Title:

Knight

First Name:

Thomas

Last Name:

Vaughan

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Extant memorial brass

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

Before 1515

Inscription:

The English translation of the Latin inscription which was still visible in the 1680s can be found at https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/sir-thomas-vaughan#i12116

Allegiance:

Yorkist

Condition:

Average

Condition Description:

Not all the monumental brass appears to survive and the Latin inscription has been lost

Memorial Notes:

Vaughan was accompanying King Edward V to his coronation when he was arrested on the orders of Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later King Richard III) as part of Gloucester's effort to usurp the throne. Vaughan was executed for treason at Pontefract Castle in June 1483.