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| − | Of [[location::Hengwrt, Merioneth]]; [[ | + | Of [[location::Hengwrt, Merioneth]]; son of [[Family::Hywel Fuchan ap Gruffydd ap Hywel]] (d.[[Date of Death::1639]]), of [[Location::Gwengraig]], near [[Location::Dolgellau]]. Matriculated [[Education::Oriel College, Oxford]] but did not graduate. Married [[Family::Catherine Vaughan|Catherine]] ([[Date of Birth::1594]]-[[Date of Death::1663]]), daughter of [[Associates::Griffith Nanney]], with whom he had eight children. An [[Occupation::antiquary]], he [[Translator::translated]] historical works and is the [[Author::author]] of [[Book Title::''British Antiquities Revived'']] ([[Date of Publication::1662]]). |
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| − | Assembled a significant collection of early [[language::Welsh]] [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]], | + | Assembled a significant collection of early [[language::Welsh]] [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]] which included the oldest manuscripts of the laws of Wales, of Arthurian and other [[Subject::romance|romances]], and of the holy grail, as well as other historical, poetic and theological works. Many of his manuscripts are now in [[present Repository::the National Library of Wales]]; his [[format::printed]] books were [[dispersed::dispersed]] in the 19th century and earlier. |
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Robert VAUGHAN 1591/2-1667
Biographical Note
Of Hengwrt, Merioneth; son of Hywel Fuchan ap Gruffydd ap Hywel (d.1639), of Gwengraig, near Dolgellau. Matriculated Oriel College, Oxford but did not graduate. Married Catherine (1594-1663), daughter of Griffith Nanney, with whom he had eight children. An antiquary, he translated historical works and is the author of British Antiquities Revived (1662).
Books
Assembled a significant collection of early Welsh manuscripts which included the oldest manuscripts of the laws of Wales, of Arthurian and other romances, and of the holy grail, as well as other historical, poetic and theological works. Many of his manuscripts are now in the National Library of Wales; his printed books were dispersed in the 19th century and earlier.
Sources
- Evans, Mihail Dafydd. "Vaughan, Robert Powell (1591/2–1667), antiquary." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Huws, D. Robert Vaughan, in W. Baker (ed), Pre-19th century British book collectors, 1999, 365-72.
- Lloyd, N. Meredith Lloyd, Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society, 11 (1975-6), 133-92.