Editing Henry Vaughan (section)

==Early life==
Henry Vaughan was born at Newton by Usk in the [[Llansantffraed]] (St. Bridget's) parish of [[Brecknockshire]], the eldest known child of Thomas Vaughan (c. 1586–1658) of [[Tretower]] and Denise Jenkin (born c. 1593), the only daughter and heir of David and Gwenllian Morgan of Llansantffraed.<ref>Hutchinson 1947, p. 14, citing Martin's 1st edition, p. 667.</ref> Vaughan had a twin brother, [[Thomas Vaughan (philosopher)|Thomas Vaughan]], who became a [[philosopher]] and [[alchemy|alchemist]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/bookshelf/pages/henry_vaughan.shtml Powys Literary Links – Henry Vaughan] BBC Mid Wales, 3 January 2006.</ref>

Vaughan was kin to two powerful Welsh families, one Catholic, one Protestant. His paternal grandfather, William, owned [[Tretower Court]].<ref name=WBO1>{{Cite DWB |id=s-VAUG-TRE-1450 |title=VAUGHAN family, of Tretower Court, parish of Llanfihangel Cwm-du, Brecknock |first=Evan David |last=Jones |author-link=E. D. Jones |year=1959 |quote=William Vaughan's children included Thomas Vaughan (died 1658), who m. the heiress of Newton in Llansantffraed; Henry Vaughan the Silurist (q. v.) and Thomas Vaughan (q. v.) were their sons.}}</ref> His paternal grandmother, Frances, was the natural daughter of [[Thomas Somerset]], who spent some 24 years in the [[Tower of London]] for adhering to Catholicism.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>{{Rp|pp. 6–7 and 243–244.}} As she survived into Vaughan's boyhood, there may have been some direct Catholic influence on his early nurturing. Vaughan shared ancestry with the Herbert family through the daughter of a famous Welsh knight, [[Dafydd Gam]], slain at [[Battle of Agincourt|Agincourt]], the "Davy Gam, esquire" of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]''. He is not known to have claimed kinship with [[George Herbert]], but may have been aware of the tie.