Subj : Re: English/American One-Name Studies, 1500-1700 To : All From : CE Wood Date : Thu Sep 06 2018 04:34:41 From: CE Wood The Giffords who lived in Hooton Pagnell were from Chichester, Sussex. A cursory search found much to follow up. Very helpful is: _Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Vol. 5_, pp 78-81, at: https://books.google.com/books?id mAo5AQAAMAAJ&pg PA78&dq %22john+gif= ford+of+chichester%22&hl en&sa X&ved 0ahUKEwjLoeHDyafdAhWKHzQIHQxQCq4= Q6AEIKTAA#v onepage&q %22john%20gifford%20of%20chichester%22&f false In 1556, Hooton Pagnell was bought from John FitzWilliam of Kingsley, Hants= , by John Gifford, Esq., of Chichester, Sussex. On his death it passed to h= is son, John. Being held of Queen Elizabeth, the lands were forfeited in 15= 96, because John was a recusant. They were leased in 1600/1601, to Henry Gi= fford and conveyed to Sir Richard Hutton in 1605/6. Good hunting in Chichester. CE Wood On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 11:30:07 AM UTC-7, marcpgiff...@gmail.com w= rote: > Hi im a Gifford living near a place in doncaster that a john gifford owne= d. Its called hooton pagnall hall. They owned it for around 40 years appare= ntly. They were catholics and are buried in saint marys and st chad in brew= ood England. I have been trying to trace back my ancestors to see if they a= re of the same line as my family have always lived in the same area which i= s a 10 minute walk from hooton pagnall hall. Also my great grandfather was= called william. But i cant find a name for his father. I have my great gre= at grandmas name and she was called mary ggifford. Hope this info is a help= ... > > Marc Gifford --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .