Joyce was a daughter of Sir Robert Fraunceys of Whiston. She married Thomas Giffard of Chillington, the Whiston estate being her dowry. [1][2]
She was mentioned in a 1415 deed with her son Robert. [3] The deed started:
Noverint imiversi per presentes, nos Jocosam dominam de Chilinton et Robertum filium et heredem Thome Giffard et predicte Jocose remississe relaxasse, etc. [...]
Let them know that we have remitted by those present, that we have remitted Lady Jocosa de Chilinton and Robert son and heir to Thomas Giffard and the aforesaid Jocose, etc.
Sources
↑Pedigree of Giffard of Chillington - archive.org and british-history.ac.uk : accessed 16 August 2022; Collections for a history of Staffordshire; Volume 4 Part II; Page 58; Published London 1883
↑Staffordshire Visitations - books.google.co.uk : accessed 13 August 2022; The Heraldic Visitations of Staffordshire Made in 1614 by Sir Richard St. George and 1663-64 by Sir William Dugdale; Page 146; Published London 1885
↑Chillington Deed 1415 - archive.org : accessed 16 August 2022; Collections for a history of Staffordshire; Volume 5; Pages 228-229
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