VAUGHAN, John II (by 1525-74), of Kidwelly, Carmarthen and Golden Grove, Carm.

Family and Education

b. by 1525, 1st s. of Hugh Vaughan of Kidwelly by 1st w. Jane, da. of Morris ab Owen of Bryn-y-Beirdd, Llandeilo, Carm. and Upton Castle, Pemb. m. Catherine, da. of Henry Morgan of Muddlescwm, Carm., 2s. Henry and Walter at least 6s. 5da. illegit. suc. fa. 1532/40.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 214; W. Wales Hist. Soc. recs. i. 58; Trans. Cymmrod. Soc. 1963, pp. 96-102; PCC 26 Martyn.

Offices Held

Bailiff, Carmarthen in 1553, mayor 1554 – 53, 1563 – 64, alderman in 1555; receiver, duchy of Lancaster, Kidwelly 10 Mar. 1554 – d.; j.p.q. Carm. 1558/59, commr. subsidy 1560, piracy 1565; customer, Milford Haven, Pemb. 1560 – d.; steward, Cilgerran, Pemb. 26 Sept. 1560 – d.; sheriff, Carm. 1562 – 63; bailiff, coroner, escheator and town clerk, Kidwelly by 1572.Cal. Sheriffs etc. of Carmarthen (NLW ms 5586B), 9–10; C219/24/234; Lloyd, Carm. ii. 467; Somerville, Duchy, i. 643; CPR, 1563–6, p. 332; E178/3345, m. 9; APC, vii. 285.

Parlimentarian

VAUGHAN, John II (by 1525-74), of Kidwelly, Carmarthen and Golden Grove, Carm.

Main residences: Kidwelly, Carmarthen; Golden Grove, Carm.

Author

P.S.E.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

VAUGHAN, John II (by 1525-74)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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