Vaughan, Sir Thomas

1400 - 1483

• Name	Vaughan, Thomas
  		Map of Powys
  Title	Sir
  Death	Between 13 and 15 Jun 1483	Pontefract, Yorkshire, England
  	Cause: Beheaded by King Richard III
  Burial	Between 13 and 15 Jun 1483	Kingstone, Herefordshire, England
  Birth	1400	Tretower Castle, Tretower, Powys, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Appointments / Titles	Knight
  Appointments / Titles	Lord of Herast
  Person ID	I25971	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	Devereux, Jane,   b. 1459, Weobley, Herefordshire, England d. 1499, Hereford, Herefordshire, England (Age 40 years)
  Children	1. Vaughn, Watkin,   b. 1440, Kington, Herefordshire, England d. 1495, Shropshire, England (Age 55 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F9591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - Cause: Beheaded by King Richard III - Between 13 and 15 Jun 1483 - Pontefract, Yorkshire, England Burial - Between 13 and 15 Jun 1483 - Kingstone, Herefordshire, England Birth - 1400 - Tretower Castle, Tretower, Powys, Wales  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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.