Halsbury
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Halsbury is a historic manor in the parish of Parkham in North Devon, England. It is situated 2 miles north-east of the village of Parkham and 4 miles south-west of the town of Bideford. Halsbury was
Halsbury Barton in the parish of Parkham, North Devon
Setting of Halsbury
Road entrance to Halsbury
John Giffard (1602–1665)
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Colonel John Giffard, 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 1643,
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…had a daughter Mary Giffard, John Giffard settled the estate of Halsbury onto his distant cousin Roger Giffard (1645–1733), the youngest son of Col. John Giffard (1602–1665) of Brightley, a distinguished Royalist commander in the Civil War. Roger Giffard (1645–1715) (cousin), the youngest son of Col. John Giffard…
Effigy of John Giffard, Chittlehampton Church
Heraldic cartouche from 1625 Giffard monument in Chittlehampton Church:Quarterly 1st & 4th, Giffard (with a crescent for difference); 2nd Coblegh of Brightley (Gyronny of eight gules and sable, between two swans argent each holding in his beak a cross crosslet fitchée on a bend engrailed argent three hurts); 3rd: Gules, on a chief indented argent a mullet of the first (FitzWarren of Brightley)
Kneeling effigies of (the future Col.) John Giffard aged 23, (right) opposite his father, Arthur Giffard (died 1616), (left) who kneels at a prie dieu. Detail from base of 1625 Giffard monument in Chittlehampton Church
Stone heraldic escutcheon above porch, Brightley Barton, with escutcheon signifying the marriage of Col. John Giffard and Joan Wyndham.