Disputes over the Llwydiarth estates, involving Sir Robert Vaughan and Edward Vaughan,
- PA3.
- Series
- 1616-1669.
Part of Wynnstay Estate Records
Legal papers deriving from disputes concerning the Llwydiarth and Llangedwyn estates after the death of the heir, John Vaughan, son of Owen Vaughan, in 1616, until until the death of Edward Vaughan in 1661. The disputes partly concerned the title, which due to a lack of male heirs had passed to John Vaughan’s brothers, Robert and Edward, in succession; and partly claims for maintenance and portions made by the female members of the family. The most substantial cases are the application by Magdalen and Katherine Vaughan, for a financial settlement out of the Llangedwyn estate, firstly against Sir Robert Vaughan, 1616-1623, secondly against Edward Vaughan, 1655-1657; the attempt by William Herbert Lord Powys to prove the title of Herbert Vaughan, postumous son of Sir Robert Vaughan, 1625-1631; Edward Vaughan’s case to regain possession of the sequestered Llwydiarth estate, 1644-1649; and Dame Katherine Palmer’s claim to dower out of the estates of her former deceased husband, Sir Robert Vaughan, 1653-1661. The series includes the inqusition post-mortem Owen Vaughan, 1620; several smaller lawsuits involving members of the Herbert and Vaughan familes, 1629-1655, Brochwell Griffiths, 1653-[c. 1657] , and others; and a file of letters and papers accumulated during the legal cases concerning the estate of Edward Vaughan, 1650-1669.