Roger Vaughan
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Roger Vaughan (1377 - 1415)

Sir Roger "of Bredwardine" Vaughan aka Vychan, Fychan
Born in Bredwardine, Herefordshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1398 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 38 in Agincourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Francemap
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European Aristocracy
Sir Roger Vaughan was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Roger of Bredwardine was born in 1377.[citation needed]

Roger, his father-in-law Dafydd Gam and his recently married son, Roger, were part of the Welsh contingent that fought with Henry V of England, popularly designated Harry of Monmouth, at the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415.

While Henry V would meet with success in this battle, Dafydd, the Elder Roger Vaughan and William Lloyd were mortally wounded.[1]

The Dictionary of Welch Biography, VAUGHAN family of Bredwardine, Herefordshire, The Visitations of Wales, page 223 and the St Crispins Day sources all state that ROGER VAUGHAN, who m. Gwladys, daughter of Dafydd Gam, and fell with his father-in-law in the personal defence of Henry V on the field of Agincourt,1415,

Agincourt

Roger "accompanied Henry of Monmouth to France in August, 1415, and had shared in all the perils of the wonderful expedition conducted by Henry in that country, from the siege of Harfleur to...when the English unexpectedly found themselves in front of the French, who had drawn up in order of battle in three lines upon the Plain of Agincourt."[2]
Roger Vaughan[3] and his father-in-law David Gam[4] died defending their King at the Battle of Agincourt,[5] fought on Friday, October 25, 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day) near modern-day Azincourt, in northern France.[6]
"Roger... had been part of the Welsh contingent that fought with Henry V of England, popularly designated Harry of Monmouth, at the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415. ... Sixteen French knights [unhorsed] the king, who risked certain death at the hands of the knights. Dayfdd called to his Brecon kinsmen, including both Roger Vaughans, William ap Thomas and William Lloyd. They managed to bring down each of the sixteen knights. ... While Henry V would meet with success in this battle, Dafydd, ... Roger Vaughan and William Lloyd were mortally wounded."
~ from Wikipedia[7]

Children:

  • Thomas Vaughan[8]

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Roger of Bredwardine
  2. Border Counties Worthies, By Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury, page 261
  3. see this page: St Crispin Day
  4. see Wikipedia: Battle of Agincourt
  5. St Andrew, Bredwardine, Herefordshire:

    "The south doorway... Inside, notable features include a massive font, and the tombs of a gigantic knight, Walter Baskerville, and a smaller effigy of Sir Roger Vaughan who died defending Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415."

  6. Wikipedia: Battle of Agincourt
  7. citations for this quoted passage from the section on the Battle of Agincourt in Wikipedia (Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine) included the following:
    • Griffiths, R (2004–11). "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Vaughan Family(per. c.1400–c.1504), gentry" (ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE). Oxford University Press 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
    • Prichard, T. J. Llewelyn (2007) [1854]. The Heroines of Welsh History: Or Memoirs Of The Celebrated Women Of Wales (Reprinted ed.). Kessinger Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-4325-2662-7.

  8. The Visitation of Herefordshire, 1634. Michael Powell Siddons. Publications of the Harleian Society. New Series, Vol. 15, 2002, pp 164-166 Vaughan Pedigree.
  • The Bartrum Project, digitization of "Welsh Genealogies AD 300- 1500" by Peter C. Bartrum (mirrored from the defunct Cadair site by Geni: Bartrum Genealogical Project - free login required to access the charts). See additional information about Cadair in G2G. The following charts are in WikiTree:
    • Drymbenog 2, Sir Roger Vaughan (d 1415)
    • Bleddyn ap Maenyrch 20, Sir Dafydd Gam (d 1415), son of Llywelyn ap Hywel Fychan & father of Gwladus m (1) Sir Roger Vaughan, (2) Sir William ap Thomas
  • Jones, Theophilus; A History of the County of Brecknock: : in two volumes : containing the chorography, general history, religion, laws, customs, manners, language and system of agriculture used in that county. pp. 500-5; Publisher: Brecknock. Printed and sold by Wm. & Geo. North ... for the author ; and sold by J. Booth ... London., 1805-1809






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Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). Vol., I, page 336.

James Berkeley, born about 1353/4. He married Elizabeth widow of Bartholomew Picot, Knt., and daughter of John Bluet, by Katherine Wogan. They had two sons, James, and Maurice.

Elizabeth, (widow of Bartholomew Picot, and James Berkeley), married (3rd) before Easter 1408 (as his 2nd wife) Thomas AP Harry. She married (4th) before 1420 (as his 1st wife) William AP Thomas AP Gwilym. They had no issue. Thomas AP Gwilym, married (2nd) Gwladus Ferch Dafydd, widow of Roger Vaughan, and daughter of Dafydd Gam, by whom he was the father of William Herbert and Elizabeth (wife of Henry Stradling).

Thank you!

wrestling with the information - specifically that his wife was too young to have given him a son old enough to be "newly married" & with him at Agincourt ... problem solved if the son was born before he married Gwladys and left a young boy/baby named Roger who Gwladys raised as her own. Take a look at a speculative profile for such a person: Roger (1394-1415).
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
fyi - I changed Gwladys's DOB today from 1405 to 1380. See the Estimated Date box on her profile page & my comment on her profile.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
from what I can tell, no, Roger Hen wasn't there at all, but I can't find anything about his death.

Accepting that this Roger (m Gwladys..Gam) was the "elder Vaughan" who was slain at Agincourt in 1415, and that he was there with "his recently married son, Roger" (from Wikipedia), then 1410 can't be right for the DOB of said recently married son Roger.

p.s. I'm on the trusted list for this profile now, but I'm not a manager. Only profile managers receive e-mail notices of postings to the profile, so my apologies for late replies (for this one & in the future), as I have to notice that a message was posted in my Family Feed (if I'm on the trusted list) or just happen by (not too often if a profile is not on my watchlist)

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
The Wikipedia article suggests it was Roger of Tretower, son of Roger & Gwladys, who was the younger Roger Vaughan at Agincourt, but his profile says b. 1410. He would need to have been born closer to 1395-97, which is poss. based on shown parent's b. dates of 1377 & 80.

So I guess this means Roger Hen wasn't there at all ... or were there three Roger Vaughans at Angincourt??

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