Eleanor (Paulet) Gifford (abt. 1475)

Born about 1475 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of William Gifford — married about 1500 in England

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Hampshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Eleanor was the daughter of John Paulet^[1][2] and Alice Paulett.^[3][4][5] Her birth year is not known, but her parents married before June 1468. They had lands in a number of counties and her birthplace is not known either.^[6]

Eleanor was the first wife of William Gifford,^[5] son of Sir John Giffard.^[3][4] There is no clear source for their marriage year. They had five children:

• John^[1][2][3][4] (he is mistakenly called William in the 1812 edition of Collins' Peerage^[5])
• Richard,^[3][4] who was named as executor and residuary legatee in his father's 1549 will^[7]
• Mary, who married William Jephson^[3][4] and was left one cow in her father's will^[7]
• Jane, who married Thomas Haydock:^[3][4] her husband was mentioned in her father's will^[7]
• Alice,^[3][4] left £10 in her father's will^[7]

According to The Art of English Poesy, published in 1588 and often ascribed to George Puttenham, Eleanor's husband "could never love her nor like of her company, but when she was dead made the greatest moan for her in the world." Witnessing this, Eleanor's brother William said to him, "'O good brother, I am right sorry to see you now love my sister so well,' meaning that he showed his love too late and should have done it while she was still alive."^[8] This may just be gossip.

Eleanor's death date is unknown. She probably died in Hampshire, where her husband had his main property. He married again, his second wife being Joan Rogers daughter of Sir John Rogers.^[1][3][4] He died in 1549.^[3][4]

Research Notes

Eleanor has previously been shown as having died in about 1508, with no sourcing.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} W Harry Rylands (ed.). Pedigrees from the Visitation of Hampshire 1530 enlarged...., Harleian Society, 1913, p. 16, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} William Berry. County Genealogies. Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Hants, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1833, p. 285, Hathi Trust
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, p. 252, GODDARD 15, Google Boks
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, p. 90, GODDARD 16
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Collins's Peerage of England... greatly augmented and continued to the present time by Sir Egerton Brydges, Vol. II, London, 1812, pp. 369-71, Internet Archive
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 327, PAULET 15
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Frederick Arthur Crisp. Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills, sixth series, privately printed, 1890, p. 97, Google Books
8. ↑ George Puttenham, The Art of English Poesy, Critical Edition, Cornell University Press, 2007, p. 316 Google Books

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 9 October 2021 and was reviewed/approved the same day by Thiessen-117.

Eleanor (Paulet) Gifford is named in Magna Carta Ancestry (vol. II, pages 252-254 GODDARD) in a Richardson-documented trail between Gateway Ancestor William Goddard and Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Vere. This profile is in other trails identified by the Magna Carta Project from William Goddard to Magna Carta surety barons Saher de Quincy and Robert de Ros. The Vere and Quincy trails were badged by the Magna Carta Project on 26 October 2021 and the Ros trail on 30 October 2021. See the profiles in these trails in the Magna Carta Trails section of William Goddard's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".