GRAVES & MEMORIALS
JOHN GIFFARD GRAVE 1712
GIFFARD CHAPEL, ST HIERITHA'S CHURCH
CHITTLEHAMPTON, DEVON
John Giffard (1639-1712) married first Susanna Bampfylde (d. 1670), and second Frances Fane.
Mary Emma Sercombe is directly descended from John Giffard and Frances Fane.
The gravestone bears the following inscription:
Here Lyeth in hope of A
Joyfull Resurrection ye Body
Of John Giffard Esqr of Brightly
in This parish who departed
this Life in ye faith ye 2 day of
?….ember in ye year of our Lord
God 1712 aged 74 years
[image copyright: Jane Sercombe Lewis]