VAUGHAN, Sir John (c.1575-1634), of Golden Grove, Llanfihangel Aberbythych, Carm.

Family and Education

b. c. 1575, 1st s. of Walter Vaughan by his 1st w. Mary, da. of Griffith Rice of Newton. educ. Jesus, Oxf. 1592, aged 17; I. Temple 1596. m. (1) Margaret, da. of Gelly Meyrick, 1s 1da.; (2) Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Palmer of Wengham, Kent, wid. of Sir William Meredith of Leeds, Kent, s.p. suc. fa. 1598. Kntd. 1599; cr. Baron Vaughan [I] 1621, Earl of Carbery [I] 1628.Trans. Cymmrod. Soc. 1963, pp. 105-12; Exchequer, ed. E. G. Jones (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. iv), 128-9; HMC Hatfield, viii. 32, 104.

Offices Held

Bailiff, Carmarthen 1598, mayor 1603; j.p. Carm. aft. 1601; commr. oyer and terminer, S. Wales 1601; sheriff, Carm. Nov. 1604 – Feb. 1606; bailiff, Kidwelly 1608; comptroller, Prince of Wales’s household 1618; commr. on moneys levied for Ireland, Carm. 1627; member, council in the marches of Wales 1633.W. R. Williams, Parl. Hist. Wales, 44; Hist. Carm. ed Lloyd, iii. 467; Star Chamber, ed. Edwards (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. i), 51; C181/5; Trans. Cymmrod. Soc. loc. cit.; APC, xxxvi. 333; xli. 114.

Parlimentarian

VAUGHAN, Sir John (c.1575-1634), of Golden Grove, Llanfihangel Aberbythych, Carm. and Elm House, Parson’s Green, Mdx.

Main residence: Golden Grove, Llanfihangel Aberbythych, Carm.

Author

A.H.D.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

VAUGHAN, Sir John (c.1575-1634)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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