Eleanor (FitzAlan) Vaughan (abt. 1415 - aft. 1480)

Born about 1415 in Bechworth, Surrey, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Browne — married about 1437 in England

Wife of Thomas Vaughan — married 18 Oct 1460 in England

Descendants

Died after 1480 after about age 65 in England

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Biography

Eleanor Arundel was the daughter of Thomas Arundel, Knt.,^[1][2] of Betchworth, Surrey, and Joan Moyne.^[3][4] Her date of birth is unknown and is estimated. She may have been born in West Betchworth, Surrey or in Sussex, where her father held lands.

Marriages and Children

Eleanor married first about 1437/8 to Thomas Browne, Knt.,^[3] probably son of Sir Robert Browne.^[1][2][5] Thomas and Eleanor had seven sons and two daughters:

• William,^[2][3] perhaps married Mary Malet^[1]
• George,^[2] Knt., who married Elizabeth Paston and had issue,^[1] was born in 1440 and died 4 December 1483 (beheaded).^[3] George inherited Morris-Court manor and was attainted in 1483/4 and died before the attainder was reversed.^[6]
• Thomas^[1][2][3]
• Anthony,^[1] Knt.,^[2] of Calais, married Eleanor Ughtred and Lucy Neville^[3]
• Robert,^[1][2] Esq., of Luddenham, Kent, married Anne _____^[3]
• Leonard^[3]
• Edward^[3]
• Katherine, wife of Humphrey Sackville, Esq.^[3][2]
• Unamed daughter^[3]

Sir Thomas Browne was convicted of high treason on 20 July 1460^[3] and was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn on 29 July 1460.^[5]

Eleanor married second before 18 October 1460 to Thomas Vaughan, Knt., son of Robert Vaughan,^[5] Esq., of Monmouth, and his wife Margaret.^[3][7]

Sir Thomas Vaughan was captured with Edward, the young prince, soon after King Edward IV died in 1483. Thomas was tried by the Earl of Northumberland and executed at Pontefract, Yorkshire in June 1483.^[3][7]

Lands

Before 1436/7, Eleanor was heiress to her brother, William Arundel,^[3] and she received a fine that year (15 Henry VI).^[8]

She was a legatee in the 1459 will of Joan Knowth (or Knowghte),^[3] who left Eleanor lands and tenements in Tenyngton and, on the death of Alice Clifford, directed the feoffees of Richard Malmyn to grant reversion of the manors of Pluckley and Waldershare, Kent, to Eleanor as well.^[9][10] Eleanor and her husband Thomas Browne were involved in lawsuits in 1459-1460 regarding these Kent properties.^[3][11]

On 15 December 1461, Eleanor and her husband Thomas Vaughan were awarded all the Browne lands for division among the seven sons of Thomas Browne.^[5]

In the period 1475-1480 (or perhaps 1483-1483), Eleanor and her second husband were sued by Lord Audley over land formerly held by her first husband, called Walsted and Huddes in Lindfield, Sussex.^[3][12]

Death

Eleanor's date and place of death are unknown.

Research Notes

"History of Parliament" and "Dictionary of Welsh Biography" name two children of Eleanor and Thomas Vaughan: Anne, who married Sir John Logan (or Wogan) and Henry, whose son Thomas took the surname Ap Harry or Parry.^[5][13] These two sources disagree on Thomas' parentage. ODNB states that "claims that [Thomas] was related to the Vaughans of Brecknockshire are not substantiated" and it names no children from this marriage.^[7] See further discussion on soc.genealogy.medieval HERE.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Visitation of Surrey 1530, 1572 & 1623. The Harleian Soc., Vol. 43 (1899). Archive.org, pages 8-10.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Thomas Benolte, et al. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p 83.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17} 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.
4. ↑ 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.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Josiah C. Wedgwood. History of Parliament (1439-1509). (1936). Archive.org, pages 123-125: Thomas Browne; pages 902-903: Thomas Vaughan (gives 2 children from his marriage to Eleanor).
6. ↑ Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Bapchild', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Volume 6 (Canterbury, 1798), pp. 122-132. British History Online.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} R. Vaughan Griffiths. "Sir Thomas (d. 1483), courtier" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (2008). Online with subs. at ODNB.
8. ↑ Frank B Lewis. Pedes Finium or, Fines Relating to the County of Surrey. 1894. page 227: 15 Henry VI (1436-7).
9. ↑ Nicholas Harris Nicolas. Testamenta Vetusta. Vol. I. London: Nichols & Sons, 1826. Online at Archive.org, page 291: Will of Joan Knowght
10. ↑ James Greenstreet, "Early Kentish Wills 1442-1467" in Archaeologia Cantiana. Vol. 11 (1877). pages 373-374.
11. ↑ "Broun v Norton. Plaintiffs: Thomas Broun, knt., and Eleanor his wife...." Reference: C 1/26/540. Defendants: William Norton, feoffee of Richard Malmayn, esq. Subject: Manors of Pluckley and Waldershare (Waldeshare) bequeathed to the said Eleanor by Jane Knowth, heiress of the said Richard. Kent. Date: 1456-1460. The National Archives.
12. ↑ "Audeley v Vaughan. Plaintiffs: John Audeley, knight, lord Audeley...." Reference: C 1/59/24. Defendants: Sir Thomas Vaughan, knight, husband of Alianore, previously the wife of Sir Thomas Broun. Subject: Land called `Walsted' and `Huddes' at Lindfield, late of Sir Thomas Broun, knight, attainted. Sussex. Date: 1475-1480, or 1483-1485. The National Archives.
13. ↑ "VAUGHAN, Sir THOMAS (died 1483), soldier, court official, ambassador, chamberlain to the prince of Wales" in Dictionary of Welsh Biography. 1959.
14. ↑ "Sir Thomas Vaughan (d. 1483)" discussion on soc.genealogy.medieval forum, 2008. SGM.

• The English Baronetage, Vol. III, part I. London: Thomas Wotton, 1741. Online at FamilySearch, page 5: Browne of Kiddington
• Lewis, Marlyn. Eleanor FitzAlan entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors website.
• The visitations of the county of Surrey : made and taken in the years 1530 by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux king of arms ; 1572 by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux king of arms ; and 1623 by Samuel Thompson, Windsor herald, and Augustin Vincent, Rouge croix pursuivant, marshals and deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux king of arms by Benolt, Thomas, d. 1534; Cooke, Robert, d. 1592; Thompson, Samuel; Vincent, Augustine, ca. 1584-1626; Camden, William, 1551-1623; Bannerman, W. Bruce (William Bruce), 1862-1933; College of Arms (Great Britain) Page 9: Browne

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project on 21 July 2021 by Thiessen-117 and approved for the Project by Michael Cayley on 28 July 2021.

Eleanor Arundel is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry in badged Richardson-documented trails from Gateway Ancestors

• Edward Bromfield to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Vere (vol. I, pages 331-333 BROMFIELD), Saher de Quincy, Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod. These trails are outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.
• John Nelson and Margaret Nelson to Magna Carta Surety Barons Robert de Vere (vol. III, pages 225-230 NELSON) and Saher de Quincy. The trails can be viewed in the Magna Carta Trails section of John Nelson's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".