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Thomas Gifford 1408 – 1469 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Dec 1408

Birth Location: Fringford, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 29 May 1469

Death Location: Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: Roger Giffard

Mother: Isabella Stretele

Spouse(s): Eleanor Vaux, Joyce Fraunceys, Elizabeth Swynford, Isabel Stretle

Children(s): Margaret Giffard, Margaret Giffard, John Gifford, Elizabeth Giffard, William Giffard, Richard Giffard, Lewis Gifford

Thomas Gifford was born in 1408 in Fringford, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Roger Giffard and Isabella Stretele. Thomas Gifford married Eleanor de Vaux, Joyce Fraunceys, Elizabeth Swynford, Isabel Stretle, and had children including Margaret Giffard, Margaret Giffard, John Henry Gifford, Elizabeth Giffard, William Giffard, Richard Giffard, Lewis Gifford. Thomas Gifford passed away in 1469 in Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • Thomas Gifford was born in 1408 in Fringford, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Roger Giffard and Isabella Stretele.
  • Thomas Gifford married Eleanor de Vaux, Joyce Fraunceys, Elizabeth Swynford, Isabel Stretle, and had children including Margaret Giffard, Margaret Giffard, John Henry Gifford, Elizabeth Giffard, William Giffard, Richard Giffard, Lewis Gifford.
  • Thomas Gifford passed away in 1469 in Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Roger Giffard
1367 – 1409
Birth Location: Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
RG
Isabella Stretele
1380 – 1440
Birth Location: Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, England
IS

Spouses(s)

Eleanor Vaux
1405 – 1478
Birth Location: Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
EV
Joyce Fraunceys
1412 –
Birth Location: Foremark, Derbyshire, England
JF
Elizabeth Swynford
Birth Location: –
ES
Isabel Stretle
1409 –
Birth Location: England
IS

Children(s)

Margaret Giffard
1424 – 1486
Birth Location: Halsbury, Devon, England
MG
Margaret Giffard
1427 – 1486
Birth Location: Alwington, Devon, England
MG
John Gifford
1431 – 1506
Birth Location: Buckinghamshire, England
JG
Elizabeth Giffard
1433 – 1434
Birth Location: Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
EG
William Giffard
1433 –
Birth Location: Of, Halsbury, Devonshire, England
WG
Richard Giffard
1435 –
Birth Location: Of, Halsbury, Devonshire, England
RG
Lewis Gifford
1441 –
Birth Location: Halsbury, Devon, England
LG

Thomas Gifford's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Gifford
1408 – 1469
Birth Place: Fringford, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Roger Giffard
1367 – 1409
Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
Isabella Stretele
1380 – 1440
Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas Giffard
1339 – 1394
Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
Elizabeth (de) Missenden
1339 – 1367
Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
William (De) Stratele
1355 – 1400
Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, England
De Stretley
1359 –
Mentmore, Buckingham, England, Great Britain
Great-Grandparents
John III
1301 – 1368
Lucy Morteyn
1305 – 1361
Thomas Missenden
1319 – 1369
Isabel Brocas
1320 – 1383
William Stratele
1310 – 1400
William Streteley
1322 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Giffard
1287 – 1328
Alexandra Jardynes
1279 – 1330
John Morteyn
1273 – 1346
Joan Rothwell
1283 – 1346
Thomas Missenden
1299 –
Thomas Missenden
1299 –
John Brocas
1290 – 1365
Margaret Fettiplace
1290 – 1356
John Stratele
1289 – 1336

Thomas Gifford's Descendants

1.
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Thomas Gifford (29 Dec 1408 – 29 May 1469) m. Eleanor (de) Vaux (1405 – 1478) m. Joyce Fraunceys (1412 – ) m. Elizabeth Swynford m. Isabel Stretle (Abt 1409 – )
  1. 1. Margaret Giffard (1424 – 1486)
  2. 2. Margaret Giffard (1427 – 1486)
  3. 3. John (Henry) Gifford (1431 – 23 Sep 1506) m. Agnes Winslow (Abt 1439 – 1506) m. Agnes Winslow (1455 – 1488) m. Eleanor BRUGGE (1463 – 26 Jan 1535)
    1. 1. Thomas Gifford (1462 – 10 Oct 1511) m. Jayne ((Joan)) Langston (Abt 1460 – 22 Mar 1535) m. Mary (Abt 1464 – )
    2. 2. Roger Gifford (23 Jan 1463 – 1542) m. Mary Nanseglos (1466 – 22 Feb 1542)
      1. 1. Thomas Gifford (1480 – 10 Oct 1511)
      2. 2. William Gifford (1482 – 15 Jun 1549)
      3. 3. John Gifford (1484 – 1485)
      4. 4. John Gifford (Abt 1492 – 29 Nov 1547) m. Dorothy Danet (1513 – ) m. Dorothy (DANNETT) (DANSETT) ( – 1547)
      5. 5. George Gifford (1495 – 16 Jan 1558) m. Philippa Trappes (1505 – ) m. Janet Gifford (Abt 1503 – ) m. Constance Dyke (1497 – ) m. Margaret Bradfield (1505 – 19 May 1539) m. Philippa Trappes (Abt 1515 – Nov 1593)
      6. 6. Ralph Gifford (Abt 1498 – 20 Nov 1556) m. Mary (Ann) Chamberlaine (Abt 1500 – ) m. Margarita Gifford (Abt 1505 – ) m. Alice Freebody (Abt 1505 – 20 Nov 1556)
      7. 7. William Giffard (Abt 1501 – Abt 1502)
      8. 8. William Gifford (Abt 1503 – 20 Nov 1556) m. William Gifford (Abt 1508 – ) m. Sophia Gifford (Abt 1507 – ) m. Teresa Gifford (Abt 1509 – ) m. Alice Freebody (Abt 1505 – 20 Nov 1556)
      9. 9. Nicholas Gifford (1508 – 19 May 1546) m. Agnes (Anne) Masters (1510 – 18 Aug 1582)
      10. 10. Jane (Joan) Gifford (Abt 1510 – 23 Jan 1558) m. William (( Leyborne)) Lamborne (Abt 1506 – ) m. Ambrose Dauntesey (1508 – )
      11. 11. Alice Gifford (1513 – 1570) m. Ambrose Dauntesey (1508 – ) m. Thomas Carroll (1509 – Deceased) m. Thomas (FItzWilliam de Phippen of) Fauconberg (1498 – 1562) m. Duff (1510 – )
    3. 3. Emeline ("Eme" Margaret) Gifford (Abt 1465 – ) m. William Porter (Abt 1461 – 1523) m. William Porter (1461 – 1523) m. William (Henry) Porter (1455 – )
    4. 4. William Gifford (Abt 1465 – ) m. Miss Vachell (Abt 1467 – )
    5. 5. John Gifford (1467 – ) m. Mary Navogles
    6. 6. Edmund (de Gifford) Gyffarde (1469 – 1458)
    7. 7. Alice Gifford (1471 – ) m. Thomas Perwicke (1469 – ) m. William Merriam (Abt 1468 – )
    8. 8. Robert Gifford (Abt 1471 – )
    9. 9. Margaret Gifford (1473 – 1506) m. Robert (William) Porter (Abt 1460 – 1515) m. William Porter (1480 – )
    10. 10. Jane Gifford (Abt 1479 – 8 May 1566) m. John Kingsmill (Abt 1460 – 11 Aug 1536) m. Sir (John) Kingsmill (Abt 1490 – 11 Aug 1536)
      1. 1. Mary Kingsmill (1496 – ) m. Richard Waller (1500 – )
      2. 2. Alice Kingsmill (Abt 1500 – Oct 1585) m. Thomas Bullock (1482 – 8 Aug 1557) m. John Bushnell (Abt 1492 – 30 Oct 1585) m. Thomas Reveley (Abt 1480 – 1519)
      3. 3. Mary Kingsmill (Abt 1504 – ) m. Richard Waller (Abt 1492 – Abt 1553)
      4. 4. John Kingsmill (1515 – 30 Jun 1536) m. Constance (De) Goring (1500 – 16 May 1581)
      5. 5. June Kingsmill (Abt 1520 – 8 May 1566) m. Richard Cooper (1538 – 18 Dec 1566) m. Richard Cowper (Abt 1542 – )
        1. 1. George Cooper (1550 – 1578)
        2. 2. Gertrude Cooper (Bef 1551 – ) m. Robert Broughton (Abt 1550 – May 1631)
        3. 3. Maurice Cooper (1552 – Jan 1607)
        4. 4. John Cooper (24 Sep 1552 – 24 Nov 1610) m. Margaret ("Martha") Skutt (9 Oct 1552 – 1610) m. Margery
        5. 5. Maurice Cooper (1553 – )
        6. 6. George Cooper (Abt 1554 – )
        7. 7. Maurice Cooper (Abt 1555 – 1610)
        8. 8. Margaret Cooper (Abt 1560 – 1592) m. Thomas Prideaux (1579 – 1605)
      6. 6. William Kingsmill (1526 – Dec 1592) m. Bridgett Raleigh (1533 – 12 Aug 1607)
      7. 7. Richard Kingsmill (Abt 1528 – 24 Sep 1600) m. Elizabeth Woodruff (Abt 1536 – Deceased) m. Alice Fauconer (Abt 1515 – 1575)
      8. 8. Thomas Kingsmill (Abt 1530 – Deceased)
      9. 9. Henry Kingsmill (1534 – Jun 1577)
      10. 10. John Kingsmill (1536 – Dec 1589)
      11. 11. George Kingsmill (1539 – Apr 1606) m. Sarah (Susan) Harington (1566 – 30 Sep 1629)
      12. 12. Andrew Kingsmill (Abt 1540 – Deceased)
      13. 13. Arthur Kingsmill (Abt 1542 – Deceased)
      14. 14. Margaret Kingsmill (Abt 1546 – ) m. John Thornborough (Abt 1540 – )
      15. 15. Roger Kinsmill (Abt 1548 – Deceased)
    11. 11. Margaret GIFFARD (1482 – ) m. William PORTER (1476 – )
    12. 12. Roger Gifford (Abt 1482 – Abt 1542) m. Alicia Montford (Abt 1460 – )
    13. 13. William Gifford (Abt 1482 – 17 Jun 1549) m. Jane Rogers (1484 – 1578) m. Eleanor Paulet (1479 – 1508)
    14. 14. John Giffard (1484 – Jul 1574) m. John Gifford (Abt 1484 – )
    15. 15. Priscella Gifford (2 Feb 1495 – 1520) m. Richard Masterson (Jan 1514 – 23 Jan 1553)
    16. 16. Roger Giffard (Abt 1563 – ) m. Sarah Giffard (Abt 1563 – ) m. Mary Nansgles (Abt 1563 – )
  4. 4. Elizabeth Giffard (1433 – Jun 1434)
  5. 5. William Giffard (Abt 1433 – )
  6. 6. Richard Giffard (Abt 1435 – )
  7. 7. Lewis Gifford (1441 – )

Thomas Gifford's Timeline

3 Records

1408
29 Dec 1408
Birth of Thomas Gifford in Fringford, Oxfordshire, England
Fringford, Oxfordshire, England
1409
7 Jan 1409
Age 1
Thomas Gifford was christened
None
1469
29 May 1469
Age 61
Death of Thomas Gifford in Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Dec 1408
    Event Place: Fringford, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 7 Jan 1409

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 May 1469
    Event Place: Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Twyford, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England
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