Sir John Giffard

✓ SIR JOHN GIFFARD, of ITCHELL, Hants; father of Jane. ⚠ See the caution on his daughter: the surname alone does NOT link him to the Norman Giffards elsewhere in this tree. Itchell is in Crondall parish, north-east Hampshire. END OF LINE as entered. Source: Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, 'KINGSMILL OF HERMITAGE PARK' p.307, PAGE IMAGE read 7 Aug 2026 (an earlier edition than the 1912 text swept by OCR on 6 Aug - note the different pagination). ||UPDATE 8 Aug 2026|| VCH Hants iv (Crondall): he is the JOHN GIFFARD returned as owner of Itchel from 1461, d. bef. 23 Sep 1506, brother and heir of Robert (d.1446 s.p.), son of John Giffard of Itchel (d. 10 Jun 1444); the family goes back at Itchel to the nephew and heir of Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of Worcester (d.1302), brother of Walter Giffard, Archbishop of York - old episcopal-gentry stock, NOTHING ROYAL, and VCH names no wives in the 15th-century generations. His son Sir William Gifford (d.1548/9) m. Eleanor Paulet - the ROYAL-BLOODED line, COLLATERAL to us (see Jane's note: the Gifford royal door is closed). Wife possibly Agnes Winslow (Watney p.363, unverified ~) - UNWIRED.