Elizabeth (Baskerville) Vaughan (abt. 1520)

Born about 1520 in Herefordshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Elizabeth Baskerville, daughter of Sir James Baskerville of Eardisley, married Charles Vaughan, son of James Vaughan and Elizabeth Croft, a daughter of Sir Edward Croft of Croft Castle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

She was noted in the will of her father, the will made on 04 Jan 35 Henry VIII [04 Jan 1543/1544] as being unmarried.^[8] The will indicates she was to be married to an Edmund Vaughan.

Children

• Walter Vaughan^[3][5][6]
• Eleanor Vaughan^[5][6]

Death

The date and place of her death are unknown.

Vaughan Monumental Inscription at Kington, Herefordshire

The Vaughan Tomb at Kington, Herefordshire^[7] 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:

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.)

“Walter Vaughan, Esq., who married Maud, daughter of William Nantfrant, Esq., and had a son. (Arms: Vaughan, impaling, sable a chevron ermine, between three wings argent, for Nantfrant.)

Sources

1. ↑ Vaughan, Charles of Hergest, Herefs. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982 HOP.
2. ↑ The Visitation of Herefordshire 1569. Weaver F W (Ed.), 1886. Baskerville Pedigree pp 7-8 Internet Archive.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The History of Kington. Charles Humphreys, Kington, 1845, p 223 Google Books.
4. ↑ Vaughan family, of Hergest, Kington, Herefordshire. Dictionary of Welsh Biography DWB.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} The Visitation of Herefordshire, 1634. Michael Powell Siddons. Publications of the Harleian Society. New Series, Vol. 15, 2002, pp 164-166 Vaughan Pedigree.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire. By Rev. Charles J Robinson. 1873. Vaughan of Hergest Pedigree after p 162 HathiTrust.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Account of the Restored Tomb in Kington Church, 1847. Archaeologia Cambrensis. Vol. III, 1848, pp 60-65 pdf.
8. ↑ Will of Sir James Baskervile. 09 December 1546. PROB 11/31/366. The National Archives, Kew.

See also:

• Castelli, Jorge H. TudorPalace.com.ar Admiral Sir John HAWKINS' Biography. Accessed by William Mortensen Vaughan, on January 3, 2020 Tudor Place.
• Young, John S. Family of Admiral Sir John HAWKINS and Margaret VAUGHN JohnSYoung.com Accessed by William Mortensen Vaughan, on January 3, 2020 Hawkins.

• The History of Kington (Charles Humphreys, Kington, 1845) Page 223