valvasour

Updated: May 25, 2026

The Vavasours were a Roman Catholic family, and claimed descent from those who held the ancient office of King's Valvasour; and we need not therefore be surprised to find Lady Vavasour engaged in one of the numerous plots that surrounded and endangered the Protector's power.

Dorothy Osborne - The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54