James Vaughan (abt. 1485)

Born about 1485 in Herefordshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Croft) Vaughan — married about 1511 in England

Descendants

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Biography

James Vaughan was a son of Watkin/Walter Vaughan and Sibil/Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Baskerville.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

His father died on 6 Jan 1503/1504 and in his Inquisition Post Mortem later in 1504, his son and heir was named as James Vaughan, aged 19 years and more.^[7]

Marriage and Children

James Vaughan married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir Edward Croft.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Children:

• Charles Vaughan^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][8]}

Career

James Vaughan of Hergest, who was sheriff for Radnorshire in 1545, gentleman usher ("generosus hospitiarum") to Henry VIII, receiver of the rents and profits of the forfeited lands in Herefordshire and Breconshire, of Edward last Duke of Buckingham, and with his brother, Roger, Constable of Huntington Castle.^[2]

Death

Date and place unknown.

Vaughan Monumental Inscription at Kington, Herefordshire

The Vaughan Tomb at Kington, Herefordshire^[6] was ".. erected in the latter part of the fifteenth century, to commemorate Thomas Vaughan, Esq., and his wife Ellen Gethen, of Hergest Court .... On a large stone affixed to the south wall, immediately above, is an inscription mentioning Mr. Vaughan’s descendants, with their armorial bearings, for eleven generations, to a late period."

Extract from the Inscription:

Walter Vaughan, of Hergest, Esq., son of Thos. Vaughan, married Sibil, daughter of Sir Jas. Baskerville, of Eardisley, knt., and had a son. (Arms: Vaughan, impaling argent, a chevron gules between three harts, for Baskerville.)

James Vaughan, of Hergest, Esq., who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Croft, of Croft Castle, knt., and had a son. (Arms: Vaughan, impaling quarterly per fess, indented azure and argent, in the dexter chief quarter, a lion passant guardant or, for Croft.)

Charles Vaughan, Esq., who married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Baskerville, knt.: his second wife, was Margaret, daughter of Sir William Vaughan, knt. By the former, he had a son. (Arms: Vaughan, impaling Baskerville.)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Vaughan family, of Hergest, Kington, Herefordshire. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. By Evan David Jones. 1959 DWB.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} On the family of Vaughan of Hergest. Archaeologia Cambrensis. 1871, pp 23-34, see p 31 NLW.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} The History of Kington, by a member of the Mechanics Institute of Kington. Published by Charles Humphreys, 1845, p 223 Google Books.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} The Visitation of Herefordshire, 1634. Michael Powell Siddons. Publications of the Harleian Society. New Series, Vol. 15, 2002, pp 164-166 Vaughan Pedigree.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire. By Rev. Charles J Robinson. 1873. Vaughan of Hergest Pedigree after p 162 HathiTrust.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Account of the Restored Tomb in Kington Church, 1847. Archaeologia Cambrensis. Vol. III, 1848, pp 60-65 pdf.
7. ↑ Calendar of inquisitions post mortem and other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office. Henry VII. Vol. III, 492. IPM Walter Vaghan. Item 948 Internet Archive.
8. ↑ Vaughan, Charles of Hergest, Herefs. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982 HOP.

See also:

• Vaughan v Ap Richard. Plaintiffs: James VAUGHAN, esquire, and others, sons of Watken Vaughan, deceased, and James VAUGHAN, his grandson. Defendants: Watkyn ap Richard VAUGHAN. Subject: Land and a mill in Newchurch in `Nether Evyll.' (Defendant pleads that the matter has been determined by the Commissioners of the Marches.). Radnor. 1538-1544. C 1/1080/41-43. The National Archives, Kew.
• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. II page 312
• Reitwiesner (AT #6)
• Marlyn Lewis.