Family
He was the son of Elias Giffard IV of Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire and his second wife, Alice, sister of Sir John Mautravers, of Lytchet Matravers, Dorset. He married Maud de Clifford, daughter of Sir Walter de Clifford, of Clifford, Hertfordshire and widow of William III Longespée. Their son John (1287–1322) was executed by Edward II as a rebel, and Brimpsfield Castle was destroyed. Their daughter Katherine married Nicholas Audley, 3rd Baron Audley. Their daughter Eleanor married Fulk le Strange, 1st Baron Strange. John married secondly, in 1286, Margaret, widow of Sir John de Neville, of Hallingbury, Essex.
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