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John Giffard (1602-1665)
John Giffard may refer to: *John Giffard, 1st Baron Giffard (1232–1299), English nobleman *John Giffard (died 1556) (c. 1465–1556), Tudor courtier, soldier, MP and landowner, of Chillington Hall, Staffordshire *John Giffard (died 1613) (1534–1613), landowner, MP and noted Elizabethan recusant, of Chillington Hall * John Giffard (1602–1665), colonel, Civil War commander, of Brightley, Devon *John Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury (1908–2000), British peer and scientist * John Giffard (MP for Gloucestershire), 14th century, see Gloucestershire * John Giffard (MP for Buckinghamshire) (died c. 1436), MP for Buckinghamshire, see Knights of Buckinghamshire * John Giffard (judge), 14th-century English-born lawyer and cleric in Ireland * John Giffard (police officer) (born 1951/2), British police officer, former chief constable of Staffordshire Police See also * John Gifford (other) *Giffard (other) Giffard is an Anglo-Norman surname, carried by a number of familie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Giffard, 1st Baron Giffard
John Giffard, Baron Giffard of Brimsfield (1232–1299) was an English nobleman prominent in the Second Barons' War and in Wales. His initial gift of land in Oxford led to the foundation of Gloucester College, Oxford. Involvement in military actions Giffard was active in the campaigns against Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in 1257–1258 and 1260–1261. In 1263, with others of Simon de Montfort's party, Giffard besieged the sheriff of Gloucester in Gloucester Castle. Also in that year, with others, he abducted Peter of Aigueblanche, the Bishop of Hereford, confining him to Eardisley Castle. In 1264 Giffard controlled Kenilworth Castle, and successfully attacked Warwick Castle, occupied by William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick. Captured at the Battle of Lewes, he changed sides, and fought for Henry III at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. After Lewes, Giffard joined the retinue of Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, and his association with the powerful Marcher Lord was rewar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Giffard (died 1556)
Sir John Giffard (c. 1465-13 November 1556), of Chillington in Brewood, was a soldier, courtier, member of the English Parliament and Staffordshire landowner, who made his mark mainly during the reign of Henry VIII. Background and early life Giffard was the eldest son of Robert Giffard of Chillington by his second wife, Cassandra Humphreston, daughter of Thomas Humphreston. The Giffard family had been settled at Chillington since the late 12th century. Little is known of his early life. He married Jane Horde, daughter of Bridgnorth's wealthiest landowner, in 1483, when he was about 17 years old. About the age of 20, in 1486, his father Robert died and he inherited the substantial Giffard estates, centred on Brewood. It is thought that Thomas Horde, his father-in-law might have advanced his career, perhaps introducing him at the royal court during the reign of Henry VII. Certainly he was well enough known there to be present in 1509 at Henry VII's funeral and at the coronat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Giffard (died 1613)
John Giffard (1534–1613) was a Staffordshire landowner and Member of the English Parliament, notable as a leader of Roman Catholic Recusancy in the reigns of Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I and James I of England, James I. Background and early life John Giffard's father was Thomas Giffard (died 1560), Sir Thomas Giffard of Caverswall Castle. The Giffards had their seat at Chillington Hall, near Brewood, from the late 12th century. Sir Thomas, like his father, John Giffard (died 1556), Sir John Giffard, had considerably expanded the family estates until they were the wealthiest landed gentry family in Staffordshire. Sir John was still alive when his grandson John was born, so Thomas Giffard was living at Caverswall, which he had acquired through his first wife, the heiress Dorothy Montgomery. Both Sir John and Sir Thomas were MPs of religiously conservative disposition, although both had generally acquiesced in the legislation that carried through the English Reformation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Giffard (1602–1665)
Colonel John Giffard (1602–1665), (pron. "Jiffard") of Brightley, Chittlehampton, Brightley in the parish of Chittlehampton, Devon, England, was a Cavalier, Royalist leader during the English Civil War, Civil War. Giffard commanded the Devon Pikemen at the Battle of Lansdowne in 1643, in which his 3rd cousin the Royalist commander of the Cornish forces Sir Bevil Grenville (1596-1643) was killed in heroic circumstances. Giffard's loyalty to the Royalist cause led to him being proposed in 1660 as a knight of the intended Knights of the Royal Oak, Order of the Royal Oak. He was personally known to the biographer John Prince (biographer), John Prince (1643–1723) who included him as one of his ''List of people in John Prince's The Worthies of Devon, Worthies of Devon''. He was buried in Chittlehampton Church, where his small kneeling effigy survives on the base of the monument he erected in 1625 to his grandfather. Family origins and early life The Giffard family of Brightley was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
