Rowland Vaughan (other)
Rowland Vaughan may refer to: * Rowland Vaughan (1559–1629), an English lord *Rowland Vaughan (poet) (died 1667), Welsh poet and translator *Rowland Vaughan (MP) (died 1566), MP for Breconshire (UK Parliament constituency), Breconshire and Brecon {{hndis, Vaughan, Rowland ...
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Rowland Vaughan
Rowland Vaughan (1559–1629) was an English Manorialism, manorial lord who is credited with the introduction of a new irrigation system that greatly improved the grass and hay production of meadows through a system of periodic "drownings". This method so improved grass production that lands formerly needed to provide livestock with food during the winter could be given over to grazing or cereal production. It was one of the many new methods introduced during the British Agricultural Revolution that increased crop yields and allowed for the development of large cities. Early life Rowland Vaughan was the second son of Watkyn Vaughan of Bredwardine, Herefordshire. The Vaughan family was closely entwined with another local family, the Parrys, with numerous inter-marriages. It was through the contact of his great-aunt, Blanche Parry, that Rowland came to spend some time in the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England, Blanche being one of the queen's longest-serving women. However Rowla ...
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