Sir Roger Vaughan, Kt., MP

See Peter Bartrum, http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/5005/GODWIN%2... (February 1, 2018; Anne Brannen, curator)

VAUGHAN, Sir Roger (by 1522-71), of Porthaml, Talgarth, Brec.

Family and Education

• 1st son of Sir William Vaughan of Porthaml by Catherine, daughter of Jenkin Harvard of Brecon
• married (1) Catherine, daughter of (Sir) George Herbert† of Swansea, Glamorgan, 5 sons including Rowland;
• married (2) Eleanor, daughter of Henry, 2nd Earl of Worcester.
• Succeeds father 1546 or later.
• Knighted 1551.[1]

Offices Held

• Justice of the Peace for Breconshire from 1543, q. by 1559,
• sheriff 1551-2,
• custos rot. by 1559;
• Commissioner
  • armour 1569,
  • musters 1570,
  • church goods, Brecon and Herefordshire 1553;
• steward of castles and lordships and keeper of parks, Huntington and Kington, Herefordshire from May 1554.[2]

Biography

The Vaughans of Porthaml were a junior branch of the Vaughans of Tretower, Breconshire; both, with many other branches, were descended from Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine, Herefordshire, who fell at Agincourt. His son Sir Roger, founder of the Tretower Vaughans, owed his pre-eminence in Breconshire to the favour of William Herbert†, 1st Earl of Pembroke. Sir Roger’s younger son settled at Porthaml and acquired the stewardship of the lordship of Dinas, and his grandson Sir William (the MP’s father) further advanced the family fortune and prestige by securing the wardship of the coheiresses of New Court, Herefordshire, and the office of chancellor and receiver of the lordship of Brecknock. He was the first sheriff of the newly formed shire.[3]

In 1546 Sir William handed over his offices in the lordship of Brecon to his son Roger, and probably died soon afterwards. Roger took up his father’s leases of crown land in Breconshire, and as justice of the peace in the 1560s he was involved in the investigation of the ‘miraculous apparition’ in the grounds of St. Donats, Glamorganshire, and its supposed exploitation in Catholic interests by the owner, Sir Thomas Stradling†. Ten years after that he was accused in Star Chamber of ‘maintaining’ a Herefordshire murderer, and that in association with a priest suspected of popish practices.[4]

He died on 16 June 1571; complications over the inheritance postponed administration of the estate until 31 Mar. 1585. His widow married Sir Henry Jones.[5]

Ref Volumes: 1558-1603

Author: A.H.D.

Notes

• 1. Wards 7/14/91; DWB, 999; T. Jones, Brec. iii. 43; Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 189.
• 2. CPR, 1550-3, p. 394; 1553, App. Edw. VI, pp. 364, 409, 414; 1560-3, p. 445; 1563-6, p. 29; DWB; Exchequer, ed. E. G. Jones (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. iv), 34; Flenley, Cal. Reg. Council, Marches of Wales, 60, 69.
• 3. DWB, 996-7, 1000-1; Tretower Court (Min. of Works), 4.
• 4. CPR, 1555-7, p. 518; 1558-60, p. 207; 1563-6, p. 412; Augmentations, ed. Lewis and Davies (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xiii), 199, 206, 218-19; Star Chamber, ed. Edwards (same ser. i), 27; CSP Dom. 1547-80, p. 176; Welsh Rev. 1947, pp. 33 seq.
• 5. Wards 7/14/91; PCC admon. act bk. 1585, f. 134.

From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/va...

See Also http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/va...

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From Welsh Biography Online

SIR WILLIAM VAUGHAN d. before 1553, for his wife, Catherine, daughter of Jenkin Havard, was living in widowhood at White Peyton when she received a pardon on 6 May of that year for being accessory to a murder. The heir was 'ROGER VAUGHAN, who was knighted in 1549. He was sheriff of Brecknockshire in 1551-2, and was on commissions to survey church plate in Brecknockshire and Herefordshire in 1553. He figures in queen Mary's pardon roll, 1 Dec. 1553, and received the stewardship of the castles and lordships of Huntingdon and Kington, 6 May 1554. On queen Elizabeth's pardon roll, 1559, he is coupled with Porthaml and Newcourt. He was one of the commissioners who examined on behalf of the privy council the tree which displayed the sign of the cross at S. Donats, 5 June 1561. He was Member of Parliament for Brecknockshire, 1553-62, when he was succeeded by his son Rowland Vaughan, and again in 1571. In the meantime he had represented the borough of Brecon, 1562-7. He d. before 31 March 1585 when administration of his estate was granted. He left several children by his wife, Catherine, daughter of Sir George Herbert of Swansea.

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• Catherine HERBERT
• Born: ABT 1525, Swansea, Gwyr Is Coed, Glamorganshire, Wales
• Father: George HERBERT of Swansey (Sir)
• Mother: Elizabeth BERKELEY
• Married: Roger VAUGHAN (b. ABT 1516 - d. 6 Jun 1571)
• Children:
  • 1. Joan VAUGHAN (b. ABT 1555) (m. William Morgan)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HERBERT4.htm#Catherine HERBERT2
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