
m.(1)abt.1361 Elizabeth de Missenden
m.(2)bef.Jan. 4, 1367/68 Margery ______
b.abt.1350 of Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
m.(3)1367 Katherine Depery
b.bef.1347 of Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
m.(4)bef.July 6, 1383 Sybil ______
b.abt.1349 of Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
d.Feb. 26, 1429
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b.abt.1367 of Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England; s/o Thomas and Elizabeth (de Missenden) Giffard
d.April 14, 1409
m.(1)bef. July 6, 1383 Joan de Bereford
d.without issue
m.(2)bef.1399 Elizabeth Seyton
b.abt.1372 of Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
m.(3)bef.1407 Isabella Stretele
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b.1408 Fringford, Oxon, Oxfordshire, England; s/o Roger and Isabella (Stretele) Giffard
d.May 29, 1469
m.(1) bef.1427 Wilmot Knight
m.(2)ca.1431 Eleanor Vaux
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b.abt.1431 of Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England; s/o Thomas and Eleanor (Vaux) Giffard
d.bef.Sept. 23, 1506
m.abt.1460 (Alles or) (Alice or) Agnes Winslow
b.abt.1445 of Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
d.March 12, 1534
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b.1463 Middle Claydon, Begbroke, Oxfordshire, England; s/o John and Agnes (Winslowe) Gifford
d.Jan. 23, 1542/1543
m.1490 Mary Nanseglos
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b.1508 of Hillesdon, Buckinghamshire, England; s/o Roger and Mary (Nanseglos) Gifford
d.May 19, 1546 Duston, Northampton, England
m.1526 of St. James, Northampton, England Agnes (Anne)Master or Maister
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