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The family grave or rather from its size it must be a 
vault, is in the nave of the Abbey church on the north side, just 
about two feet, the width of one grave in fact, straight south 
of the centre of the first or western column. A stone slab: 
now hidden tells that—underneath repose the remains of Miss 
Harriett Mathews who died June 1768; also of Thomas &c., 
and so repeating the tablet. 
On the occasion of the late visit of the late, the first, 
marquess of Dufferin this Mathews story was looked up 
and information asked for. In connection with this was 
announced the discovery in “a castle” in Wales of a 
portrait which was declared to be that of Captain Mathews.” 
Another account a week or so later tells that the picture was 
found in “ Llandaff palace ” where Mathews great great grandson 
resides. Llandaff palace is the residence of the bishop and further 
as Mathews was childless a sight of his great great grandson would 
be a great novelty. The pictures were found in Fonmon Castle 
still the seat of the Jones family. It has always been known 
that many Mathews family relics were there, but as pictures and 
especially portraits rarely bear a name, as they all ought to do, 
very little usually can be known about them. A visit by chance 
when reparations and redecorations of some sort were in progress,. 
when the pictures were down, enabled a closer examination 
which revealed the information written on the back of two that 
they were the counterfeit presentments of—Captain and Mrs. 
Mathews of Llandaff and Bath. Then it was desired to know 
where Mathews lived at Bath and the Chronic/e in time announced | 
that success had attended the tracing this actual residence and 
that an article would shortly appear which will contain new facts 
&c. The article appeared and the new fact was that Mathews 
lived at 19 Portland Place,t but as the “proofs are withheld ” 
said the Hera/d very properly, ‘those interested in such matters 
* Bath Chronicle 1 Sept 1808. + Bladud 7 Sept 1898. 
