Roger Vaughan (nobleman)

Tretower Court mansion built by Vaughan

Sir Roger Vaughan († after May 1471 in Chepstow ) was a Welsh nobleman.

origin

Roger Vaughan was the third son of Roger Fychan , a country nobleman from the Welsh Marches , and his wife Gwladus, a daughter of Dafydd Gam . His father died in 1415 at the Battle of Azincourt , after his death his mother married Sir William ap Thomas for a second time . His older brother Watkyn inherited Bredwardine Castle in Herefordshire after the death of their father , his second brother Thomas ap Roger Vaughan inherited Hergest Court in Herefordshire.

Life

Vaughan served as a close follower to his half-brother, William Herbert, and relatives of the Devereux family who were loyal supporters of the House of York during the Wars of the Roses . Probably as a gift from his half-brother Herbert, he received Tretower Court in Central Wales around 1450 , which he had expanded into an impressive fortified mansion. Like other Yorkists, he was pardoned by the Coventry Parliament in 1457 , but then continued to fight on the side of the House of York. In February 1461 he took part in the Battle of Mortimer's Cross . Allegedly, after the battle, he is said to have brought the defeated Lancastrian leader , Owen Tudor , to Hereford for his execution . After this victory, he and his relatives secured King Edward IV's rule in Wales. He took over various offices in Wales and was finally responsible from November 15, 1461 for the administration of several dominions in Brecknockshire . In 1465 he took part in the crackdown on a revolt of Lancastrians in Carmarthenshire . In gratitude he received various goods in Gower and Kidwelly that had been confiscated from rebels like Philip Mansel . Before March 23, 1465 he was promoted to Knight Bachelor . On February 16, 1470 he was appointed constable of Cardigan Castle . After the renewed victory of the House of York at the Battle of Tewkesbury in May 1471, King Edward IV ordered him to pursue and capture Jasper Tudor , a son of Owen Tudor. He was captured by Jasper Tudor himself and beheaded in Chepstow in revenge . Several Welsh poets such as Llywelyn Goch y Dant sought retribution for Vaughan's execution.

Family and offspring

Vaughan was married twice. With his first wife Denise, a daughter of Thomas ap Philip Vaughan from Talgarth , he had four daughters and at least two sons, including his heir Sir Thomas Vaughan . One of his daughters married Henry Dwnn . In his second marriage after 1466 he married Margaret, Lady Powis, the widow of Richard Gray, 1st Baron Gray of Powis and daughter of James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley and his second wife Eleanor. With her he had a daughter who married Humphrey Kynaston. In addition, Roger Vaughan is said to have had numerous illegitimate children.

Web links

• RA Griffiths: Sir Roger Vaughan (d.1471). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
• Evan David Jones: VAUGHAN family, of Tretower Court (Welsh Biography Online)