Vaughn Coat of Arms & Family Crest - Symbols, Bearers, History

Vaughan “Family Crest” or Coat of Arms - Family History & Surname
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1) Vaughan of Stockin, co. Herefordshire - Edward Vaughan of Stockin (fl. 1752), fourth in descent from Тhomas Vaughan, Esq. of Stockin (fl. 1622) - Azure three boys’ heads couped at the shoulders having snakes enwrapped about their necks all proper.

2) Azure three infants’ heads couped at the shoulders proper crined or, enwrapped about the necks with as many snakes vert. Crest: On a plume of three feathers gules a griffin’s head or.

Vaughan of Bredwarden, co. Herefordshire - Sir Charles Vaughan of Dunraven and Porthaml, son of Sir Walter Vaughan (d. 1637) of Bredwardine and Dunraven, son of Thomas Vaughan, Sheriff of Carmarthenshire, son of Walter Vaughan, also Sheriff of Carmarthenshire, son of Sir Richard Vaugan of Bredwardine, son of Thomas Watkin Vaughan, grandson of Sir Roger Vaugahn who died at the Battle of Agincourt in 1414, son of Roger

Vaughan of Porthaml, co. Herefordshire - Sir William Vaughan, Sheriff of Brecknock, had son Sir Roger Vaughan (d. 1571), Member of Parliament, who had son Rowland Vaughan, also a MP

3) Sir John Vaughan of Golden Grove, Llanfihangel Aberbythych, co. Carmartehn, Wales (c. 1575-1643), bailiff, sheriff, and Member of Parliament, first son of Walter Vaughan of Golden Grove (d. 1598), also a bailiff, sheriff, and Member of Parliament, son of John Vaugan II of Kidwelly and Golden Grove (d. 1575), son of Hugh Vaughan - Sable three boys’ heads couped at the shoulders proper having snakes about their necks azure.

4) Vaughan of Courtfield, co. Monmouth, Wales - William Vaughan (1738-1796), son of Richard Vaughn, a General in the Spanish Army, son of John Vaughan (d. 1754), son of John Vaughan (d. 1639), all of Court Field, son of William Vaughan (d. 1601), son of James Vaughan, a descendant of William ap Jenkin, alias Herbert, who was lord of Wern-ddu in 1353 - Sable three infants’ heads couped at the shoulders proper crined or, each enwrapped round the neck with a snake. Crest: A child’s head couped at the shoulders and enwrapped round the neck with a snake, as in the arms. Mottoes: Duw a digon; and Simplices sicut pucri, Sagaces sicut serpentes.

5) Same family as 4 - Since the latter end of the 16th century, the family have sometimes born the Herbert arms, viz., Per pale azure and gules three lions rampant argent.

6) Vaughan of Sutton, co. Yorkshire - John Vaughan of Sutton Place, co. Surrey and Sutton-upon-Derwent, co. Yorkshire (d. 1577), Member of Parliament, younger son of Thomas Vaughan of Porthaml - Sable a chevron between three boys’ heads couped at the shoulders argent crined or, enwrapped about the necks with snakes proper. Crest: A boy’s head couped at the shoulders proper enwrapped about the neck with a snake vert.

7) Sutton-upon-Derwent, co. York - Francis Vaughan Esq. (1553-1553), held lands at Kirkham and Whithwell, died in service against the Irish rebels in Cork, son of John Vaughan (d. 1577) – had son Henry Vaughan (d. 1655) - Sable a chevron between three boys’ heads couped at the shoulders argent crined and having snakes round their necks or.

8) Sable (another, gules) a chevron argent between three boys’ heads couped ppr. crined or, enwrapped about the necks with snakes vert. Crest: An arm erect grasping a snake entwined round the arm all proper

Vaughan of Shapwick, co. Dorset - Charles Vaughan of Shapwick, (d. 1597), Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury, purchased the manor of Falstone in Wiltshire, fourth son of Richard Vaughan of Bredwardine

Vaughan of Just, co. Gloucester, England

9) Vaughan of Falstone, co. Wiltshire - Sir Charles Vaughan of Falstone (1584-1641), Member of Parliament, first son of Sir Walter Vaughan (1582-1639), who inherited Falstone from his great-uncle Charles - Sable a chevron argent between three boys’ heads couped proper crined or, enwrapped about the necks with snakes vert. Crest: An arm erect grasping a snake entwined round the arm all proper.

10) Vaughan of Trevervyn, co. Herefordshire - Phillip Vaughan, son of Thomas Vaughan, son of John Vaughan (fl. 1545) – he had brothers Richard and Roger - Sable a chevron between three boys’ heads couped at the shoulders argent crined or, enwrapped about the necks with as many snakes proper. Crest: A boy’s head couped at the shoulders proper enwrapped with a snake, as in the arms

11) Vaughan of Rheola, co. Glamorgan, Wales - William Vaughan of Glanelai, Glamorgan had relative John Edwards (1772-1833), a Member of Parliament, who assumed his surname of Vaughan in 1829 as a beneficiary of his will - Sable a chevron argent between three boys’ heads couped proper crined or, enwrapped about the necks with snakes vert, on a chief of the second three buglehorns of the first. Crest: A boy’s head, hanging from the neck a buglehorn, as in the arms. Motto: Asgre Ian diogel ei pherchen