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GIFFORD, Edward (c.1485-1556), of Wicken, Northants.

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b. c. 1485, 3rd s. of Thomas Gifford of Twyford, Bucks. by Jane, da. of John Langston of Caversfield, Oxon. m. Christine, sis. of John Seymour I of Great Marlow, Bucks., at least 1da.Date of birth estimated from eldest brother’s. Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 93-94. Req.1/119/2.
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Servant of Cromwell 1537; j.p. Bucks. in 1537.M. L. Robertson, ‘Cromwell’s servants’ (Univ. California Los Angeles Ph.D. thesis, 1975), 491; LP Hen. VIII, xii, xv.

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GIFFORD, Edward (c.1485-1556), of Wicken, Northants.
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GIFFORD, Edward (c.1485-1556)

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GIFFARD, Thomas (by 1491-1560), of Caverswall and Chillington, Staffs.

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b. by 1491, s. of Sir John Giffard by 1st w. educ. Strand Inn; I. Temple, adm. 11 Nov. 1512. m. (1) by 1519, Dorothy (d. by 1529), da. of Sir John Montgomery of Cubley, Derbys., at least 1da.; (2) settlement 20 Oct. 1531, Ursula (d. 15 Mar. 1581), da. of Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton, Warws., at least 4s. inc. John 5da. suc. fa. 13 Nov. 1556. Kntd. 22 Feb. 1547.Date of birth estimated from mother’s death. Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. iii(2), 82; C142/110/143, 127/45; HMC Hastings, i. 309; Giffard is styled ‘miles’ on the commission of oyer and terminer for the Oxford circuit dated 9 Feb. 1547 (CPR, 1547-8, p. 75) in anticipation of his knighthood bestowed two weeks later—see H. H. Leonard, ‘Knights and knighthood in Tudor Eng.’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1970), 78-79.
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Escheator, Staffs. 1523 – 24, Apr. – Nov. 1538; eommr. subsidy 1523, 1524, tenths of spiritualities 1535, musters 1539, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; sheriff 1529 – 30, 1547 – 48, 1553 – 54; j.p. 1532 – d.; jt. (with fa.) ranger, Cannock forest, Staffs. 1532 – 56, sole 1556 – d.; gent. usher, the chamber by 1533 – d.; keeper, Brewood park by 1535; steward, manor of Shenstone, Staffs. 30 Apr. 1538.LP Hen. VIII, ii-v, viii, xiii, xiv, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 75; 1550–3, p. 395; 1553, pp. 316, 357, 415; Val. Eccles, iii. 130.

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GIFFARD, Thomas (by 1491-1560), of Caverswall and Chillington, Staffs.
Main residences: Caverswall; Chillington, Staffs.
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GIFFARD, Sir John (1465/66-1556), of Chillington, Staffs.

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b. 1465 /66, 1st s. of Robert Giffard of Chillington by 2nd w. Cassandra, da. of Thomas Humphreston. m. (1) 1483, Jane (d. 8 Dec. 1491), da. of Thomas Horde of Bridgnorth, Salop, 2s. inc. Thomas 7da.; (2) by Apr. 1515, Elizabeth, wid. of Sir John Montgomery of Cubley, Derbys., 4s. 1da. suc. fa. 4 June 1486. Kntd. 25 Sept. 1513.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s death, Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. (n.s.) 1902, p. 111. Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. iii(2), 80-83; v(2), 146; (n.s.) 1902, pp. 110, 121; (ser. 4), viii. 84.
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J.p. Staffs. 1501 – d., Derbys. 1515 – d.; gent. usher by 1509; sewer of the chamber by 1509; ranger, the Seven Hayes (Cannock forest), Staffs. 2 June – 21 Nov. 1509, Cannock forest 21 Nov. 1509 – d.; sheriff, Staffs. 1509 – 10, 1517 – 18, 1522 – 23, 1526 – 27, 1530 – 31, 1541 – 42; jt. bailiff, Wolverhampton 1512; commr. subsidy, Staffs. 1512, 1514, 1515, 1523, 1524, tenths of spiritualities 1535, musters 1539, relief 1550; other commissions 1521 – 47; knight of the body by 1533.CPR, 1494–1509, p. 659; 1553, p. 357; LP Hen. VIII, i-iv, viii, xiii-xv, xxi; Statutes, iii. 88, 117, 170.

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GIFFARD, Sir John (1465/66-1556), of Chillington, Staffs.
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GIFFARD, Sir John (1465/66-1556)

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GIFFARD, John (by 1534-1613), of Chillington, Staffs. and London.

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b. by 1534, 1st s. of (Sir) Thomas Giffard of Caverswall and Chillington, Staffs. by Ursula, da. of Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton, Warws. m. 10 Apr. 1550, Joyce, da. of James Levenson of Lilleshall, Salop, 8s. 6da. suc. fa. 27 May. 1560.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/127/45. Wm. Salt. Arch. Soc. iii(2), 82-83; (n.s.) 1902, p. 130; Vis. Staffs. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 103-4; CPR, 1550-3, p. 70; C142/337/113.
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J.p.q. Staffs. 1573/74; sheriff 1573 – 74.

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GIFFARD, John (by 1534-1613), of Chillington, Staffs. and London.
Main residences: Chillington, Staffs.; London.
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GIBSON, Richard (by 1480-1534), of London and New Romney, Kent.

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b. by 1480. m. Alice, da. of Sir William Bayly of London, 3s. 2da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. PCC 21 Hogen.
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Yeoman tailor, the great wardrobe 1501 – d., porter 1504 – d.; yeoman of the tents by 1513, serjeant by 1518; serjeant-at-arms by 1521 – d.; warden, Merchant Taylors’ Co. 1518, master 1530; jurat, New Romney by 1524 – d.; commr. sewers, Kent 1526, for return of aliens, London 1528; City’s bailiff, Southwark and swordbearer, London 1528.CPR, 1494–1509, pp. 221, 350; LP Hen. VIII, i, ii, iv, vii; HMC 5th Rep. 550; H. L. Hopkinson, Anct. Recs. Merchant Taylors, 116, 117; Cinque Ports White and Black Bks. (Kent Arch. Soc. recs. br. xix), 190, 191, 193, 209, 217; City of London RO, Guildhall, rep. 8, f. 3; D. J. Johnson, Southwark and the City, 46–47.

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GIBSON, Richard (by 1480-1534), of London and New Romney, Kent.
Main residences: London; New Romney, Kent.
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