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Thomas of Hergest ap Roger
(26 Jul 1396 - 1469)
Three Thomas Vaughan's that should not be confused:# [[Roger-160|Thomas Vaughan of Hergast/Hengast]] who was killed at the battle of Banbury, 1469, married [[Dafydd-49|Ellen ''Gethin'' verch Dafydd]]#[[Vaughan-320|Thomas Vaughan-320 of Tretower]] (c. 1420 d. 1483, married [[Arundel-138|Alianor or Eleanor]], daughter and coheiress of [[Fitzalan-25|Sir Thomas Arundel of Betchworth]], Surrey, and widow of Sir Thomas Browne) and his half brother #[[Vaughan-190|Thomas Vaughan-190 of Breconshire]] (b. 1432 - d. c 1470, married to [[Morgan-949|Cicely verch Morgan]])
see [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Vaughan,_Thomas_%28d.1483%29_%28DNB00%29 Dictionary of National Biography], 1885-1900, Volume 58
Vaughan, Thomas (d.1483)
by William Arthur Jobson Archbold
== Biography ==
[[Roger-160|Thomas of Hergest ap Rhosser]] was born in 1396. He is the son of [[Vaughan-184|Roger of Bredwardine Vaughan]] and [[Dafydd-7|Gwladus verch Dafydd]]. Entered by [[Bairfield-1 | Michelle Brooks]], Friday, February 14, 2014. ''Vaughan Family of Wales''
===Marriage and Issue ===
Husband: [[Roger-160|Thomas ap Roger Vychan of Hergest]]
Wife: [[Dafydd-49|Ellen Gethin]] , daughter of [[Cadwgan-4|Dafydd]] ap Cadwgan ap Phylip Dorddu, one of the Vaughans of Tyle Glas.
# Watkin Vaughan # Richard Vaughan , who died shortly after his father (see his elegy by Lewis Glyn Cothi )# Roger Vaughan I ([http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-VAUG-CLE-1500.html Vaughan family of Clyro])
# [[Vaughan-476|Alice]], wife of [[Whitney-882|Robert Whitney]]
=== Excerpt from Welsh Journals ===
The traditions of the Vaughans were the same as those of the great lines of Maeliennydd and Elfael. The poets who praised the new houses and ancient traditional hospitality of the clans of Philip Dorddu and Meilir of Diserth in turn sat in the hall at Hergest and Bredwardine and sang in intricate verse of the fame and generosity of the descendants of [[Ieuan-44|Rhosser Fawr of Llechryd]].
Hergest Court, which stands in the Valley of the Arrow, a mile to the west of Kington, is known, by name at least, to most Welshmen as being the original home of the Red Book of Hergest, one of the most important manuscripts in the Welsh language.
The first of the Vaughans to live there was [[Roger-160|Thomas ap Rhosser]]. From the year 1422, when he was appointed to the office of Constable of the castle of Huntingdon, until his death in the battle of Edgecote in 1469, he took an active part in civil and military affairs. But although he served the English crown, [[Roger-160|Thomas ap Rhosse]]r did not neglect the customs, language and traditions of his own people.
During his lifetime and that of his son, Watkin of Hergest Court, and the hospitality and generosity of its owners were the inspiration of poems that will live as long as the Welsh language. One of these poems describes the burial of [[Roger-160|Thomas]], and how his widow, [[Dafydd-49|Elen Gethin of Llinwent]], erected a tomb to his memory in St. Mary's Church, Kington, causing both their effigies to be placed thereon. I have already referred to the poet Hywel ap Syr Mathew of Llanfair Waterdine. In a historical chronicle written by him he mentions the death at the battle of Edgecote of this [[Roger-160|Thomas ap Rhosser]] as follows :—
''" And [[Roger-160|Thomas ap Rhosser]] was killed and [[Dafydd-49|Elen Gethin]] fetched his body home and buried him with honour in Kington Church.''"
[[Roger-160|Thomas]]'s widow, [[Dafydd-49|Elen Gethin]], was of the family of Philip Dorddu, being a sister to the Dafydd Fychan of Llinwent to whom I have already referred. After the death of her husband she retired to a property of hers at Nash, near Presteign. While there in April, 1474, she obtained an indulgence for those who would pray for the soul of her late husband. When ultimately she too died, the famous poet Llawdden, who was the family bard of her kinsman Meredudd of Maeliennydd, commemorated her in a very fine elegy.Radnorshire Society, pp. 8-9, [http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1191402/llgc-id:1191946/llgc-id:1191957/getText Welsh Journals]
== Sources ==
* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Vaughan,_Thomas_%28d.1483%29_%28DNB00%29 Dictionary of National Biography], 1885-1900, Volume 58; by William Arthur Jobson Archbold
* [http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1191402/llgc-id:1191946/llgc-id:1191957/getText Welsh Journals] Radnorshire Society transactions - Vol. 8 1938 Radnorshire bards and their patrons
* [http://archive.org/stream/VaughanFamilyOfWales/VaughanFamily_djvu.txt Vaughan Family of Wales]
* [http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-VAUG-HER-1400.html Vaughan of Hergest], The National Library of Wales.
* [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9JDnAAAAMAAJ&jtp=687#v=onepage&q=vaughan&f=false A History of the County of Brecknock. Theophilus Jones Page 505: Vaughan Pedigree] (caution: there are some issues with the pedigree)
* VAUGHAN family, of Hergest, Kington, Herefordshire. Dictionary of Welsh Biography [https://biography.wales/article/s-VAUG-HER-1400].
:See also* [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19325528 wikidata] also says Elizabeth is his daughter (added in response to database error suggestion - hoping to clear it)
Events
| Birth | 26 Jul 1396 | Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England | |||
| Death | 1469 | Edgecote Moor, Banbury, Oxford, England | |||
| Marriage | Ellen Dafydd | ||||
| Alt name | Rhosser | ||||
| Reference No | 7355717 | ||||
| Reference No | 7635816 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Ellen Dafydd (1400 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Vaughan (1452 - ) |
| Father | Sir Roger "of Bredwardine" Vaughan (1377 - 1415) |
| Mother | Gwladus "Gwladis ddu, the star of Abergavenny" ferch Dafydd (1380 - 1454) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Vaughan (1413 - 1462) |
| Sibling | Watkin Vaughn (1395 - 1469) |
| Sibling | Sir Roger "of Tretower" Vaughan (1410 - 1471) |