Thomas Vaughan (1410 - 1483)

Born 1410 in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales [uncertain]

Husband of Eleanor (FitzAlan) Vaughan — married 18 Oct 1460 in England

Descendants

Died 25 Jun 1483 at about age 73 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England

CONFLATION WARNING: Do not conflate with Sir Thomas Vaughan, son of Sir Roger Vaughan of Tretower. See: https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/BPKf4NC0zLw/m/Y44RyyFqlsEJ

Biography

Thomas Vaughan is Notable.

Lands and Titles

In right of his wife, he held, Chancton, Compton, Egley, Shopwick, Up Marden, Sussex.^[1]

He was Esquire to the Body of King Edward IV 1450-1459, 1462-1475; Master of the Ordinance 1450-1461; Burgess (MP) for Marlboro 1455-1456; Keeper of the Great Wardrobe 1460-1461; Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex 1466-1467; Treasurer of the King's Chamber 1467-1482; Keeper of the Hanaper; Knight of the Shire for Cornwall, 1478; Comptroller of the coinage of tin in Cornwall and Devonshire; Chamberlain and Counsellor to Edward, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry IV 1471-1483; Attorney General of William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke.^[1]

Thomas Vaughan married before 18 October 1460 to Alianor or Eleanor, daughter and coheiress of Sir Thomas Arundel of Betchworth, Surrey, and widow of Sir Thomas Browne.^[1] They had no known issue.

Thomas was a great warrior in the Wars of the Roses and fought in 18 battles for King Edward IV.^[1]

FROM ODNB:

"When Edward IV died (9 April 1483) Vaughan was with the prince at Ludlow. He was in the party which left on 24 April to accompany Edward V to his coronation. They were intercepted by Gloucester and the duke of Buckingham, and Vaughan, along with Richard Grey and Sir Richard Haute, was arrested in the king's lodgings at Stony Stratford on 30 April, accused of plotting against Gloucester. By now an 'aged knight' (Crowland Chronicle Continuations), he was confined at Pontefract. Some weeks later, he was condemned and on 25 June executed, a victim of Edward IV's trust and Richard of Gloucester's ambition."^[2]

Research Notes

Removed parents Roger Vaughan and Eva Coch as parents as more contemporary sources (Royal/Magna Carta Ancestry and ODNB) give correct parents Robert and Margaret. Attached daughter Ann to Thomas, son of Roger, as Thomas Vaughan and Eleanor had no known issue.

Thomas Vaughan, Knt., was the son of Robert Vaughan, Esq., by his wife Margaret.^[1][3][2] Claims that he was related to the Vaughans of Brecknockshire are not substantiated.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. vol. I, pages 580-582, BROWNE 12, Eleanor Arundel.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Griffiths, R. "Vaughan, Sir Thomas (d. 1483), courtier" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (2008). Online w/subs. at ODNB.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. Vol. I, pages 338-340, BROWNE 11, Eleanor Arundel. Google Books.

• Dictionary of Welsh Biography: VAUGHAN, Sir THOMAS (d. 1483), soldier, court official, ambassador, chamberlain to the prince of Wales
• Wikipedia: Thomas Vaughan (died 1483)

This person was created on 01 December 2010 through the import of BAILEY2_1.GED.