He married: Margaret Bardfield, who died in 1539, daughter and coheir of John Bardfield of Shenfield, Essex, and widow of Robert Gedge (d. 1528/31) of London.
[2] Despite remarrying after his death, Philippa asked to be buried next to Gifford.
Gifford was put forward by Thomas Cromwell as MP for Buckingham; the previous MPs had been tainted by their association with Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn, who had just been executed for treason and adultery.
Gifford was Member of Parliament for Buckingham in 1536 and Buckinghamshire in April 1554.
He was the Chamberlain of the Household of Anne of Cleves, the fifth wife of Henry VIII.