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Colonel John Giffard (1602–1665), (pron. "Jiffard") of Brightley in the parish of Chittlehampton, Devon, England was a Royalist leader during the Civil War. He was ultimately descended from Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville, one of the few proven Companions of William the Conqueror. Giffard took part in the Battle of Lansdowne (1643) in which his cousin, Sir Bevil Grenville was killed. His loyalty to the Royalist cause led to him being proposed as one of the Knights of the Royal Oak in 1660. He was known to the biographer John Prince who included him as one of his ''Worthies of Devon''. He is buried in Chittlehampton Church, where survives his kneeling effigy on the monument he erected in 1625 to his ancestors. ==Family origins and early life== John Giffard was the eldest son and heir of Arthur Giffard (1580–1616) by his wife Agnes Leigh (died 1625).〔Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) ''The Visitation of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620,'' Exeter, 1895. p. 400.〕 Anne was the daughter of Thomas Leigh, Esquire, of Burrough (anciently "Borow", "Borough", etc.)〔 in the parish of Northam, near Bideford. Arthur had predeceased his own father John Giffard (died 1622), of Brightley. Arthur's mother was Honor Earle (died 1638), daughter of Sir Walter Earle of Charborough, Dorset.〔 Giffard's younger brother was Rev. Arthur Giffard (1605–1666), appointed in 1643 Rector of Bideford by his cousin Sir John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701)〔 but forcefully ejected by the Parliamentarians during the Civil War.〔 According to Rev. Prince, who briefly served under Rev. Arthur Giffard at Bideford,〔Prince, p.413〕 John Giffard "had a virtuous and liberal education (and) became a very accomplished gentleman."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Giffard (1602–1665)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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