VAUGHAN
family of
Clyro, Rads.
This branch of the
Vaughan
family was founded by
ROGER
VAUGHAN
I
, third son of
Thomas ap Roger
Vaughan
of
Hergest
— see
Vaughan
of
Hergest
family. His wife was
Jane
, daughter of
David ap Morgan ap John ap Philip
. Their heir was
ROGER
VAUGHAN
II
, who m.
Margaret
, daughter of
Rhys ap Gwilym ap Llewelyn ap Meyrick
. It is possible that he was the
commissioner of tenths of spiritualties
in
Radnorshire
in
Jan. 1535
. He had at least two sons,
ROGER
VAUGHAN
III
, the heir, and
THOMAS
VAUGHAN
, of
Llowes
, who m.
Sibyl
, daughter of
Howell ap Thomas Goch
. The two brothers fell foul of
bishop
Rowland
Lee
(q.v.)
in
1538
.
Thomas
may have been the
Thomas
Vaughan
of
Clyro
who was pardoned for a murder,
14 Aug. 1536
. The two brothers were closely examined by
Lee
and
Sulyard
,
18 July 1538
, and whatever the cause may have been, it was serious enough for
Thomas
Cromwell
to have them taken under escort to his own presence in
London
. It was probably this
Roger
Vaughan
, having reached a position of respectability, who was
sheriff
of
Radnorshire
in
1576-7
. He m.
Margaret
, daughter of
Sir
William
Vaughan
of
Porthaml
, who took as second husband
Charles
Vaughan
of
Hergest
, she being his second wife.
ROGER
VAUGHAN
IV
was the heir. He m.
Margery
, daughter of
Richard
Monington
. He was on the
commission of the peace
in
Radnorshire
,
Herefordshire
, and
Brecknock
, was
deputy-lieutenant
of
Radnorshire
, and was
Member of Parliament
for
Radnorshire
,
1572-83
, and
sheriff
of
Brecknockshire
in
1595-6
. A close friend of
Sir
Gelly
Meyrick
(q.v.)
, he fell under strong suspicion during the
Essex
rebellion of
1601
. His son,
JOHN
VAUGHAN
,
sheriff
of
Radnorshire
in
1607-8
, m. the heiress of
Richard
Baynham
of
Aston Ingham
,
Herefordshire
, and the family thenceforth turned eastwards.
Bibliography:
-
Heraldic Visitations
of Wales and Part of the Marches
, 1846
, i, 258;
-
Limbus Patrum Morganiae et
Glamorganiae
, 1886
, 238;
-
Calendar of Patent Rolls
. Record
Publication, 1891 ff
;
-
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic,
Henry VIII.
Record Publication
;
-
Reports of the ‘Historical
Manuscripts Commission
,
Reports of the ‘Historical
Manuscripts Commission
, xi, 43-107;
-
W. R. Williams
,
The History of the Parliamentary
Representation of Wales
, 1895
, 172;
-
D. Mathew
,
The Celtic Peoples and Renaissance Europe. A
study of the Celtic and Spanish influences on Elizabethan
history
, 1933
, 352-455.
Author:
Evan David Jones, F.S.A., (1903-87), Aberystwyth
