Welsh Journals

THE FAMILY OP VAUGHAN OF HERGEST. 31 went, in the parish of Llanbister, Radnorshire, had issue:— 1. Walter, or Watkin, Vaughan of Hergest, Esq. 2. Richard, lord of Bleddvach, who is not mentioned in the pedigrees.1 It appears by an elegy which Lewis Glyn Cothi wrote in memory of him, that he was buried in Kington Church, and that "his golden locks were there concealed from view by a monument of white marble," of which all trace is now gone. 3. Alice, who married Sir Robert Whitney, and left issue a son, Robert. 4. Roger of Clyro, whose descendants are recorded among Lewys Dwnn's Radnorshire pedigrees. Walter Vaughan, the eldest son, was appointed Con¬ stable,2 for his life, of the Castle of Huntington, by letters patent (15 Feby., 11th Edward IV), of Henry Duke of Buckingham. The Duke's attainder probably terminated his office, for his appointment was renewed during the minority of Edward Duke of Buckingham by the King's letters patent of 30 November, 1st Henry VII. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Baskerville, Knt., and by her had : 1. James Vaughan of Hergest, who was sheriff for Radnorshire in 1545, gentleman usher ("generosus hos- pitiarum") to Henry VIII,3 receiver of the rents and profits of the forfeited lands in Herefordshire and Bre- conshire, of Edward last Duke of Buckingham, and with his brother, Roger,4 Constable of Huntington Castle. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Croft, knt. 2. Catherine, wife of Richard Minors of Treago, Here¬ fordshire. 3. Sibill, wife of John Scudamore of Holm Lacy. 4. Oliver. 5. Roger, who married Elinor, daughter of Sir Thomas 1 Lewys Dwnn, Her. Vis., vol. i, p. 134, n. 7. 2 Ministers' Account, 9 and 10 Henry VII, Arch. Camb., 4th Series, vol. i, p. 11. 3 Ministers' Account, Huntington, 20 and 21 Henry VIII. 4 Survey of the Duke's lands, 13 Henry VIII.