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Before 14th September 1603 [his grandfather] Edward Vaughan and [his grandmother] Letitia Stedman of Strata Florida were married.
On the same day his son [his father] John Vaughan of Transgoed and [his mother] Jane Stedman were married.
In 1635 Edward Vaughan was born to [his father] John Vaughan of Transgoed (age 31) and [his mother] Jane Stedman (age 17).
In 1635 [his grandfather] Edward Vaughan died. His son [his father] John Vaughan of Transgoed (age 31) succeeded to his estates and was charged with securing marriages for his two sisters as well as the guardianship of his nine-year-old stepbrother, Edward.
Before 7th December 1667 Edward Vaughan (age 32) and Letitia Hooker were married.
On 7th December 1667 [his son] John Vaughan 1st Viscount Lisburne was born to Edward Vaughan (age 32) and [his wife] Letitia Hooker. He married 18th August 1692 Malet Wilmot Viscountess Lisburne, daughter of John Wilmot 2nd Earl Rochester and Elizabeth Malet Countess Rochester, and had issue.
On 23rd May 1668 [his father] John Vaughan of Transgoed (age 64) was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. He won lasting fame for his important decision in Bushell's Case, that juries were not to be fined for returning a verdict against the direction of the judge.
On 10th December 1674 [his father] John Vaughan of Transgoed (age 71) died at Serjeants' Inn. He was buried at Temple Church, London [Map] on 22nd December 1674. His marble monument was destroyed in WWII. Edward Stillingfleet (age 39) preached his funeral sermon. His son Edward Vaughan (age 39) inherited a Cardiganshire estate worth £1,200 each year.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1679 Edward Vaughan (age 44) was elected MP Cardiganshire.
Before 1680 [his mother] Jane Stedman (age 61) died.
On 15th February 1684 Edward Vaughan (age 49) died.
After 15th February 1684 Edward Vaughan (deceased) was buried at St Laurence's Church, Ludlow [Map]. His monument has an epitaph that reads ... Visitor, whoever you are, respect the glorious remains of the distinguished Edward Vaughan of Trawscoed, heir by descent of John Vaughan, famous knight, like his noble father in appearance. From boyhood to his dying day he devoted himself with enthusiasm to literature of all kinds and of every period; to render conspicuous service to prince and country; and he successfully achieved this aim and was welcome and popular everywhere and a most respected citizen in a turbulent era; that you may know that here is buried a man whom the ancients called a 'cubic' man (i.e. a man of great integrity) and also godlike. So great and of such character was he, that even his enemies wept, and his friends almost died with him, when the earth gladly and willingly received his body, and he departed to the realms of the blessed in the year of our Lord 1648 when he was 48 years old. To a husband and parent most dearly missed, his widow and children, grief-stricken, set up this mortal tomb. His own life is his immortal epitaph.
In 1716 [his former wife] Letitia Hooker died.
GrandFather: Edward Vaughan 
Father: John Vaughan of Transgoed
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Steadman of Strata Florida
GrandMother: Letitia Stedman of Strata Florida
GrandFather: John Steadman of Cilcennin, Cardiganshire
Mother: Jane Stedman
GrandMother: Anne Jones