Rowland Vaughan (c. 1590 – 18 September 1667) was a

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poet, translator and

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.''Ymarfer o Dduwioldeb'' by John Ballinger (1930). Vaughan was the owner of

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, in the parish of Llanuwchlyn,

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in Wales. His paternal family derived from the Vaughans of

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. His mother Ellen came from the Nanney or Nannau estate in the same county. Vaughan's wife was from Llanuwchlyn. Vaughan studied in

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where his two sons, John and Edward, were to follow him. He served as sheriff for

in 1643. Vaughan was a staunch

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follower of

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during the

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. Following Charles' defeat at the

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in 1646, Vaughan was imprisoned for about a year. Around this time his farm was burnt by Parliamentary forces. After his release from prison, Vaughan focused on rebuilding his finance and exchanging literary works with local poets. Vaughan's translations are of a generally high standard, of works largely

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in content but within a royalist and

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context. After Vaughan's death in 1667, his papers ended up in

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, the papers were filed in the Brogyntyn Collection of the Department of Manuscripts at

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. Vaughan's land-holdings passed to several generations of his descendants but ultimately merged with those of Syr Watkin Williams Wyn circa 1740

Works

*''Yr Ymarfer o Dduwioldeb'' (1630) *''Eikon Basilike'' (c. 1650) *''Yr Arfer o Weddi yr Arglwydd'' (1658) *''Pregeth yn Erbyn Schism'' (1658) *''Prifannau Sanctaidd neu Lawlyfr o Weddiau'' (1658) *''Ymddiffyniad Rhag Pla o Schism'' (1658) *''Prifannau Crefydd Gristnogol'' (1658) *''Evchologia: neu Yr Athrawiaeth i arferol weddio'' (1660) *''Carolau a Dyriau Duwiol'' (1729)

Bibliography

*Y Bywgraffiadur Gymreig hyd 1940, London, 1953 *John Ballinger: Lewis Bailey, Yr Ymarfer o Dduwioldeb gan Lewis Bailey Wedi ei gyfieithu i'r Gymreig gan Rowland Vaughan (introduction in English), Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 1930

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaughan, Rowland Welsh-language poets 1667 deaths Year of birth uncertain People from Llanuwchllyn