Matilda de Clifford 2 3 4
- Marriage (1): Sir William Longespee of Amesbury about 1254 1 2 3
- Marriage (2): John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard of Brimsfield between 1257 and 1271 1 2 3
- Died: Between Dec 1282 and 9 May 1285 2 5
Another name for Matilda was Maud de Clifford.
General Notes:
MATILDA de Clifford (-[Dec 1282/9 May 1285]). "Walterus de Clifford filius Walteri de Clifford et Agnetis de Cundy" donated land in Cofham to Acornbury priory, Herefordshire, also donated by "Katherinĉ filiĉ Walteri de Lacy", for the souls of "Margaretĉ uxoris meĉ et dominĉ Mathildis filiĉ meĉ" by undated charter. The Book of Lacock names "Matildam filiam d´ni Walteri de Clifford" as wife of "Guill. Lungespee tertius, filius Guill. Lungespee secundi". "Matildis de Lungespe, filia et hĉres domini Walteri de Clifford" confirmed donations of property to Shrewsbury abbey, by "patris mei
Walterus de Clifford filius Walteri de Clifford, et Agnetis de Cundy" witnessed by "Egidio de Clifford fratre meo", by undated charter. "Johannes Giffard dominus de Brimesfeild" donated property to Gloucester College, Oxford, for the soul of "Matildĉ Longespee, quondam consortis meĉ", by undated charter, witnessed by "domino Johanne Giffard consanguineo meo".
m firstly WILLIAM Longespee, son of WILLIAM Longespee [Earl of Salisbury] & his wife Idoine de Camville (-[Dec 1256/Jan 1257]).
m secondly (1271) as his second wife, JOHN Giffard, son of ELIAS Giffard & his second wife Alice Mautravers ([1231/32]-Boyton, Wiltshire 29 May 1299, bur Malmesbury Abbey). He was summoned to Parliament in 1295 whereby he is held to have become Lord Giffard.
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He [John Giffard] married, 1stly, Maud,[f] 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.
[Complete Peerage V:639-44, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
[f] 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.
Matilda married Sir William Longespee of Amesbury, son of William Longespee 2nd Earl of Salisbury and Idoine de Camville, about 1254.1 2 3 (Sir William Longespee of Amesbury died before 3 Jan 1257 in Blyth, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S81, GB 1 2 3.). The cause of his death was Died from injuries received in a tournament.
Matilda next married John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard of Brimsfield, son of Elias [IV] Giffard and Alice de Mautravers Heiress of Ashton, between 1257 and 1271.1 2 3 (John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard of Brimsfield was born about 19 Jan 1232,1 5 6 died on 29 May 1299 in Boyton, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12, GB 1 5 7 and was buried in Malmesbury Abbey, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16, GB 1.)
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