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discover. He married Diana daughter of Robert Jones, of 
Fonmon Castle* in the parish of Penmark in Glamorgan, but 
he was not married at Penmark. With this marriage he hada 
further jointure income, thus in the little sketch already noticed 
by P. P. Pallet—he is made to say he started first towards Wales 
to court the charms of unsophisticated nature “upon his jointure 
farms” in Glamorgan. 
In order of time, the Bath Chronicle of thursday the 4th 
October 1770, tells us that the season was begun, and that on 
saturday the 6th, the theatre would be opened, on monday the 
music would begin at the Pump Room, and on tuesday would 
be the first ball. Following this the arrival list soon swells 
and amongst these arrivals during the week, as announced in the 
Chronicle issue for 11th October 1770T are Mr. and Mrs. Mathews. 
There is so far nothing to connect these with the subject here 
but presently it will be found with fair probability that it was so. 
Mathews from his general qualifications was soon in the vortex 
of Bath life, and a well known man. Thus he was early 
acquainted with the Linley family and would be so in time with 
the Sheridans who it may be noted must have arrived in Bath 
about the same date. Then came his association with young 
Sheridan through 1771, and presently the quarrels of 1772, these 
being necessarily already told in connection with, as inseparable 
from, the Sheridan story. 
Examining now the records, the contemporary idea of the 
trouble, was not that which has been later published. The 
General Evening Fost of 4 July 1772, only three days after 
the second duel, says that Sheridan fell defending a young lady’s 
honour against the aspersions cast upon it by a certain military 
gentleman. 
A later notice in January 1792, twenty years only after the 
event,! says,— Among the admirers of Miss Linley was a Mr. 
* Clark G. T., Limbus, &c., p. 216. TPs 35 Colaras 
+ Historical and Biographical Magazine, p. It. 
