John Giffard (1602–1665)
Colonel John Giffard (1602–1665), (pron. "Jiffard") of Brightley in the parish of Chittlehampton, Devon, England, was a Royalist leader during the Civil War. Giffard commanded the Devon Pikemen at the Battle of Lansdowne in 1634, in which his 3rd cousin the Royalist commander of the Cornish forces Sir Bevil Grenville (1596-1643) was killed in heroic circumstances. Giffard's loyalty to the Royalist cause led to him being proposed in 1660 as a knight of the intended Order of the Royal Oak. He was personally known to the biographer John Prince (1643–1723) who included him as one of his Worthies of Devon. He was buried in Chittlehampton Church, where his small kneeling effigy survives on the base of the monument he erected in 1625 to his grandfather.
commander
Wikipage disambiguates
Wikipage redirect
primaryTopic
John Giffard (1602–1665)
Colonel John Giffard (1602–1665), (pron. "Jiffard") of Brightley in the parish of Chittlehampton, Devon, England, was a Royalist leader during the Civil War. Giffard commanded the Devon Pikemen at the Battle of Lansdowne in 1634, in which his 3rd cousin the Royalist commander of the Cornish forces Sir Bevil Grenville (1596-1643) was killed in heroic circumstances. Giffard's loyalty to the Royalist cause led to him being proposed in 1660 as a knight of the intended Order of the Royal Oak. He was personally known to the biographer John Prince (1643–1723) who included him as one of his Worthies of Devon. He was buried in Chittlehampton Church, where his small kneeling effigy survives on the base of the monument he erected in 1625 to his grandfather.
has abstract
Colonel John Giffard (1602–166 ...... ed in 1625 to his grandfather.
@en
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
39,225,155
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
999,474,156
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
wikiPageUsesTemplate
subject
hypernym
type
comment
Colonel John Giffard (1602–166 ...... ed in 1625 to his grandfather.
@en
label
John Giffard (1602–1665)
@en