Assumed the name of Giffard, settled at Whitchurch temp. Hen. II (1154-1189). Held Lamerton, which descended through the Giffards of Weare Giffard to the Fortescues.
[S0445] JL Vivian, Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, (Execter, 1895), Giffard of Halsbury; pages 396-404.