giffard was also involved in another great dispute with the abbot of westminster after he had deposed william of ledbury, the prior of malvern, for "gross crimes". the monks of westminster took up william's cause, as malvern was a cell of their abbey, and they also obtained the support of the king. in the end giffard was glad to compromise the case, and received a grant of land at knightwick and agreed not to visit malvern as his predecessors had done and ledbury was restored.