Thomas Vaughan

Thomas Vaughan was a blackmailer and "notorious villain". In 1703 he and Thomas Davis were convicted of trying to extort money from Mr Barker an Apothecary, and Mr Guillam a Tallow-Chandler, by threatening to denounce them for sodomy.

Vaughan and Davis were sentenced to stand in the pillory at Temple Bar and Charing-Cross; to be whipped from Temple Bar to Charing Cross, and to pay a Fine of £5 each and remain in Prison until it was paid.