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bit screwed up but the first great Vaughan family is located in BREDWARDIA near Hartford. The name
derives has its origin in the Welsh app epithet for Jean FYChCAN attached to the native of Ryerson are
Rosier. They are the ones are who was killed protecting the body of King Henry V, at the battle of Ofrain
court in 1415. His father was Rosier therefore the father had to be Rosier, the-old and the son of Rosier.
That's Vaughan young Rosier-sons, are called lawn and it is fairly clear that bonds in this generation had
become the surname.The first known member of the Shire family to bear the name was L1 Vaughan and he
was born around the year 1250. By the 17th century the fixed surname was apparent in most of Wales
although examples of old naming tradition have been found in the 19th century records. That's probably
more than you ever wanted to know about the Vaughan name.

Chapter 10 Chapter 10 --
- -- - Chapter 10 Chapter 10 -- Glamorganshire

Now my ancestor, John Vaughan, was from Glamorgan and sometimes it is called on
Glamorganshire and it means it was one of the 13 historic counties of Wales and a former administrative
County.

Going farther back, I found that we actually had a castle. It was called the Tretower Castle. It
included a court, a nd a motte. The initial construction of Tretower Court dates from the early years of the
14th century, when the castle site was also still in use.

The earliest part of Tretower Court is the north range. The masonry of the walls, the internal
fireplaces, the windows and the projecting latrine tower all indicate a date maybe as early as1300. The
14th century building consisted of a central ground floor hall open to its high roof, a solar or private
bedchamber and a private living room. The hall probably served as a local court for paying fines and tithes.

In the early 15th century during, the Owain Glynder revolt in Wales against the new King Henry IV,
the building was under a very real threat from Welsh forces. Tretower Castle was listed as a defensible
stronghold for the King in 1404 and under Sir James Berkeley successfully held off an attack. Presumably
this was directed at Tretower Castle and the Court escaped without serious damage. The same year an
English force led by Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, fought a Welsh army of Owain Glyndwr at the
Battle of Mynydd Cwmdu nearby, almost capturing Glyndwr himself and capturing his banner or standard.
The Welsh forces retreated down the valley of the River Usk but laid an ambush for the pursuing English
and engaged them in a skirmish below Craig-y-Dorth hill
near Mitchel Troy, where the large fields are still referred to as the Upper and Lower Battlefield.

The English army was chased to the walls of Monmouth town, According to the annals of Owain Glyn
Dwr, "Here the more part of the English were slain and they were chased up to the town gate [of
Monmouth]".
Ironically, less than a decade later, the Court was the local meeting point from which the local
contingent of Welsh archers left for service in France under King Henry V and contributed to the English
victory at Agincourt.(See Appendix Three)

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