Sir John Giffard le Boef, Knt.
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Sir John Giffard le Boef, Knt., son of Sir John Giffard de Boef, Knt., was born about 1270.1 He died after 30 March 1328, when his son was called John Giffard the Younger of Twyford in the inquisition post mortem of Sir Thomas Gardinis, but appears to have died shortly thereafter.1
John married Alexandra de Gardinis, daughter of Sir Thomas de Gardinis, Knt., say 1300.1,2
On 24 June 1301, John son of John Giffard le Boef, was summoned from Devonshire to the muster at Berwick on Tweed, to perform military service against the Scots. His lands at Helidon are mentioned 23 August 1312.
He was imprisoned at Aylesbury, 7 June 1314 for a trespass of vert and venison in the Royal Forest. On 28 September 1315 he was knight of the shire for co. Bucks., and in 1316 he was certified as lord of the vills of Twyford, Charndon, and Pounden in co. bucks.
He held the Twyfodr lands of Ralph Pipard. In Oxfordshire he held lands in Begbrooke and in Northamptonshire he held half of the manor of Helidon and also lands in Astwell
On 26 March 1316 he appears as commissioner to raise soldiers for the Scotch War, and on 5 August 1316 his orders to select footmen in co. Bucks for the Scotch War were countermanded.
On 30 May 1322 John Giffard of Twyford, Knight, was summond from Oxfordshire to the Great Council at Westminister. On 20 June 1322 John Gifford, a knight or banneret of co. Beds and co. Bucks, was returned as ill and unable to serve in person agast the Scots, and on 24 Jun 1322 John Gifford le Boef, man at arms was summoned from Northamptonshire to serve agaisnt the scots. On 31 October 1322 he is listed as a man at arms between the ages of 16 and 60 years, and called a knight accustopmed to arms but gouty and incapable of acting. In 1325, John, son of Osbert Giffard, and a second cousin, sued him to recover lands in Accott, Deveonshire which Osbert formerly held.1
John married Alexandra de Gardinis, daughter of Sir Thomas de Gardinis, Knt., say 1300.1,2
On 24 June 1301, John son of John Giffard le Boef, was summoned from Devonshire to the muster at Berwick on Tweed, to perform military service against the Scots. His lands at Helidon are mentioned 23 August 1312.
He was imprisoned at Aylesbury, 7 June 1314 for a trespass of vert and venison in the Royal Forest. On 28 September 1315 he was knight of the shire for co. Bucks., and in 1316 he was certified as lord of the vills of Twyford, Charndon, and Pounden in co. bucks.
He held the Twyfodr lands of Ralph Pipard. In Oxfordshire he held lands in Begbrooke and in Northamptonshire he held half of the manor of Helidon and also lands in Astwell
On 26 March 1316 he appears as commissioner to raise soldiers for the Scotch War, and on 5 August 1316 his orders to select footmen in co. Bucks for the Scotch War were countermanded.
On 30 May 1322 John Giffard of Twyford, Knight, was summond from Oxfordshire to the Great Council at Westminister. On 20 June 1322 John Gifford, a knight or banneret of co. Beds and co. Bucks, was returned as ill and unable to serve in person agast the Scots, and on 24 Jun 1322 John Gifford le Boef, man at arms was summoned from Northamptonshire to serve agaisnt the scots. On 31 October 1322 he is listed as a man at arms between the ages of 16 and 60 years, and called a knight accustopmed to arms but gouty and incapable of acting. In 1325, John, son of Osbert Giffard, and a second cousin, sued him to recover lands in Accott, Deveonshire which Osbert formerly held.1
Family | Alexandra de Gardinis d. bef. 1328 |
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| This person was last edited on | 28 Apr 2016 |
Citations
- [S1844] G. Andrews Moriarty Jr., "Genealogical Research in England: Gifford-Sargent," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 73 (Jul - Oct 1920): 231-237, 267-274; 74 (Jan-Apr 1921): 57-63, 129-142: 130-1, further cited as Moriarty, "Gifford-Sargent."
- [S1330] Estimated from the estimated birth of their first known child (1301).
- [S1844] Moriarty, "Gifford-Sargent," 131.