The Trials of Edward Vaughan
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The Trials of Edward Vaughan

Law, Civil War and Gentry Faction in Seventeenth-Century Britain, c.1596–1661

  1. 360 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Trials of Edward Vaughan

Law, Civil War and Gentry Faction in Seventeenth-Century Britain, c.1596–1661

About this book

This book tells a remarkable story. Edward Vaughan was the fifth son of a landed gentleman, and could not have expected much beyond a career in law. However, by fair means and foul (mostly foul), he managed to gain possession of one of the largest estates in seventeenth-century Wales. His tenure was not to be a quiet one, however, as the Protestant Vaughan endured a bruising legal contest with a powerful Catholic magnate over these lands. Vaughan's case was then swept up in the politics of the civil wars. A moderate parliamentarian, during the 1640s and 1650s Vaughan fought new battles with local radicals to secure his patrimony. The trials of Edward Vaughan reveal much about the confrontational and sometimes bloody nature of law, politics and faction in early modern England and Wales. It is a rich and surprising story, and one which has yet to be told.

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Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Genealogical charts
  6. Maps
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. Part One: Family, Faction And The Law
  11. Part Two: Politics And Patrimony During The British Civil Wars
  12. Part Three: From Republic To Restoration
  13. Conclusion
  14. Notes
  15. Manuscript Bibliography