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b. c. 1600, 1st s. of Sir John Vaughan* of Golden Grove, 1st earl of Carbery, and his 1st w. Margaret, da. of Sir Gelly Meyrick† of Gellyswick, Hascard, Pemb. and Gladestry, Rad. educ. G. Inn 1638. GI Admiss. m. (1) by ?1626, Bridget (d.1636), da. and h. of Thomas Lloyd of Llanllyr, Card. 2s. d.v.p.; WARD 5/51; NLW, Derwydd 637. (2) 8 Aug. 1637, Frances (d. 9 Oct. 1650), da. and coh. of Sir James Altham of Oxhey, Herts., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. (4 d.v.p.); Mdx. Par. Regs. ed. W.P.W. Phillimore and T. Gurney, i. 7; F. Jones, ‘Vaughans of Golden Grove’, Trans. Hon. Soc. Cymmrodorion (1963), p. 128. (3) settlement 6 July 1652 (with £6,000), Alice (bur. 19 July 1689), da. of John Egerton, 1st earl of Bridgewater, 1s. d.v.p. HEHL, EL8192; HMC 5th Rep. 147; Reg. Westminster Abbey ed. J.L. Chester, 224; Soc. Gen., Llanfihangel Aberbythych reg. cr. K.B. 1 Feb. 1626; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 161. suc. fa. 1634; cr. Bar. Vaughan of Emlyn, Carm. 25 Oct. 1643. Bodl. Ashmole 832, ff. 194-5; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642-6 ed. W.H. Black, 92. d. 3 June 1686. Jones, 127. sig. Ri[chard] Vaughan.
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J.p. Carm. 1626 – 49, 1660–d. (custos rot. 1644–9, 1660–d.), Card. 1626–49, 1660–d. (custos rot. 1630–49, 1669–d.), Pemb. 1643–6 (custos rot. 1643–6), Wales and the Marches 1660/1–72; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 166–80, 194–202, 218 and passim. commr. subsidy arrears, Carm. and Card. 1626, E179/224/598, ff. 4–5. Forced Loan 1626–7, C193/12/2, ff. 66v-7; SP16/54/54; 16/54/74. knighthood fines, Card. 1630–1; E178/7154, f. 142v; 178/5938, f. 5. bailiff, Kidwelly and Carreg Cennen castles, Carm. 1630–4 (jt.) 1634–?d. (sole); C54/2860/2; 54/2942/9. commr. bk. of orders, Kidwelly, Carnwallon and Iscennen, Carm. 1631; SP16/203/38.I. dep. lt., Carm. and Card. by 1637 – 42; capt. militia horse, Carm. by 1637–42; HEHL, EL7443. trustee, charity of Bp. Anthony Rudd 1641; C54/3237/11; Carm. RO, Cawdor (Vaughan) 114/8443. commr. subsidy, Carm. and Carmarthen 1641 – 42, Poll Tax 1641, Irish Aid 1642, SR, v. 67, 90, 107, 141. sequestration of parliamentarian lands, Pemb., Carm. and Card. 1643, oyer and terminer, Carm. 1643, impressment (roy.), Brec., Card., Carm., Glam., Herefs., Mon. and Rad. 1644; Docquets of Letters Patent, 58–9, 92, 196. member, Council in the Marches 1645, Eg. 2882, f. 52. ?v.-pres., 1645; C108/189, pt. i. ‘misc.’ common cllr. Carmarthen by 1658; Carm. RO, Mus. 155, f. 2. ld. lt., Wales and the Marches 1660–72; Herbert Corresp. ed. W.J. Smith (Univ. Wales, Bd. of Celtic Studs., Hist. and Law ser. xxi), 162, 359. constable, Radnor Castle, Rad. 1660–?d.; steward, manors of Radnor and Maelienydd, Rad. 1660 – d.; steward and chamberlain, Brecon, Brec. 1660–d.; CSP Dom. 1660–1, pp. 210, 367; 1686–7, p. 193. ld. pres., Council in the Marches 1661–72; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 465. commr. oyer and terminer, Wales and the Marches 1661, Berks. and Oxon. 1665–72; C181/7, ff. 119, 121, 331, 344, 365, 386, 428, 447, 482, 497, 572, 593, 613. kpr., king’s game, Wales and the Marches 1661; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 182. constable, Ludlow Castle, Salop 1665. Ibid. 1664–5, p. 363.

Col. of ft. (roy.), ?Carm. 1642–3; Harl. 6851, f. 61; W. Dugdale, Life, Diary and Corresp. ed. W. Hamper, 46. capt. gen. (roy.), Wales, the Marches and Chester 1643; Docquets of Letters Patent, 25. lt. gen. (roy.), Carm., Pemb. and Card. 1643–5; Ibid.; Harl. 6852, ff. 63–4. gov., Milford Haven, Pemb. 1643. SP17/F/12; Carm. RO, Mus. 611.

PC 1661–79. Cal. Wynn Pprs. ed. J. Ballinger, 367; HMC Var. ii. 394.

Parlimentarian
VAUGHAN, Richard I (c.1600-1686), of Golden Grove, Llanfihangel Aberbythych, Carm. and ?Fleet Street, St. Dunstan-in-the-West, London.
Main residences: Golden Grove, Llanfihangel Aberbythych, Carm.; ?Fleet Street, St. Dunstan-in-the-West, London.
Author
L.B.
S.H.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

VAUGHAN, Richard I (c.1600-1686)

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Oxford 1644
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