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be noted as had he lived to Oct it would have been just half a 
century since the arrival list announced the coming of Mr. and 
Mrs. Mathews. The C&ronicle of thursday, 4th May,* says— 
Sunday died at his house in Portland Place, &c. The Chronicle 
by naming the day as sunday makes the death on the goth 
April, not the 25th as in the /ourna?, Another curious dis- 
crepancy on what would seem so simple and certain. The 
will of Thomas Mathews of Bath esqre. dated 13 Dec 1818, 
proved December 1820,+ being short as his estate interest 
ceased with his life, is here given nearly in full :— 
I give and bequeath every thing of every kind without 
the exception of the most trifling article to my wife Diana 
and appoint her whole and sole executrix, to do therewith 
as she may please. } 
One witness was Charlotte Jones of Fonmon Castle. 
Next, the Chronicle of 4 April 1822,} records the death on 
“thursday,” (¢.¢. 28 March) at her house in Portland Place in 
her 83rd year of Diana relict of Thomas Mathews esq. Through 
the long life of this much esteemed lady she evinced her 
charitable disposition in continual acts of kindness to the poor 
and distressed by whom as well as by her immediate connections 
her death will be sincerely regretted. 
By her will proved 26 Nov 1822,§ she bequeathed legacies, 
valuable pictures and jewels ; and besides an interest in the 
house, a thousand pounds to her niece Charlotte ; and whereas I 
am entitled to considerable arrears of annuity from my late brother 
Robert in Glamorgan now the possession of my nephew Robert, 
from this I give to be paid any monies due as advanced to my 
husband or myself. 
An oval tablet in the Abbey church now inside the west 
SPE sco... 3. + Kent, 685. scree Nas nCOly es 
§ Herschell, 605. 
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