VAUGHAN, Sir Walter (c.1572-1639), of Falstone House, Bishopstone, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1572,Date calculated from age of son George at 1623 visitation. o.s. of Thomas Vaughan of Bredwardine, Herefs. and Dunraven, Pembrey, Carm. and Catherine, da. of Sir Thomas Jones of Abermarles, Carm. m. (1) (with £1,000) Anne, da. of Richard Hannam of Wimborne Minster, Dorset, 1s. (Sir Charles*) d.v.p. 1da.; Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 50. (2) c.1592, Margaret, da. of Samuel Norton of Abbots Leigh, Som., 2s.; Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 201. (3) by 1597 Dorothy (d. 3 Oct. 1639), da. of William Pole I†of Shute, Devon, wid. of Thomas Erle (d.1597) of Charborough, Dorset, s.p. Burke LG, i. 349-50; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 603; Wilts. IPMs ed. G.S. and A.E. Fry (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 430. suc. fa. 1584, PROB 11/67, f. 12v. gt. uncle Charles Vaughan†1597; PROB 11/89, f. 254. Kntd. 27 June 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 111. d. 7 May 1639. Wilts. IPMs, 430. sig. Walt[er] Vaughan.

Offices Held

J.p. Wilts. 1597–d., C231/1, f. 37v; Wilts. RO, A1/100, f. 26; C66/1549. sheriff 1599–1600; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 154. commr. oyer and terminer, Wilts. 1603, 1604, Western circ. 1629, C181/1, f. 137; 181/3, f. 259; 181/4, f. 12; C231/1, f. 74. Hants, Wilts. and Dorset 1630–6, C181/4, ff. 43, 52, 70v, 78v, 87, 89, 97, 101, 112, 143v, 169, 193; C181/5, ff. 93, 209. sewers, Hants and Wilts. 1605, 1629, C181/1, f. 103; 181/4, f. 17v. Wilts. and Som. 1630, C181/4, f. 49. subsidy, Wilts. 1608, 1610, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628–9; SP14/31/1; E179/199/370; 179/199/398; C212/22/21–3; Add. 34566, f. 132. capt., militia horse, 1608–10; Earl of Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 115, 165. dep. lt. by 1611-at least 1633; Ibid. 172; SP16/247/17. commr. swans, W. circ. 1629, C181/4, f. 2. charitable uses, Wilts. 1632. C93/13/17.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, ii. 45.

Parlimentarian

VAUGHAN, Sir Walter (c.1572-1639), of Falstone House, Bishopstone, Wilts.

Main residence: Falstone House, Bishopstone, Wilts.

Author

H.J.L.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

VAUGHAN, Sir Walter (c.1572-1639)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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