The Trials of Edward Vaughan: Law, Civil War and Gentry Faction in Seventeenth-Century Britain, c.1596–1661...

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Lloyd Bowen

The Trials of Edward Vaughan

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

Lloyd Bowen

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University of Wales Press
15 October 2024

History

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.

By: Lloyd Bowen
Imprint: University of Wales Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781837721771
ISBN 10: 1837721777
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 15 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lloyd Bowen is a reader in early modern history at Cardiff University in Wales.

Reviews for The Trials of Edward Vaughan: Law, Civil War and Gentry Faction in Seventeenth-Century Britain, c.1596–1661

""With consummate skill, the author showcases what the lifetime of Edward Vaughan tells us about how webs of feud, litigation, inheritance and factional conflict shaped the experience of civil war. Bowen offers a new style of biography, inventively fashioned from litigation records to illuminate provincial gentry life in the mid-Wales borderlands.""-- ""Professor Andrew Hopper, University of Oxford""