Editing Radyr (section)

===Mathew family===
[[File:Sir William Mathew Llandaf Cathedral.JPG|thumb|Effigies of Sir William Mathew (died 1528) and his wife. The latest of three surviving Mathew family effigies at Llandaff Cathedral<ref>Earliest effigy is of [[David ap Mathew|Sir David Mathew]] (died 1484), the second of Sir Christopher Mathew (died 1527), eldest son of Reyborne Mathew, second son of Sir David</ref>]]
In 1469 Thomas Mathew (died 1469), the third or fourth son of [[Sir David Mathew]] (died 1484) of [[Llandaf]],<ref>{{cite book|first=J. Barry |last=Davies |chapter=Friends of Llandaff Cathedral 2003 annual lecture |title=Friends of Llandaff Cathedral 71st annual report 2003/4 |chapter-url=http://www.users.qwest.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807013913/http://www.users.qwest.net/ |archive-date=August 7, 2013 }}</ref> inherited the land by marriage to Catherine, heiress of Radyr, and built Radyr Court, a [[manor house]] on the site of what is now the Radyr Court Inn in Danescourt.<ref name=TC&G/> The house was used as a court. Although it was destroyed by a fire in the 19th century, the three large [[dungeon]]s survived and can still be seen at the Inn.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-116182175 |title=Court in the Act |last=Welsh |first=Sarah |date=1 May 2004 |newspaper=[[South Wales Echo]] |access-date=20 April 2009}}</ref> On Thomas' death, his lands passed to his eldest son David and then to his younger son William Mathew (died 1528), who was [[knight]]ed by King [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] at the [[Battle of Bosworth]] in 1485.<ref name=TC&G/> Sir William accompanied [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] to the [[Field of the Cloth of Gold]] in 1520. His successor was his eldest son Sir George Mathew, who became [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Glamorganshire]] and in 1545 [[High Sheriff of Glamorgan|Sheriff of Glamorgan]].<ref name=TC&G/><ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Moore |editor-first=Patricia |year=1995 |title=Glamorgan Sheriffs |location=Cardiff |publisher=[[University of Wales Press]] |isbn=978-0-7083-1264-3 }}{{page needed|date=June 2013}}</ref>

Sir George created a [[Medieval deer park|deer park]] that ranged far north of Radyr. Tenant farmers there were evicted, and the loss of rental income contributed to the decline in the family's fortunes.<ref name=TC&G/> He had 24 children, eight of whom were illegitimate. Many were daughters, and Sir George needed large sums of money for their [[dowry|dowries]].<ref name=TC&G/> On his death Sir George's lands passed to his eldest son William, who also became an MP and invested in the [[Pentyrch]] ironworks.<ref name=TC&G/> This was an astute move as [[feudalism]] was giving way to early [[industrialisation]]. William's descendants inherited a diminishing fortune. Captain George Mathew, the last of the family to live in Radyr, married Elizabeth Poyntz, and the couple left Radyr to live on her estates at [[Thurles]] in [[County Tipperary]], [[Ireland]] in 1625.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://martinrealm.org/genealogy/mathew.htm |title=Mathew of Thurles |access-date=28 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105073906/http://martinrealm.org/genealogy/mathew.htm |archive-date=5 January 2009}}</ref>