Background
Gifford was born in Dry Drayton, near Cambridge and attended Christ"s College, Cambridge, graduating Bachelor in 1570 and Master of Arts in 1573.
Gifford was born in Dry Drayton, near Cambridge and attended Christ"s College, Cambridge, graduating Bachelor in 1570 and Master of Arts in 1573.
lieutenant is possible that in 1586 he attended the deathbed of Sir Philip Sidney in the Low Countries, where Gifford was serving as chaplain to the Earl of Essex"s troops.
He afterwards lived at Maldon, but was discharged from the priesthood for refusing to subscribe to Archbishop Whitgift"s articles of conformity. He was later reinstated as a lecturer at Maldon, serving there at a lecturer until his death in 1600. Gifford may well have penned The Manner of Sir Philip Sidney"s Death.