The Hirlas Horn of Henry Tudor – Which One?

Abstract

This article explores one significant aspect of the historiography of the tradition surrounding Henry Tudor's march through Wales to Bosworth and how a Carmarthenshire family, the Vaughans of Golden Grove, enhanced and promoted their gentry status, image and loyalty to the Crown by acquiring and displaying and then later replicating what became known as the Hirlas Horn. The Vaughans thereby engaged with the history of Wales to their own advantage by retrospectively inventing their family's involvement in the Bosworth legends and traditions associated with this important part of Welsh history.