Alice DE MALTRAVERS

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Family/Spouse: Sir Elias Elias IV GIFFARD OF BRIMFIELD, Lord of Brimpsfield. Sir was born in 1180 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England; died on 2 May 1248 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Saint Michael's and All Angels, Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title: ; Sir Knight
• Name: John
• Name: John DE GIFFARD
• _UID: 899DD67A46994A57A5E0D40712A7D6DFC4A2

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BARONY OF GIFFARD (I)

SIR JOHN GIFFARD, of Brimpsfield, Badgeworth, Stonehouse, Stoke Gifford, and Rockhampton, co. Gloucester, Elston, Orcheston St. George, Sherrington, Ashton, and Broughton Gifford, Wilts, son and heir of Sir Elis GIFFARD, of Brimpsfield, &c. (who died shortly before 2 May 1248) (c1), by his 2nd wife, Alice, sister of Sir John MAUTRAVERS, of Lytchet Matravers, Dorset (a). He was aged 16, or 16 and more, at his father's death (b1). With several other barons, he seized the Bishop of Hereford, 11 June 1263, and took him to Eardisley Castle. On 18 August following, he was among those who made a treaty with Edward, the King's son. He had just been appointed, 7 August, by the advice of the Magnates of the Council, Keeper of the castle of St. Briavel and the forest of Dean, during pleasure, and he was pardoned, 18 September following, for all trespasses committed by reason of non-observance of the Provisions of Oxford. He was appointed joint Keeper of the counties of Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford, 24 December 1263. In 1264 he belonged to the baronial party, and in April, being in command at Kenilworth, he surprised and destroyed Warwick Castle, taking the Earl and Countess prisoners. On 14 May following he was at the battle of Lewes, where he was taken prisoner early in the day, but he had already captured William la Zuche. He was one of those prohibited, 16 February 1264/5, from taking part in the tournament at Dunstaple, and ordered to attend a Council on the morrow of Ash Wednesday [19 February] following. He changed sides together with the Earl of Gloucester and others, and was in the King's army at the battle of Evesham, 4 August 1265. In consideration of his services at this battle, he was pardoned, 9 Oct. 1265, for having adhered to Simon de Montfort at the battle of Lewes, and for all other trespasses committed up to the said 9 October. He was one of the commissioners empowered, 24 April 1274, to make a truce at the ford of Montgomery, in a month from Easter [29 April], between Llewelyn ab Gruffyd, Prince of Wales, and Humphrey de Bohun of Brecknock. On 6 November 1281 he had licence to hunt wolves, with his own hounds, throughout all the King's forests in England. He was appointed Keeper of the castle of Llandovery, co. Carmarthen, 9 April 1282, and of that of Builth, co. Brecknock, 14 October following, both during pleasure. On 18 November 1283 the King granted him, in fee, the commote of Is-cennen, co. Carmarthen, to hold by the service of a knight's fee: and, on 8 February 1289/90, the castle of Dynevor in that county, for life, as a refuge for himself and his men: he was ordered to deliver this castle to Walter de Pederton, 29 July 1297. He was present at the assemblies held at Berwick in October and November 1297, to discuss the various claims to the Crown of Scotland. He was Captain of Podensac in Gascony, which town he surrendered to the French, in 1294/5. He was summoned for Military Service from 18 July 1257 to 7 May 1299, to attend the King at Shrewsbury, 28 June 1283, to attend the King at Salisbury, 26 January 1296/7, to a Military Council, 20 August 1297, and to Parliament from 24 June 1295. to 10 April 1299, by writs directed Johanni Giffard, or Gyffard, occasionally with the addition de Brimmesfeld', whereby he is held to have become LORD GIFFARD.

He was affianced, at the age of 4 years, to Aubrey DE CAUMVILLE (who was about the same age), but he did not marry her (b2). He married, 1stly, Maud [c2], widow of Sir William LUNGESPEE, of Amesbury, Aldbourne, and Trowbridge, Wilts, Canford, Dorset, Bicester, Oxon; Brattleby, co., Lincoln, &c. (who died between 23 December 1256 and 3 January 1256/7], and daughter and heir of Sir Walter DE CLIFFORD, of Clifford co. Hereford, Cortham, Salop, &c., by Margaret, daughter of Llewelyn ab IORWERTH, PRINCE OF NORTH WALES. She, who was living 1 December 1281, died s.p.m., not long afterwards. He married, 2ndly, in 1286, Margaret, widow of Sir John DE NEVILLE, of Hallingbury, Wethersfield, Great Totham, Great Wakering and Langharn, Essex, Alphington, Devon, &c. who died shortly before 20 May 1282. He died at Boyton, Wilts, 29 May, and was buried 11 June 1299 in Malmesbury Abbey. His widow's dower was ordered to be assigned, 1 August 1299, and on 5 August she was assigned the manors of Stonehouse, Stoke Gifford, Elston, and Broughton Gifford. She died shortly before 13 December 1338. [Complete Peerage V:639-44, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(c1) In 1221 this Elis stated that "Osbertus Giffard, antecessor suus qui venit ad conquestum Angl' tenuit manerium de Bimesfeld' . . . et post eum Elias flius suus . . . et post eum Elias filius illius Elie et pater suus." At least one generation is here omitted. The Elis living in 1221 was son and heir of Elis III, by Maud, daughter of Morice fitz Robert fitz Hardinge, of Berkeley: which Elis III owed 100 marks 'pro fine terre sue' in 1166 and died before Michaelmas 1190, when William le Mareschal owed 140 marks for the custody of the lands of Elis Giffard. Elis III was son and heir of Elis II (who became a monk in Gloucester Abbey), by Berta (living 1167), sister of Walter de Clifford, of Clifford and Glasbury, and daughter of Richard fitz Ponce. In 1130 Elis II rendered account of 100 marks of silver for the relief of his father's lands, being son and heir of Elis I, by Ala, his wife. Before 1096 Elis I had succeeded his father Osbern Giffard, the Domesday tenant of Brimpsfield, Stoke, Rockhampton, Elston, Orcheston, etc.

(a) John Mautravers gave the manor of Ashton and the advowson of the church of St. Peter at Codford, Wilts, to Elis Giffard in free marriage with Alice his sister, to hold to them and their heirs of their bodies, by the service of a knight's fee.

(b1) "Elias Giffard". He held the manor of Winterburne (now Elston), of the King in chief, as the head of his barony; the manor of Sherrington pertaining to that barony; and that of Ashton, held of John Mautravers in free marriage. Heir [name cut away] his son aged 16 [rest cut away]. The proof of age of this heir, John Giffard, is undated and defective, but it states that he was born on the day of St. Wulstan (19 Jan).

(b2) So the proof of age mentioned above. She was probably the Aubrey de Canville, a nun of Polesworth, who was elected Abbess in Dec 1276 or in the following month. The marriage was contracted at Arrow, co. Warwick, and she must have been a daughter of Thomas de Camville, of Arrow, and a descendant of Aubrey Marmion, Lady of Arrow, wife of William de Caumville.

[c2] Maud Lungespee notified the King that John Giffard had abducted her from her manor of Canford, Dorset, and taken her against her will to his castle of Brimpsfield, and there detained her. John appeared before the King, and professed himself ready to prove that he did not abduct her against her will, and offered a fine of 300 marks for the marriage already contracted, as it was said, between them, provided she made no further complaint against him. On 10 March 1270/1 the King ordained that if she were not content, the said fine should be void, and John should stand his trial at a month from Easter. And as she was too unwell to appear before the King, commissioners were sent to inquire into the truth of the matter, and to certify the King thereof. John and Maud, and her Ist husband, William Lungespee, were all descended from Richard fitz Ponce. Why John Giffard should have referred to himself as being of the race of Le Lungespee as in the proof of age mentioned above he is said to have done-is not explicable; unless, indeed, the sobriquet was derived from the family of Clifford.

John married about 1236 in No Marriage - Affianced At Age Of 4. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Maud De CLIFFORD after 1257 in 2ND Husband 1St Wife. Maud (daughter of Walter III De CLIFFORD, & Cortham and Margaret Verch LLEWELYN) was born about 1235 in Haneford, Hertfordshire, England; died on 9 May 1285 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in 1284 in Brimpsfield, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eleanor (predeceased her husband), daughter of John Giffard, of Brimsfield, Glos. 1st Lord (Baron) Giffard. [Burke's Peerage]

Eleanor married Fulk 1St Baron Le STRANGE, Of Blackmere, Sir in 1296 in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. Fulk (son of Robert Lord Of Chauton Le STRANGE and Alianore BLANCMINSTER) was born about 1267 in Wrockwardine, Wellington, Shropshire, England; died on 23 Jan 1323-1324 in Blakemere, Weobley, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Katherine DE GIFFARD
• _UID: 3FDFBEA634924BA4A7A16E0230AE967DE0EB

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He [Nicholas Audley] m. Catherine, daughter of John Giffard (1st Lord Giffard of Brimpsfield), by his 1st wife, Maud, widow of William Longespee, daughter and heir of Walter de Clifford. He d. 28 Aug 1299. Inq.p.m. 27 Edward I. His widow, who was b. 1272, had dower 23 Oct 1299; she was living in 1322, as a nun at Ledbury. [Complete Peerage I:338-9 XIV:50]

Katherine Giffard, Co-heiress of mother Maud Clifford
d/o sir John Clifford, Knt & Maud Clifford
b- 1272 (age 27 1299) - Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
m- sir, Nicholas I Audley,Knt, d- 1299
d- 1322 - Ledbury, Herefordshire, England


He [Nicholas Audley] m. Catherine, daughter of John Giffard (1st Lord Giffard of Brimpsfield), by his 1st wife, Maud, widow of William Longespee, daughter and heir of Walter de Clifford. He d. 28 Aug 1299. Inq.p.m. 27 Edward I. His widow, who was b. 1272, had dower 23 Oct 1299; she was living in 1322, as a nun at Ledbury. [Complete Peerage I:338-9 XIV:50]

Catherine married Nicholas De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Sir on 23 Oct 1288 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England. Nicholas was born before 1258 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England; died on 28 Aug 1299 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth married Robert CORBET, Of Moreton Corbet, Sir before Mar 1322-1323. Robert was born on 25 Dec 1304 in Wattlesborough, Shropshire, England; died on 3 Dec 1375 in Moreton Corbet, Wem, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• MilitaryService: ; served in the Scotch and French wars
• Name: John LE STRANGE
• _UID: F0566FF9ABDF428F8B3653AA0B78E2E9154C
• Title (Nobility): 1324; 2nd Baron Strange of Blackmere (succeeded his father Fulk upon his death)
• Title (Nobility): 1324; Lord Strange (succeeded his father Fulk upon his death)
• Occupation: 1330; Governor of Conway
• MilitaryService: 1346; Sir Knight Banneret at the battles of Crezy and Calais

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John Lestrange, 2nd Lord (Baron) Strange (of Blackmere), JP (Salop 1332); fought at Crecy 1346; married as her 1st husband Ankaret (married 2nd Sir Thomas de Ferrers and died 8 Oct 1361), daughter of William Boteler, of Wem, Salop, and died 21 July 1349. [Burke's Peerage]

John Lestrange, 2nd Lord Strange (of Blackmere) was born circa 1306.
He was the son of Fulk Lestrange, 1st Lord Strange (of Blackmere) and Eleanor Giffard.
He married Ankaret Boteler, daughter of William Boteler.
He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Strange, of Blackmere [E., 1309] on 23 January 1323/24.
He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Shropshire in 1332.
He fought in the Battle of Cr?cy in 1346.
He died on 21 July 1349.

Children of John Lestrange, 2nd Lord Strange (of Blackmere) and Ankaret Boteler
1. Fulk Lestrange, 3rd Lord Strange (of Blackmere) b. c 1330, d. 30 Aug 1349
2. John Lestrange, 1st Lord Strange (of Blackmere) b. c 1332, d. 12 May 1361

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Documentary sources indicate that a manor house belonging to the Le Strange family existed here in the 12th century. It passed to the Talbots in the 14th century, and in 1383 was the birthplace of John Talbot, the first Earl of Shrewsbury. The Talbot family sold the manor in 1590 and by the end of the following century the house was in ruins. Source is:
www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/3059.html


Blackmere was a 12th Century Manor in Whitchurch, Shropshire the seat of Le Strange of Blackmere. Source is Le Strange Records, Pedigree No. VIII - Le Strange of Blackmere.

John married Ankaret Le BOTELER in 1st Husband 1St Wife. Ankaret was born about 1306 in Wem, Shropshire, England; died on 8 Oct 1361. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Thomas De ALDITHLEY
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Thomas of Aldithley or Audley, son and heir, b. 1288, was aged over 10 at his father's death. He m. Eve, daughter and heir of John of Clavering (2nd Lord Clavering), by Hawise, daughter of Robert de Tibetot. He dsp while still a minor, shortly before 21 Nov 1307. Writ for Inq.p.m. 16 Jan 1307/8. His widow m. 2ndly, bef. 2 Dec 1308, Sir Thomas de Ufford, who was slain at Bannockburn, 24 June 1314. After his death, she lived with, but did not marry, (possibly owing to some difficulty in obtaining a dispensation; or to avoid the fine which she would have had to pay on marriage) Sir James Audley (who d. 1333/4) 1st cousin of her 1st husband. She m. finally, Robert of Benhale, (Lord Benhale). [Complete Peerage I:339]

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Thomas married Eve Baroness De CLAVERING in 1st Husband 1St Wife -Very Young. Eve was born about 1290 in Clavering, Saffron Walden, Essex, England; died about 1369 in Langley Abbey, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Nicholas 1St Baron De ALDITHLEY
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BARONY of AUDLEY (I)

NICHOLAS AUDLEY or ALDITHLEY, of Heleigh, co. Stafford, brother and heir to Thomas, born 11 November 1289. He had seizin of his brother's lands, having proved his age 27 March 1313/4. He was summoned to Parliament by writs directed Nicholao de Audele, 8 January (1312/3) to 25 August (1318) whereby he may be held to have become LORD AUDLEY. He married in 1312, without license, Joan, widow of Henry, EARL OF LINCOLN, the only child that had issue of William MARTIN [LORD MARTIN], by Eleanor, widow of John DE MOHUN, of Dunster, daughter of Sir Reynold FITZ PIERS. He died in 1316, shortly before 6 December, aged 27. His widow died between February 1319/20 and 1 Aug. 1322. [Complete Peerage I:339, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Nicholas married Joan MARTIN in 1312 in 2ND Husband 1St Wife. Joan was born about 1291 in Combe Martin, Barnstaple, Devonshire, England; died before 1 Aug 1322 in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]