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521:. In November 1648 Prince Rupert gave him the command of a ship, which he probably used to rejoin the Royalists still fighting in Ireland. In Ireland he was appointed major-general of horse under Ormonde, but was killed while leading a counter-charge against Michael Jones at the
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in 1596, based on a note by a later school headmaster Thomas
Challoner, which would suggest his birth date was around 1585. He had at least two brothers: Charles, a parson, and James, noted as a captain in William's regiment in 1645; records suggest the three were nephews of
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reported that when Mytton allowed
Vaughan back into the castle to negotiate a surrender, he had the drawbridge raised and escaped, "so little trust is there in their words". Vaughan, who was given the nickname "the Devil of Shrawardine" according to the Royalist news-sheet
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in
September, where Vaughan commanded a brigade of 1,000 cavalry; the Royalist defeat there ended Charles's hopes of lifting the siege. Vaughan was ordered to Wales to rebuild a relief force, but on 1 November was attacked and defeated by Mytton and Colonel
371:, with his brother Charles as deputy governor. In October he was taken prisoner by a party led by Mytton, supposedly while receiving the sacrament on his knees in Shrawardine church; the Parliamentarian newspaper
495:, where on 13 November the party broke up. Early in December he received orders to renew the attempt to relieve Chester and began efforts to reinforce his troops, mainly in the area around Leominster and
360:. The subsequent destruction of much of Byron's army at Montgomery put the Royalist garrisons across Wales on the defensive, hampering their ability to contribute to the wider conflict.
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during the winter of 1644–5. However, by this time
Royalist control of the county was beginning to unravel, partly due to their policy of requisitioning supplies locally;
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on 14 June. He then fell back on
Shropshire, fighting two minor actions on 4–5 July to relieve the garrison at High Ercall. After rejoining Charles in the
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Almost nothing is known of
Vaughan's early life, though he is often supposed to have been a member of one of the several landowning Vaughan families of
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214:, he was involved in a large number of battles and skirmishes in the north and west, including the defeat of the last Royalist field army at
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on 9 May, Vaughan's regiment joined the
Royalist campaign to relieve the besieged city of York, which ended with their defeat at
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On 8 October 1651 his brother and administrator Rev. Charles
Vaughan was granted permission to compound for his estate.
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506:. On 22 March Vaughan and Astley's forces, the last effective Royalist field army, were completely broken up at the
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to organise an attempt to relieve
Chester, vital to maintain links with Royalists in Ireland and then besieged by
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at the Battle of
Rathconnell in February. At the end of January 1644 the Royalist commander
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on 2 July. In September Byron, Vaughan and Sir Michael Ernely attempted to recapture
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Having previously served on the Continent, by 1643 Vaughan had joined the forces of
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High Ercall Hall; held by a detachment from Vaughan's regiment under Captain
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were operating in the south of Shropshire by the end of 1644, while
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refused to admit a Royalist force and Much Wenlock to supply food.
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With the war at an end, Vaughan joined other Royalist exiles at
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In January 1646 Vaughan joined his remaining men with those of
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Thomas, Daniel Ll. (1899). "Vaughan, Sir William (d.1649)".
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on 2 August 1649, dying "bravely at the head of his men".
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Appointed General of Horse for the area of Wales and the
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697:"Battle & Slaughter - the Battle of Marston Moor"
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gave him a cavalry regiment originally intended for
191:(died 1649) was a cavalry officer in the armies of
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363:Later the same month Vaughan was made governor of
207:cavalry regiment, to reinforce the Royalist army.
435:. He linked up with Charles's main field army at
221:Vaughan subsequently rejoined Royalist forces in
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514:by Brereton; Vaughan was wounded, but escaped.
760:. British-civil-wars.co.uk. 17 September 2006
723:, Battlefields of Britain, accessed 16-06-20
245:; Vaughan was probably admitted here in 1596
218:, where he was wounded but escaped capture.
862:English military personnel killed in action
655:. British-civil-wars.co.uk. 5 December 2010
348:, which had been surrendered to Mytton by
195:. Initially serving in Ireland during the
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309:and sent them to England. Landing at
867:People of the Irish Confederate Wars
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321:and on 25 March Vaughan and Colonel
293:in Ireland; he was knighted by the
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807:Stackhouse-Acton, Frances (1867).
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758:"The Battle of Torrington, 1646"
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313:, Vaughan's regiment joined
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795:Annals of Shrewsbury School
451:Vaughan accompanied him to
145:Relief of Montgomery Castle
10:
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508:battle of Stow-on-the-Wold
241:The original buildings of
161:Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold
58:"The Devil of Shrawardine"
18:William Vaughan (royalist)
816:Symonds, Richard (1859).
783:Coulton, Barbara (2010).
721:Battle of Montgomery 1644
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201:First English Civil War
199:, the outbreak of the
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136:First English Civil War
842:. Century. p. 47.
792:Fisher, G. W. (1899).
480:Battle of Rowton Heath
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317:'s Royalist forces at
297:for his service under
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166:Irish Confederate Wars
153:Battle of Rowton Heath
141:Battle of Marston Moor
733:Stackhouse-Acton 1867
493:Knighton, Radnorshire
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170:Battle of Rathconnell
113:Years of service
476:Sir William Brereton
470:Vaughan returned to
193:Charles I of England
747:, pp. 101–102.
568:, pp. 185–187.
523:Battle of Rathmines
429:Bampton-in-the-Bush
374:Perfect Occurrences
227:Battle of Rathmines
189:Sir William Vaughan
173:Battle of Rathmines
838:Young, P. (1985).
811:. Leake and Evans.
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365:Shrawardine Castle
291:Confederate rebels
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618:Charles Vaughan,
381:Mercurius Aulicus
329:in a skirmish at
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566:Thomas 1899
433:Oxfordshire
398:Caus Castle
268:Lord Docwra
205:Anglo-Irish
55:Nickname(s)
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798:. p.
777:References
764:2 November
681:2 November
659:2 November
578:Young 1985
406:Bridgnorth
369:Shropshire
354:Shrewsbury
346:Montgomery
331:Lilleshall
251:Shropshire
88:Allegiance
519:The Hague
299:Grenville
287:Charles I
99:Royalists
82:Rathmines
68:possibly
425:Cromwell
276:governor
441:Evesham
437:Newport
402:clubmen
319:Chester
303:Ormonde
272:Ireland
223:Ireland
212:Marches
179:†
108:Cavalry
624:Cumber
497:Ludlow
463:, and
453:Newark
445:Naseby
394:Dawley
323:Ellice
311:Neston
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105:Branch
66:c.1585
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315:Byron
280:Derry
116:1640s
70:Wales
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