Vaughan married his first wife, Lady Malet Wilmot (d. 1709), daughter of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, on 18 August 1692.
The collection contains works by notable figures in the world of written erotica including The Earl of Rochester, The Marquis de Sade and William Simpson Potter.
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Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon and 2nd Earl of Rochester (1672 – 1753), English nobleman and politician
Charles Gildon, Thomas Rymer, and John Dennis dedicated volumes of literary criticism to Sheppard, and John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester regarded Sheppard as the only critic he needed for his verses.
during the Civil War he married Malet, daughter of the poet and courtier, the Earl of Rochester, and granddaughter of the Cavalier, Sir Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, the victor of the Battle of Roundway Down.