Mathew ap Leuan of Castle Kibwr

• Preferred Name: Mathew ap Leuan of Castle Kibwr ^[1]
  
• Alternate Name: Mathew ap Hywel
  
• Alternate Name: Mathew ap Evan
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: 1368 in Castle Kibwr, Brynwith, Glamorgan, Wales at LATI: N1.4736 LONG: E3.3653
  
• Burial: ABT 1419 in Wales at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664
  
• Death: ABT 1419 in Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales at LATI: N1.4933 LONG: E3.2198
  
• Christening: 1368 in Wales at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir Knight
  
• FSID: LYPC-6VP
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Mathew ap Ieuan
  Birthdate: circa 1368 (51)
  Birthplace: Castell Kibwr, Brynwith, Glamorgan, Wales
  Death: circa 1419 (43-59)
  Llandaff, Glamorgan, Glamorganshire, Wales
  Immediate Family:
  Son of Ieuan ap Gruffudd and Crisli verch Gawdyn
  Husband of Jonet Fleming
  Father of Sir Dafydd Mathew; Robert Mathew Lord of Castell-Y-Mynach; Haskyn Mathew; Lewys Mathew; Morfydd verch Mathew and 1 other
  Brother of Gwenllian verch Ieuan; Elen verch Ieuan; Ieuan ab Ieuan; Owain ab Ieuan; Llewelyn ab Ieuan and 3 others
  Half brother of Hywel ap Ieuan
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  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.
  
  === Child born abt 1411, mother not known * ===
  Child born abt 1411, mother not known *
  
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  Line 1114 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: BIRT PLAC Castell Kibwr Brynwith, Glamorgan, Wales
  
  === ! RELATIONSHIP: H. Reed Black is 15th G ===
  ! RELATIONSHIP: H. Reed Black is 15th G G Son.
  
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  Line 554 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: BIRT PLAC Castell Kibwr Brynwith, Glamorgan, Wales From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. Line 554 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: BIRT PLAC Castell Kibwr Brynwith, Glamorgan, Wales From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
  
  === Jenet/Fleming ===
  Jenet/Fleming
  
  === 1377 ===
  1377
  
  === !AF 4.15: Encl. 233 ===
  !AF 4.15: Encl. 233
  
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  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === Castle Kibur, Brynwith, Glanorgan, Wales ===
  Castle Kibur, Brynwith, Glanorgan, Wales.
  
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  === !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ===
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  === The following sources have been used to ===
  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" and other bites and pieces of records which have been collected over the years from various sources.
  
  Dafydd; Robert; Lewis; Hoskyn and Morfudd (Mary), who was born abt. 1419 in Merionth and married Eionion ap Deicws. Less information seems to be available about Lewis and Hoskyn, possibly because the only children that I have been able to find were mostly daughters who married into other families forever removing the possibility of keeping the same surname of Mathew. Lewis Mathew born abt. 1409 in Carn-Lwyd, Llancarfan, Glamorgan married Joan verch Griffith ap Rhys of Carnllwyd and had two daughters namely Joan and Katherine who was born in 1429. Some records indicate that his wife's name was Joan verch Thomas. Hoskyn (Haskyn) Mathew born 1411 in Llandaff married Jane Howel born 1409 in Rys Gwillim and had what seems to be one son named Lewis or Llewelyn born 1428 in Glynneath, Glamorgan and married Miss Rees. No other records have been found. Daughter, Jenet born 1430 in Llandaff married Thomas Powell Tellet and daughter Alice who married Richard Pugh Griffith.
  
  The two sons of Sir Mathew which has a considerable amount of available information about them were, Dafydd Mathew and his brother Robert Mathew of Castell-y-Mynach from whom descended Tobias Mathew, Archbishop of York, an eminent Anglican Prelate, founder of the City Library, Bristol. We will deal with Dafydd Mathew first since he seems to have been the first and oldest of Sir Mathew and Jenet Fleming.
  
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  From "The Red Dragon" National Magazine of Wales, Edited by Charles Wilkins, 1884:
  
  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 daughter 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.
  
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  === !LDS Family History Library ===
  !LDS Family History Library
  
  === (1377) ===
  (1377)
  
  === Grandfather of the 15th Great Grandmother of John Leslie Cyr ===
  jc
  
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  === Sir ap ===
  Sir ap
  
  === Name Suffix: Knight Ancestral File ===
  Name Suffix: Knight Ancestral File Number: 9HJP-XP
  
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  Name Suffix: (Knight) Ancestral File Number: 9HJP-XP
  
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  === Sir, ===
  Sir,
  
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  === !TITLE: Sir Knight ===
  !TITLE: Sir Knight
  
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  === Anc File ===
  Anc File
  
  === !BIRTH: Castell Kibwr Brynwith, Glamorga ===
  !BIRTH: Castell Kibwr Brynwith, Glamorgan, Wales

• m. 1406 in Glamorganshire, Wales

1. Dafydd ap Mathew, b. 1400 in Cibwr, Glamorgan, Wales     d. 1484 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales
2. Robert Mathew Lord Castell Menych, b. 1404 in Pen-Tyrch, Glamorganshire, Wales     d. ABT 1504 in Pen-Tyrch, Glamorganshire, Wales

1. Title: SIR LEUAN AP GRUFFUDD
   Author: SEE BELOW
   Note: [Jane Williams Flank] Sir Knight Ieuan ap Griffith Gethyn Sir Knight Ieuan took over his grandfathers Knights of St. John's known as Ieuan's Hospice. Was 9th Lord of Grosmont, M.A. Oriel College, Oxford. (The following marriage may or may not be correct). Married Cecilia, daughter and heir of Sir Robert de Clare, 2nd son of Richard, 4th Earl of Hereford, by his wife the Lady Amina, daughter and co-heir with her sister Isabel (1st wife of King John) to William, Earl of Gloucester. Other possible wives were Crisli verch Gawdyn; Cecil verch aydan and Cecil Llewely. NOTE:Mathew of Llandaff, Radir, C. This very ancient and long continuing family derived from Gwilyn, son of Gwaethfoed, Lord of Cardigan by Morfydd, dau. of Ynyr, King of Gwent, throught Gruffydd Gethin, ranked as tenth from Gwaethfoed, Ivan ap Gruffyd Gethin, who married Cecil, daug. and heiress of Watkin Llewelyn of Llandaff, of the lineage of Iestyn ap Gwrgant. He settled at Llandaff, his son, Mathew Ieuan Gruffydd, and his Grandson, David Mathew, introduced the surname which never ceased for twelve generations. They intermarried with the Flemings of Flemingston, Morgans of Tredegar, Gamages of Coity, Stradlings of St. Donats, and branched off at early periods into the vigorous families of Mathew of Castell Menych (Monk's Castle) and Mathew of Radir, Mathew of Aberaman and Mathew of Sweldom and Llancalach, all of whom are now extinct. The house of Llandaff supplied Sheriffs for Glamorgan in the years 1546, 1746 and member of Parliament in the person of Thomas Mathew, father and son in 1744, 1756. This same Thomas Mathew, Sen., of Llandaff, was Rear Admiral and Admiral of the White; and Thomas the son was a Major in the Army. In his election he polled 954 votes against 212 given for his opponent, Charles Van, Esq., By his wife, Anne, daughter of Robert Knight, Esq., of Sutturn, he had, besides several other children, a son, also named Thomas Mathew, Esq., of Llandaff. The Sheriff of 1769 who died 1771, s.p. the Mathews of Llandaff bore the arms of Gwaethfoed-or, a Lion rampany regardant sa. crowned GU). From the Mathews Genealogical Research Foundation website.
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