MATHEW, Lord Dafydd

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• Name	MATHEW, Dafydd
  Prefix	Lord
  Birth	1411	Cibwr, Glamorganshire, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Death	1484	Neath, Wales, England
  WAC	7 Nov 2009	PROVO
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  Burial	Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales
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  Father	EVAN, Sir Mathew Ap ,   b. Abt 1360, Castell, Glamorganshire, Wales Castell, Glamorganshire, Walesd. 1419, Castell, Glamorganshire, Wales (Age 59 years)
  Mother	FLEMING, Baroness Janet ,   b. Abt 1364, Pen-Llin, Glamorgan, Wales Pen-Llin, Glamorgan, Walesd. Aft 1414, Castell y Mynach, Pentyrch, Glamorgan, Wales (Age > 51 years)
  Marriage	1411
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 28 Jun 1967, SLAKE.
  Family ID	F15560	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DAFYDD, Gwenlian Verch ,   b. 1411, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England
  Children	2 sons
  + 1. MATHEW, John ,   b. Abt 1431, Cibwr, Glamorganshire, Wales Cibwr, Glamorganshire, Walesd. 29 Mar 1461, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England (Age 30 years) + 2. AP DAFYDD MATHEW, Thomas ,   b. 1438, Radyr, Glamorganshire, Wales Radyr, Glamorganshire, Walesd. 1476, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F15542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  SIR DAFYDD AP MATHEW was born about 1410 of Llandaff Court, Cibwr, Glamorganshire, Wales, to Sir Leuan Evan Mathew (1368-1419) and Lady Jonet Verch Jenkin Fleming (1364-1414.) He married Gwenllian Verch Dafydd. Sir Dafydd AP Matthew died about 1485 of Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales, age 75. Buried at Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales. Killed by the Turbervilles at a riot at Neath From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alabaster effigy of Sir David Mathew, north aisle, Llandaff Cathedral. He wears the Lancastrian livery collar of Esses Arms of Mathew[1] left: Mathew of Llandaff: Or, a lion rampant sable.; right: Mathew of Radyr: Sable, a lion rampant argent. Heraldic achievement at top of mural memorial tablet erected 1987 in Llandaff Cathedral, Mathew Chapel:[2] "In memory of Thomas James Mathew son and heir of Francis James Mathew second Earl of Landaff born in London 1798 died in Cape Town 1862". Supporters: Two unicorns rampant silver maned tufted hooved collared and chained. Motto: A Fynno Duw a Fydd ("What God wills will be") Effigies of Sir William Mathew(d.1528) and his wife. The latest of three surviving Mathew family effigies at Llandaf Cathedral[a] Sir David Mathew (1400–1484) (born , lit. "David, son of Mathew") was a Welsh knight. He was Lord of Llandaff, Seneschal of Llandaff Cathedral, one of the ten Great Barons of Glamorgan, and a Marcher Lord. He was one of the most distinguished men of his age[3][4] and a zealous supporter of the Yorkist cause. After he saved the life of King Edward IV at the Battle of Towton in 1461, he was appointed Grand Standard Bearer of England. Biography David Mathew was the son of Mathew ap Ieuan (or Evan).[b] Sir David was also Lord of Llandaff and Seneschal of Llandaff Cathedral. He had a grant of 2,232 acres of land from Henry VI, the reversion of Caneton, and from William, Earl of Pembroke lands at St Fagans and at Pentyrch.[5] Sir David was a zealous supporter of the Yorkist cause, whose extraordinary prowess and daring in the field, even at a very advanced age, were used on behalf of the White Rose of York.[6] He was a very tall man, said to stand 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m) tall.[c] At the Battle of Towton, on Palm Sunday, March 29, 1461, although by then about sixty years old, he saved the life of Edward IV and was rewarded by his grateful monarch with the honor of Grand Standard Bearer of England.[3] Sir David was one of the ten Great Barons of Glamorgan, and a Marcher Lord. He received from Edward IV the grant of the use of the word "Towton" as an augmentation over his crest. In 1480 he restored the shrine of Saint Teilo which had been pillaged and desecrated by a gang of pirates from Biston, and was presented by Bishop Marshall with St. Teilo's skull, set in a costly reliquary, to be an heirloom in his family, who carefully preserved it for about 200 years, until the death of William Mathew in 1658 at Llandeilo.[7] Browne Willis reported in his An survey of the Cathedral-Church of Landaff that Sir David was murdered in an altercation at Neath, West Glamorgan by some members of the Turberville family of Coity Castle.[3][d] Armorials Two different arms are recorded as having been used by the Mathew family, both consisting of a lion rampant, but with differing tinctures. The branch seated at Llandaff, thus the senior line, is generally ascribed, a lion rampant sable,[8] whilst the branch seated at Radyr, descended from Sir David Mathew's younger brother, is generally ascribed Sable, a lion rampant argent.[9] Yet confusingly the 1980 heraldic restoration of the Mathew tombs at Llandaff carried out by Hugh P. Mathew, who was recognised by the College of Arms as having proved his direct descent from Sir David Mathew,[10] has resulted in the Radyr coat being painted on the tomb of Sir Christopher, who was head of the Llandaff branch. Rev. Murray Mathew (1895) assigns to Sir David the Radyr coat.[11] Moreover the Earls Landaff used the coat of the Llandaff branch even though they were descended from the Radyr branch. Unfortunately the tomb of Sir David bears no heraldry by which the confusion might be resolved. The arms of Radyr Sable, a lion rampant argent were supposedly adopted in honour of the White Rose, according to Rev Murray Mathew.[12] Crest The crest is also not without confusion, being given variously as a "heathcock" (another name for partridge, of the pheasant family), a "moorcock",[8] a "fieldcock", (a vague term possibly denoting grouse), a blackcock, (of the grouse family) and is shown on the Earl Landaff memorial in a form akin to a farmyard cock or rooster. The effigy of Sir David does however show most of the bird forming the crest of his helm upon which he rests his head, but it is missing the head. The feet are short and sturdy, suggesting a grouse-type bird and are not the long legs of a rooster[e] A gilded bird, probably a dove, is used as a foot-rest in the effigy of St Teilo in Llandaff Cathedral. Family Sir David married Wenllian 1396-1470 of Glamorgan, daughter of Sir George Herbert. He left by Wenllian three sons. He had the following three sons:[13] • David (born 1425 1st. son) He married Ann Myddletonn (b. 1430), with whom he one son, Jenkyn Mathew. David was the founder of the "Mathews" American line, which would eventually arrive in the new world with Thomas Mathews (b. 1660) Thomas arrived in Halifax, Virginia, circa 1700. Thomas was the grandfather of the patriot Moses Mathews. • Reyborn (or "Reinborn, Rimbron," etc.)(d.1470), 2nd. son. He was the founder of the Llandaf line of Mathew, having married Isabella (or Elizabeth) Denys, daughter of Maurice Denys(d.1466), esquire, of Alveston, Glos., Sheriff of GlouceCatherine, by his 2nd wife Alice Poyntz, da. of Sir Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton, Gloucestershire. Reyborn's will (dated 20 October 1470, proved 15 March 1471)[14] directed that he should be buried in the Chapel of the Virgin Mary within The Gaunt's Chapel, Bristol, where the Poyntz family later in about 1520 built a family chapel. His will directed that gold & silver items be placed upon the shrine of "his kinsmen" Saint Teilo,Saint Oudoceus and Saint Dubricius at Llandaff Cathedral. Reyborn's eldest son and heir was Sir Christopher Mathew(d.1528), whose effigy is one of three surviving Mathew effigies in Llandaf Cathedral. Sir Christopher's son was Miles Mathew, Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1547. A later descendant wasAdmiral Thomas Mathews(d.1751) who built Llandaff Court and was court-martialled in mysterious circumstances. • Thomas (1438-1470), 3rd son. He is mentioned in Reyborn's will, and had been the custodian of the relics of St Teilo. He married Catherine Fetch Morgan (1436-1468), daughter of Welsh nobleman Morgan Ap Llewellyn, and founded the Radyr line of Mathew. He was also buried at The Gaunt's Chapel, Bristol. On Thomas' death in 1470, his lands passed to his son William Mathew (1460-1528), who was knighted by King Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.[15] Sir William accompanied King Henry VIII to the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. His successor was his eldest son Sir George Mathew (1486-1557) who became the MP for Glamorgan constituency and in 1545 Sheriff of Glamorgan.[15][16] From the Radyr line was founded the family of the Earls Landaff in the peerage of Ireland. Notes 1.Earliest effigy is of David Mathew, knight(d.1484), 2nd of Sir Christopher Mathew(d.1527), eldest son of Reyborne Mathew, 2nd son of Sir David 2.Sir David was the first to adopt the modern style of Welsh surname, "Mathew", having discontinued use of the traditional Welsh patronymic "ap Mathew", meaning "son of Mathew". The name, properly "Mathew", was spelt by Sir David's descendants variously, e.g., in the Funeral Entries, preserved in the Record Tower at Dublin, vol. vii., p. 18, the name of the founder of the Irish branch of the family is entered as "George Matthewes, Oct. 1670". Admiral Mathew of Llandaff Court, and all his descendants, spelt their name invariably "Mathews".(Mathew 1895, p. [page needed]) 3.He was buried in Llandaff Cathedral, where his altar tomb may still be seen, the effigy of him thereon measuring 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) (Mathew 1895, p. [page needed]). 4.His tomb, ornamented with full-length effigy in alabaster, is in Saint Mary's Chapel in Llandaff Cathedral, which has ever since been the property and burial-place of the family of (Mathew) is one of the most interesting extant monuments of that time. An accurate description of the various monuments of the family in this chapel may be found in An survey...: "This is said to be the Monument of David Matthew the Great, who was Standard-Bearer to Edward IV, and was murther'd at Neath ... by some of the Turberviles, with whom he was at Variance" (Willis 1718, p. 25). a Lord Marcher an Eminant Yorkist Leader Effigy in Llandaff cathedral - Himself & one side his eldest son Reybourn on the other sir, Christopher Mathew & his lady 1459 - Sir DAVID Mathew & sir John Neville, recieved jointly - the grand Crown manors of Glaspool & Peterston on By in reign of Henry VII sir David Mathew also recieved gift fromm ED IV , whose life he saved , on the battlefeild of Towton, he settled some of these gifts on his 3rd son Thomas, failing issue , then to Reybourn (founder of the Llandaff branch of the family) Sources Ancestry Sources UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current Web: International, Find A Grave Index VIEW Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 Search on Ancestry