Rohese Giffard (sometimes Rose,[1] or Rohais;[2] died after 1113) was a Norman noblewoman in the late 11th and early 12th century.
She and Richard had a number of children, and she lived on past his death around 1086, until at least 1113 when she is recorded giving lands to a monastery.
[5] It is not known why she held these lands independently of her husband, as the previous landholders Robert son of Wimac and Archbishop Stigand have no obvious relationship with her.
[6] Domesday often does not mention dower or other conditions of female landholding, due to its emphasis on documenting royal rights.
[2] Rohese's descendants eventually were the heirs to the lands held by her father,[7] receiving half the honour of Long Crendon in Buckinghamshire in the reign of King Richard I of England (r. 1189–1199),[1] after the lands and inheritance were originally returned to Richard's father, King Henry II of England (r.