Family/Spouse: Knight Thomas STRADLING. Knight (son of Knight Henry Harry STRADLING and Elizabeth HERBERT) was born in 1454 in St. Donant's Castle, Glenmorganshire, Wales; died on 08 Sep 1480 in St. Donant's Castle, Glenmorganshire, Wales; was buried in St. Donant's, Glamorgans, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edward STRADLING was born about 1474 in St. Donant's, Glamorgan, Wales.
2. Harry STRADLING was born about 1476 in St. Donant's, Glamorgan, Wales.
3. Mary STRADLING was born about 1478 in St. Donant's, Glamorgan, Wales.
4. Jane STRADLING was born about 1480 in St. Donant's, Glamorgan, Wales.

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Notes from site of Barry L Matthews: <>

THOMAS MATHEW OF RADYR DIED 1470, BURIED AT MARK'S, GUANTS, NEAR BRISTOL; HE WAS FOURTH SON OF SIR DAVID MATHEW OF LLANDAFF; M. CATHERINE DAU. AND CO-H. OF SIR DAVID L1 AP EVAN-GETHYN, LORD OF THE ADWR, AP L1 OF RADYR UCHA, AP CYMER AP CYNFRIG AP HOWEL AP MADOC AP JESTYN BY EVA, DAU. OF GWILIM AP EVAN AP LYSON. THOMAS IS ALSO GIVEN AS FOUNDER OF THE RADYR BRANCH; M. CATHERINE. D. AND CO-H. OF MORGAN LLEN, LORD OF ALDER, WHOSE MARRIAGE PORTION WAS THE RADYR ESTATE. HE OB. 1470. HE SUCCEEDED HIS FATHER AS CUSTODIAN OF THE RELIC OF ST. TEILO.
ARMS OF THOMAS MATHEW - OR, A LION RAMPANY SABLE, LANGUED AND ARMED GULES. CREST - HEATHCOCK, SABLE.
Will dated 1470; Cardiff records, vol. III, chapter V. Will no. 1; Thomas Mathewe, Esq. of Radyr; to be buried at Gaunts. Listed in will: David Mathewe, eldest son; John Mathewe, son; Katherine, wife;

Thomas married Catrin Verch Morgan ap LLEWELLYN about 1454 in Radyr, Glamorgans Wales. Catrin (daughter of Morgan Ap LLEWELYN) was born about 1436 in Radyr, Glamorgans, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Here to Antiquity by Richard Woodville at: <>

The following sources have been used to trace the continuing line of Mathew. "Genealogy of the Earls of Llandaff"; "LDS records"; "Glamorgan Pedigrees"; Welsh Genealogies"
Sir Dafydd ap Mathew was born abt. 1400 in Llandaff Court, Glamorgan, Wales and died 1484 in Neath. Married abt. 1428 in Llandaff to Wenllian Herbert who was born 1411 in Aberqavenny, Gwent Uwch Coed, Monmouthshire, England and daughter of George Herbert of Chapel and sister to Gwilim Llwyd who married Wenllian David of Rhiwperra.
Sir Knight Dafydd Mathew
Sir David ap Mathew, buried at St. Mary's, Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales. GGGG-son of Louis VI of France. Family line of Llandaff Court; Radyr; Dodbroke Co. Devon and of Teesenger and Pennytenny Co., Cornwall. Owned 2,232 acres of land from Henry VI in St. Fagan's and Pentyrch, Wales. His tomb, ornamented with his full length figure in alabaster, in St. Mary's Chapel, of the venerable cathedral of Llandaff, (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 willis's cathedral of Llandaff, in the British Museum). "The Genealogy of the Earls of Llandaff Note-I have no idea why, in this book, the title is spelled thus: "Landaff" as well as any mentions of the Earldom of Landaff, while in the text, mentions of the Cathedral of Llandaff, as well as other references to Llandaff as a place in Wales, invariably spell it "Llandaff"), which has a picture of the tomb of Sir David, has the following to say about him: "Sir David ab Mathew", Lord of Llandaff, Seneschal of the Cathedral, saved the life of Edward IV, at the Battle of Towton, Palm Sunday, March 14, 1461, and by His Majesty was created Grand Standard-Bearer of all England. He was a great and zealous Yorkist cheiftain, whose extraordinary prowess and daring in the field, even at a very advanced age, were, contrarily to the majority of his countrymen, who favoured the Red Rose of Lancaster, used on behalf of the White Rose of York. He was murdered by one of the Tubervilles in a riot at Neath in 1484 and buried in Llandaff Cathedral, where his altar tomb may be still be seen, the effigy of him thereon measuring 6 ft. 7 in., said to have been his height. 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 St. Teilo which had been pillaged and descreated by a gang of pirates from Bristol, 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. Sir David was the first to adopt the surname of Mathew.

Arms of Sir David Mathew - Sable a lion rempant argent (adopted in honour of the White Rose). Crest - a blackcock proper.. Motto - Fyn Duw A Fydd. What God Willeth Wil Be.

Notes from the "Red Dragon" magazine:

An effigy of alabaster in Llandaff Cathedral, bearing date A.D. 1480 (or 1490, the broken numerals make it difficult to say), measuring six feet seven inches, is said to represent the exact life-size of Sir David Mathew, reputed as a man of splendid build and stature, using the two handed sword with amazing power. He was one of the ten great Barons of Glamorgan; a Marcher Lord, and therefore bound to receive his summons to arms only from the King and not from any Welsh potentate. He was an eminent Yorkist leader, and it is said changed his armorial bearing of the old sable lion of Gwaithvoed to a silver or white lion, in honour of the White Rose. Whether it was in recognition of their services in the Yorkist cause we cannot say, but in 1459, Sir David Mathew and Sir John Neville received conjointly the grant of the Crown Manors of Glaspool and Peterston-on-Ely, in the reign of Henry VII. It is also said that Sir David received a gift of lands from King Edward IV., whose life he had saved on the battle field of Towton, but we have not yet been able to find the Royal Charter conferring such gift. Other gifts of land he, however, received, some of which were settled first on the line of his third son Thomas, and failing him, on Reynbourn, who ranked as eldest son of Sir David. John, the eldest, having been slain at that same battle of Towton, fought on Palm Sunday, 1461, leaving an only daughter, an infant, we here hazard the conjecture that this bestowal of lands, or a similar circumstance, gave occasion for the motto adopted, but not in ariably used, by the Llandaff branch, "Not a gift, but an inheritance; an inheritance is better than a gift." This motto was often used by the Admiral Thomas Mathews, and the impression from his seal containing it, is sharp and clear on some of the old deeds. We need not continue to trace the house of Llandaff. A full pedigree from Gwaithvoed, 1055, to the second Reynbourn, A.D. 1615, may be found in the British Museum, Harleian, MSS., Press Number 2283, pg. 68. Four generations of this line took rank as Barons of Glamorgan. But, the old feudal baronages at length gave way to a new order of things; the Lords Llandaff were no longer summoned to bring "horse and arms." Titles by writ of summons were not an serving as High Sheriff of Glamorgan, appears only as "Miles Mathew, Esq..

A curious old Yorkist ballad makes reference to the banners of Neville and Mathew thus -
"The way into the North Countrie,
The Rose full fast he sought,
With him went the Ragged Staff - (Neville)
Which many men dere bought.
So then did the White Lyon (Mathew), full worthily he wrought,
Almightly Jesus bless his soul that through armes ought."

Knight married Gwenllian (Wenllian Herbert) Verch DAFYDD about 1430 in Landaff, Glamorganshire, Wales. Gwenllian (daughter of Dafydd Ap GWILYM and Gwenllian Verch PHILIP, daughter of David Ap Gwilln Ap JENKYN) was born in 1411 in Abergavenny, Gwent Uwch Coed, Monmouthshire, England; died in in Landaff, Glamorganshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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SIR DAVID MATHEW (SIR MATHEW AP IEVAN) B. 1400, D. 1484, Married WENLLIAN, DAU. OF SIR GEORGE HERBERT. SIR DAVID MATHEW WAS ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED MEN OF HIS AGE, AND WAS MADE GRAND STANDARD BEARER OF ENGLAND BY KING EDWARD IV, WHOSE LIFE HE IS SAID TO HAVE SAVED (THOUGH HE WAS FAR ADVANCED IN YEARS) AT THE BATTLE OF TOWTON, ON PALM SUNDAY, 1461.

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NOTE 1./
The Mathews (Mathes) Family in America - Denver Public Library - with additions from Samuel Mathews

Lineage of the Mathews in America beginning in Wales

1. GWAETHFOED, 1st Lord of Cardigan, Wales m. MORVYDD daughter & heir of OWAIN, Lord of Cardigan
2. AYDAN
3. GWILIM
4. SITSYLT
5. JEVAN
6. MEYRIC
7. JEVAN
8. CARADOC
9. MEYRIC
10. MADOC
11. GRIFFITH GETHYN
12. SIR EVAN m. CECIL dau. of ?
13. SIR MATHEW m. JANET, dau. of RICHARD FLEMING and had 3 sons, ROBERT, Lewis and Sir David (the eldest).
SIR MATHEW was knighted by Richard II in 1386 and is the source of the Mathews surname.
(Sir David Mathews was "Grand Standard Bearer to Henry VI" and was one of the most distinguished men of his time.)
14. ROBERT MATHEWS, the 2nd son of SIR MATHEW, of Castle-Mynech, Wales
15. WILLIAM MATHEWS
16. ROBERT MATHEWS
17. JOHN MATHEWS
[Note: Tobias Mathews, Archbishop of York m. FRANCES BARLOW was, most probably, not related to the below Samuel Mathews. (Sam Elswick, July 2001)]
18. SAMUEL MATHEWS (1592/3? - Mar 1660) m.1(?) FRANCES HINTON. Samuel m.2(?) Frances Greville West Peirsley, her (m.3) She imm. Jan. 29, 1620/1 on the ship Supply. Recent information from Linda Lawhorn indicates that Samuel Mathews "may" have been married previously in England, and that his son, the governor, was by that wife (Samuel's 1st of 3 wives).
SAMUEL MATHEWS was sent to VA ca 1615 (bef. 1619) by King James I.
19. LT. COL. SAMUEL MATHEWS, jr (1718/19? bef. 1629 - 1660) He was Governor of the Colony of VA from 1656 until his death in 1660.
20. JOHN MATHEWS m. ELIZABETH TAVENOR - ca 1674? She was the dau. of MICHAEL TAVENOR & (?).
21. CAPT. SAMUEL MATHEWS (m.1) MISS PAULIN (she d. bef. 1706), of King George Co. VA She was the dau. of COL. THOMAS & ELIZABETH PAULIN.
22. ELIZABETH MATHEWS (ca 1695 - 1751) m. ROBERT TALIAFERRO - ca 1720 (ca 1688 - Feb 1, 1728)

NOTE 2./
Source: History of Greenbrier County
J.R. Cole
Lewisburg, WV
1917
p. 67-72

THE MATHEWS FAMILY

The name of Mathews, in any of its Anglo-Saxon variants, was adopted by the sons of Sir Mathew ap Jevan ap Griffyth Gethyn, tenth in lineal descent from Gwaettfoed, Prince of Cardigan, Wales, whose descendants were long deemed feudal barons of Llandaff, County Glamorgan, Wales. Sir Mathew was knighted in 1386 by Richard II, and his descendants took the name of Mathew or Mathews instead of the Welsh "ap" or "son of," the addition of the "S" signifying to the English the same thing as the Welsh "ap," the Irish "0" and the Scotch "Mac."

The armorial bearings of the Mathews are numerous, Burke, in his General Armoury, devoting over two and one-half pages to the arms, crests and mottoes. In nearly all.the lion is an important figure, and it is said the lion was used as a distinctive device by the descendants of Gwaettfoed, Prince of Cardigan, long before the dawn of heraldry. The bearings used by the Mathews of Virginia and West Virginia are described as follows: Arms: Gyronny of eight, sable and gules, a lion rampant, or. Crest: A demi lion rampant, or. Motto: Heb-d-Dhuw Heb-d-dim a-d-Dhuw a-digon. (Without God nothing, with God enough.)

Sir Mathew ap levan married Jenet, daughter of Richard Fleming, and had three sons: David, Robert and Lewis. The oldest, Sir David, was one of the most distinguished men of his time, having been made grand standard bearer of England by Edward IV, as a reward for saving his life at the battle of
Towton, Palm Sunday 1461. Sir Davis died about 1480 and his tomb, ornamented with his full length figure in full armor. is still in existence in the cathedral in Llandaff, Wales.

The second son, Robert, of Castell-y-Mynach, Wales, was the progenitor of the Mathews family in Virginia. His great-great-grandson was Tobias Mathew, archbishop of York, who married Frances Barlow, and whose son, Samuel Mathews, was horn in 1592 and was sent to Virginia by James I in 1622 as one
of five commissioners "to make particular and diligent inquiry concern-mg the present state of the colony." In 1623 he was commissioned captain of a company to go against the Tanx Powhatan Indians. in 1625 he was appointed one of the king's council in Virginia, Sir Francis Wyatt being governor. He
remained a member of that body until 1644. In December, 1656, he was elected to the council again, this time to that place nearest the governor, and on March 13, 1657, was elected governor of the colony by the House of Burgesses, and remained in office till his death in i660. He owned several plantations,
one of which was first called "Mathews Manour," but afterwards known as "Denbeigh," and it is from the latter that the county seat of Warwick county takes its name, it being located upon that plantation. He also owned "Fleur de Hundred," near Point Comfort. He married the daughter of Sir Thomas Hinton and had by her two sons, Samuel and Francis.

Sir married Jonet FLEMING about 1406. Jonet (daughter of Richard Jenkyn FLEMING and Unknown RAYNE) was born in 1365 in Penelyne, Ogmore, Glamorgan, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Note 1./ Notes from site of Barry L Matthews : <>

THE MARRIAGE OF THE FIRST MATHEW, VIZ, MATHEW AP EVAN, TO JANET FLEMING, WHO WAS WHAT WE PRESUME WOULD NOW BE STYLED A "LADY IN HER OWN RIGHT", BEING THE DAU. AND SOLE HEIRESS OF ONE OF THE GREAT FEUDAL BARONS OF GLAMORGAN, GAVE THE STATUS OF BARONS OF GLAMORGAN TO THE ELDEST LINE OF THE MATHEW CLAN FOR FOUR GENERATIONS. JENKIN FLEMING AT THE TIME OF HIS DAUGHTER'S MARRIAGE SEEMS TO HAVE RESIDED IN LLANDAFF, AND HER HUSBAND, MATHEW AP EVAN, WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST OF HIS FAMILY WHO REALLY DWELT WITHIN THE LITTLE CITY, FROM WHICH THE ANCIENT FAMILY SEAT OF CASTELL-Y-MYNACH WAS FIVE MILES DISTANT

Dafydd married Gwenllian Verch PHILIP. Gwenllian was born about 1388 in Sain Pyr, Matharn, Monmouthshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Llywelyn married Miss Verch IEUAN about 1386 in Rady, Glamorganshire, So Wales. Miss was born about 1364 in Llantrisant, Meisgyn, Glamorgan, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]