GIFFARD Matilda

Abt 1224 - 1297  (73 years)

• Name	GIFFARD Matilda
  Birth	Abt 1224	Boyton, Wiltshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	20 Aug 1297	England
  Notes	Maud was the daughter of Hugh de Giffard and Sibyl de Cormeilles. Maud de Giffard's brothers were the politically powerful Godfrey de Giffard (Bishop of Worcester), and Walter de Giffard (Archbishop of York, and Bishop of Bath and Wells). Both brothers would later become Chancellors of England. Her sister was Mabel de Giffard, Abbess of Shaftesbury Abbey.[1] William Devereux and Maud de Giffard had children: Maud Devereux (~1259) Archdeacon John Devereux (~1261) Master Thomas Devereux (~ 1263) Sibyl Devereux (~1265) Lady Maud d'Evreux acquired a one sixth-interest in the barony of Tarrington, Herefordshire from her Cormeilles cousin, Thomas de Solers, who died in 1272. In 1286 Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of Worcester, granted Maud d'Evreux and Sibyl, her daughter, an acre of land in the field of Wyston, which after their deaths should go to the prioress and nuns of Wyston.[2] Maud died in late August 1297. On 3 September 1297 Maud (de Giffard) Devereux was buried in Worcester Cathedral in a place arranged by her brother, Bishop Godfrey de Giffard, near his burial site. (On the south side of the altar of the lady chapel) [3] Godfrey Giffard died on Friday 26 January 1302, and was buried on 4 February by John de Monmouth, Bishop of Llandaff, in Worcester Cathedral, on the south side of the altar of the lady chapel; his tomb remains there still.[4] Find A Grave: Memorial #141903030 Sources ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Devereux_(1219%E2%80%931265) ↑ 21 Apr 2006 posting of Douglas Richardson on soc.genealogy.medieval re: Ahnentafel for Sir Baldwin de Freville, of Tamworth, Staffordshire, died 1387 ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Devereux_(1219%E2%80%931265) ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Giffard
  Person ID	I60198	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	GIFFARD Hugh,   b. Abt 1195, Warminster, Wiltshire, England d. Abt 1246, Warminster, Wiltshire, England (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	CORMEILLES Sibyl,   b. Abt 1193, Tarrington, Herefordshire, England d. Bef 1279, England (Age < 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 18 Mar 1217
  Family ID	F26717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	FREVILLE Baldwin,   b. Abt 1200, Herefordshire, England d. Abt 1257, England (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	Aft 10 Jun 1253
  Children	1. FREVILLE Alexander,   b. Bef 1257, Herefordshire, England d. Bef 18 Mar 1328, Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England (Age < 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026