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Osbern (or Osborne) Giffard (c. 1020 Longueville-le-Giffard (now Longueville-sur-Scie) France – c. 1085 Brimpsfield Gloucestershire) was one of the knights who invaded England in 1066 under William the Conqueror. He was rewarded with holdings throughout Gloucestershire Hampshire Wiltshire and Somerset. He settled in Brimpsfield where he built a castle which was destroyed by Edward II in 1322. It is believed that the Gloucestershire village of Stoke Gifford is named after him.

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