Giffard studied at Cambridge University and took his master of arts at Oxford University.

Hoping that the Stuart monarchs would relax some of the discrimination they suffered, the Giffard family took the royalist side in the Civil Wars.

The second, which included some who became William's firm supporters, such as Robert, Count of Eu, Walter Giffard, Roger of Mortemer, and William de Warenne, faced the other invading force.

It was first created in 1097 for Walter Giffard, but became extinct in 1164 with the death of the second earl.

On her uncle's death in 1777 Anne became co-heiress to the baronies of Howard, Furnivall, Strange of Blackmere, Talbot, Braose of Gower, Dacre of Gillesland, Greystock, Ferrers of Wemme, Giffard of Brimsfield and Verdon.

Also, the many branches of the Giffard family all claim ancestry from the lords of Bolbec or Bolebec and Longueville in Upper Normandy: Osbern de Bolebec became lord of Longueville in the early 11th century and his sons, Osbern Giffard and Gautier or Walter Giffard of Bolbec, were companions of William the Conqueror.

After the conquest, Knowle became part of the holdings of Osbern Giffard, who was lord, or tenant in chief, of holdings throughout Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Somerset.

Pierre Giffard, the paper's editor, promoted it as a Competition for Horseless Carriages ( Concours des Voitures sans Chevaux ) that were not dangerous, easy to drive, and cheap during the journey.

* 1852 – The first airship powered by ( a steam ) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels from Paris to Trappes.

** Bonaventure Giffard, English Catholic priest ( d. 1734 )

* April 12 – Henri Giffard, French balloonist and aviation pioneer ( b. 1825 )

** John Giffard, English baron ( b. 1232 )

* September 24 – French engineer Henri Giffard makes the first airship trip from Paris to Trappes.

** Godfrey Giffard, English bishop and politician ( b. c. 1235 )

The newspaper was founded by barrister Stanley Lees Giffard on 21 May 1827, as the Standard.

The 1717 revival was especially successful, starring John Mills as Titus, Mrs. Giffard as Tamora, James Quin as Aaron and John Thurmond as Saturninus.

De Dion's behavior was savagely criticised by Le Vélo and its Dreyfusard editor, Pierre Giffard.

Pierre Giffard of Le Petit Journal staged the first Paris-Brest et retour.

Giffard promoted the event through editorials signed " Jean-sans-Terre.

In the Domesday Book three lords were associated with Swaffham: Walter Giffard, with the largest manor ; his tenant Hugh Bolebec, who held all of the Giffard land there ; and Aubrey de Vere I, who held a smaller manor at Swaffham which the Domesday jurors said Aubrey had seized without the king's permission.

The first Lord of the Manor was Walter Giffard ; it passed to Hugh, Earl of Chester, who then left it to the De Vaux family.

Waverley Abbey, the first Cistercian abbey in England, was founded in 1128 by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester about one mile ( 1. 6 km ) south of the town centre.

Due to the damage from the stroke, Ralph was unable to perform the ceremony but, when Roger made an attempt to do so, Ralph successfully insisted on choosing the officiant and William Giffard the Bishop of Winchester performed the marriage.

People mentioned: Abbey of St Mary of Winchcombe ; Aelfgifu ; Alnoth ; Alric ; Alwine ; Azur ; Bondi ; Brian ; Cynewig ; Earl Tosti ; Earl Aubrey de Coucy of Northumbria ; Edwin the sheriff ; Henry de Ferrers ; Hugh ; Hugh d ' Ivry ; Hugh de Bolbec ; Queen Edith ; Ralph ; Robert ; Roger ; Rolf ; Swein ; Turold ; Walter ; Walter Giffard ; William Peverel ; William de Warenne ; William fitzAnsculf.

Within a year he was appearing professionally playing small parts at the Goodman's Fields Theatre under the management of Henry Giffard.

Giffard had helped Garrick win the business of the Bedford Coffee-house, an establishment patronized by many theatrical and literary people and a location Garrick frequented.

But, while he was successful under Giffard, the managers of Drury Lane and Covent Garden rejected him.

"... took all the holy vessels of the Lord, both great and small, and the ark of God, and the king's treasures, and carried them away into Babylon.

He held many college offices, becoming successively lecturer in Greek ( 1651 ), mathematics ( 1653 ), and humanity ( 1655 ), praelector ( 1657 ), junior dean ( 1657 ), and college steward ( 1659 and 1660 ); and according to the habit of the time, he was accustomed to preach in his college chapel and also at Great St Mary's, long before he took holy orders on 23 December 1660.

He had an illegitimate son before he took holy orders.

The priest took the “ holy book ’’ from a natural cleft.

Khomeini, having been exiled from Iran in 1964, took up residence in Iraq, at the Shi ' ite holy city of An Najaf.

Although he took holy orders in the Church of England, he had become a Puritan at Cambridge, forfeiting any chance of a place of preferment in the Anglican church.

Ketton, where Robert was either born or perhaps first took holy orders, is a small village in Rutland, a few miles from Stamford.

For the most part, leisure and festivities took place on a public church holy day.

In the Lancelot-Grail Cycle, a vast Arthurian composition that took much from Boron, it is not Joseph but his son Josephus who is considered the primary holy man of Britain.

In 1759 he took holy orders and continued his education in Rome ( 1759 – 61 ).

He finally finds refuge at the holy wilderness right outside of Athens, where it is said that Theseus took care of the two of them, Oedipus and his daughter, Antigone.

The Dead Sea Scrolls revealed ascetic practices of the ancient Jewish sect of Essenes who took vows of abstinence to prepare for a holy war.

After leaving Cambridge in September 1681, he became an assistant master at King Edward's School, Birmingham and took holy orders.

On his return he took holy orders, and settled in Rome, passing the whole of his time in the library of the Vatican, and in those of the cardinals Passionei and Corsini.

He took holy orders in 1802, being ordained deacon by Bishop Randolph and priest by Bishop Majendie in 1804.

He took holy orders in 1676, and two years later the king made him abbot of Aulnay.

In 1633, although still below the canonical age, he took holy orders, and accepted the invitation of Thomas Risden, a former fellow-student, to supply his place for a short time as lecturer in St Paul's.

He was born at Grenoble of a legal family, and, like his elder brother, the well-known political writer, abbé de Mably, took holy orders ( 1733 – 1740 ) at Saint-Sulpice in Paris and became Abbot of Mureau.

He graduated from the University of Cambridge, took holy orders, and in 1706 obtained a fellowship, which he resigned upon entering into an advantageous marriage.

He took holy orders, and became a curate at Lantegloss, in Cornwall, and subsequently at Nayland, in Suffolk ; in 1827 he settled in London.

He took holy orders, but without much conviction.

Four years later he received the degree of Doctor of Theology at Avignon, and in 1617 he took holy orders.

At Cambridge he took holy orders ( as a Catholic priest, though England had just turned Protestant ) and was named rector of Outwell St Clement in Norfolk.

King took holy orders, but never held any cure.

Hunt's father took holy orders and became a popular preacher, but he was unsuccessful in obtaining a permanent living.