Vaughn, Watkin
1488 - DECEASED
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Vaughn, Watkin was born in 1488 in Hergest, Kington, Herefordshire, England (son of Vaughn, Watkin); died in DECEASED in England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Appointments / Titles: Gentleman Usher of King Henry VIII
- FSID: LZQQ-DQG
Notes:
Gentleman Usher of Henry VIII
Watkin married Baskerville, Elizabeth in 1517 in Hergest, Kington, Herefordshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Baskerville, Sir James and Devereux, Sybil) was born in 1496 in Hergest, Kington, Herefordshire, England; died in 1558 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Vaughan, Sybil was born in 1518 in Hergest, Kington, Herefordshire, England; died in 1566 in England.
2. Vaughn, Watkin was born in 1440 in Kington, Herefordshire, England (son of Vaughan, Sir Thomas and Devereux, Jane, son of verch Cadwgon, Ellen Gethin); died in 1495 in Shropshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- FSID: LZNP-R8T
Children:
- 1. Vaughn, Watkin was born in 1488 in Hergest, Kington, Herefordshire, England; died in DECEASED in England.
Generation: 3
4. Vaughan, Sir Thomas was born in 1400 in Tretower Castle, Tretower, Powys, Wales; died between 13 and 15 Jun 1483 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England; was buried between 13 and 15 Jun 1483 in Kingstone, Herefordshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Appointments / Titles: Knight
- Appointments / Titles: Lord of Herast
Notes:
In 1475, on the same day that Edward's eldest son, the future Edward V, was invested as Prince of Wales, Vaughan was knighted, having acted for some years as Chamberlain to the young prince.
In 1478, he was elected to parliament as knight of the shire for Cornwall.
After Edward IV died in 1483, Vaughan was accompanying Edward V from Ludlow to London when the party was intercepted by the future King Richard III, then Duke of Gloucester. Richard had Vaughan arrested and executed. The execution is believed to have taken place some time between 13 and 25 June at Pontefract Castle in West Yorkshire.Thomas married Devereux, Jane. Jane was born in 1459 in Weobley, Herefordshire, England; died in 1499 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Devereux, Jane was born in 1459 in Weobley, Herefordshire, England; died in 1499 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- FSID: M6H3-FNG
- Birth: 1432, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France
Children:
- 2. Vaughn, Watkin was born in 1440 in Kington, Herefordshire, England; died in 1495 in Shropshire, England.