20 GHISNES — GIFFAKD. GHISNES, GUISNES, or GYNES. Barony by Ingelram de Giiisnes, yr. s. of Arnold, Count of Writ Ghisnes, by Alice, da. of Ingelram, Sire de Gou&, inherited the Lordship of Couci from his mother's family and was sum. to Pari. I. 1295, as a Baron [LOUD GHISNES] by writs from 21 June (1295), to 23 Ed. L, to 14 March (1321/2), 16 Ed. II., directed " Ingelram de 1323. liyncs." He m.( s ) Christian, da. and h. of Sir William Lindsay, by Ada, sister and coheir of John Balioi., King of Scotland. He d. 1323, leaving issue, but the Barony, if a hereditary one existed, became dormant.( h ) GHUZNEE. See "Keaxe of Giiuznee, in Affglianistan, and Cappoquin, co. Waterford " Barony [Keune), c>: 1839. GIBRALTAR. See " IIeatiifield of Gibraltar," Barony (Eltoff), cr. 1787 ; ex. 1813. GIFFARD, or GIFFARD DE BRYMSFIELR Barony by 1.. John Giffard, of Brimsfield, co. Gloucester, s. and Writ °f Elias ^- °^ tue same . by bis first wife, Isabella, da. of I — ) Musarc; sue. his father (1218-49), 33 Hen. III., beiug then aged I. 1295. 17; served in the Welsh wars of 1256; was Gov. of St. BriaviTs Castle, "263 ; took part with the rebel Barons at the battle of Lewes, 1264, but against them at that of Evesham, 1265 ; distinguished himself in 12S2 against Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, whom he took prisoner and beheaded ; was Gov. of Dynevor Castle, 1290, and was sum. to Pari, as a Baron [LORD GIFFARD] by writs from 24 June (1295), 2-3 Ed. I., to 10 April (1299), 27 Ed. I. He m. firstly in or before (1271), 50 Hen. III., Maud, ( c ) .widow of William de Lonoespei; (who d. s.p.m. 1257), da. of Walter de Clifford, by Margaret, da. of Llewellyn, Prince OF Wales. She d. before (1282-83), 11 Ed. I. He m. secondly, in or before 1286, Margaret NevILL. He d. at Boyton, 28 May 1299, and was bur. at Malmesbury. II. 1299, 2. John (Giffard), Lord Giffard, wiled " /> Rych," to only s. and h. by third wife, aged 13, at the death of his father, 1322. K.B. (1302-03), 31 Ed. I. Constable of the Castles of Glamorgan and Morgannoc (1315-16), 9 Ed. II. He was sum. to Pari, [us LORD GIFFAKD DE BRYMESFELD], by writs from 8 Oct. (1311), 7 E.l. II. to 15 May (1321), 14 Ed. II., directed Jolianni Giffard de Brymetfdd." He joined ( a ) It was, probably, owing to this alliance that he, tho' a foreigner, was num. as an English Baron. (k) The pedigree of his descendants is very obscure. Mr. Courthope remarks that the one given by " Pierre [Query Le Pere] Anselme (vol. viii, 542), is at varinuco " with the inr/uisitiones post mortem as to which he adds that " inasmuch as they concern aliens, their genealogical statements may not be implicitly relied on." The Baron appears to have had two sons, viz. (1) William de Ghisnes, Sire de Couci, his 8. and h., aged 36 at his father's death in 1323, who was b. in France and inherited the estates there. (2) Ingelram de Couci, b. in England, who inherited the English estates which on his death s.p. reverted (his brother William beiug an alien) to the Crown. The said William, who d. 1335, had, however, two sons both born in France, viz. (1) Ingelram de Couci who inherited the French estate, and (2) William de Couci, to whom the King, by favour, granted his grandmother's estate in England, which, however, on his death s.p. again reverted to the Crown. The said Ingelram, however, was sue. by his s. and h., Ingelram de Couci, who was cr. Earl of Bedford in 1366 (see that dignity) but d. s.p.m. in 1377, leaving daughters and coheirs, who, possibly (not taking into consideration their alien descent) represented the Barony of Ghisnes. ( c ) In this year he was chaiged with having taken her away by force from her house at Haneford, but compounded with the King by a tine of 300 marks for having married her without a licence.
