Blanch (Castell) Vaughan (1500 - bef. 1553)

Born 1500 in London, England [uncertain]

Wife of Hugh Vaughan — married about 1522 (to 1536) in Middlesex, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 8 Dec 1553 before age 53 in Littleton, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Blanch was said to be the daughter of John Castell, Gent., of London, mercer, and Isabel, daughter and co-heiress of John Metford, Esq.. She was also said to be the legatee in the 1493 will of her grandmother, Blanche Metford.^[1]

She was a widow when she married Hugh Vaughan, probably in 1522 between the death of Hugh's first wife, Anne Percy in July of that year and the birth of son George who was 14 years and more in October 1536 (hence born 1522/1523) at the time of Sir Hugh's Inquisition Post Mortem.

Lady Blanche Castell, Brass Rubbing from Monument in St Mary Magdalene Church, Littleton.

Lady Blanch died on 8 December 1553, and was buried at the church of St Mary Magdalene in Littleton, in Middlesex (now Surrey). Her inscription reads "to the Lady Blanche Vaughan, sometime wife of Sir Hugh Vaughan, who lyeth buryed at Westmynster."^[2][3]

Research Notes

There is contenion regarding the parentage of some of the children of Hugh and whether the eldest were born to Blanch before they married. Refer Hugh's profile for further detail.

Hint re spouses of four daughters:^[1]

1. Elizabeth - probably wife of Fisher
2. Anne - wife of Nicholas Townley Esq.
3. Jane - wife of Biddulph
4. Katherine - wife of Ryse

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. N.p.: Douglas Richardson, (n.d.). Page 292. Google Books. Accessed 22 June 2021.
2. ↑ "Spelthorne Hundred: Littleton," in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1911), 401-406. British History Online, accessed May 19, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol2/pp401-406.
3. ↑ "Littleton," in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex, (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1937), 91-92. British History Online, accessed May 19, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/middx/pp91-92.