Matthew Cradock

- 1531

• Name	Matthew Cradock
  Birth	of Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	of Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   [4]
  Death	Between 14 Jun 1531 and 16 Aug 1531  [5, 6]
  Alternate death	Abt Jul 1531  [1]
  Burial	Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales   [4]
  Person ID	I29900	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Richard ap Gwilim ap Evan ap Cradock Vreichfras
  Mother	Jennet Horton,   b. of Cantelupeston Castle near Newton, Glamorgan, Wales
  Family ID	F17859	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alice Mansel
  Marriage	1488  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Margaret Cradock
  Family ID	F17845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine Gordon   d. Between 12 Oct 1537 and 5 Nov 1537
  Marriage	1517  [1]
  Family ID	F17850	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Seneschal of Gower. Receiver of Glamorgan. “In his official capacity he is said to have wielded tremendous power in South Wales. On his tombstone he is described as deputy to Charles, earl of Worcester, in the county of ‘Glamorgan and Morgannwg’, as chancellor of the same, and steward of ‘Gower and Kilvei.’ He is believed to have been steward of Gower in 1491 and 1497. A Matthew Cradok was appointed constable for life of the castle of Kayre Filli and Kenfike in South Wales, 6 March 1485-6 (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1 H. VII), and in July 1491 a Matthew Cradok or Cradoke, with others, is granted a commission to seek assistance for the king for his French wars in the lordships of Cardif, Glomorgan, Morgannok, Gower, Ilande, Vske, and Carlyon (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 6 H. VII). Again, Matthew Craddoke of London, alias of Swaynesey, co. Glamorgan, is granted a pardon for not appearing before the king’s justices 6 February 1504-5 (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 20 H. VII). The contemporary Welsh bard Iorwerth Fynglwyd composed two poems referring to Sir Mathew, one when he was imprisoned by him, at Swansea, and another seeking to be reconciled to him. He was twice married - first to Alice, daughter of Philip Mansel of Oxwich castle, and second to Katherine Gordon, widow of Perkin Warbeck. By his first wife he had a daughter, Margaret, who married Richard Herbert of Ewyas, Herefordshire, and became the mother of William Herbert, who was created earl of Pembroke in 1551.” [Dictionary of Welsh Biography, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

  [S800] The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of That Kingdom. Ed. James Balfour Paul. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904-1914. [S4326] History of the Family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel) by Edward Phillips Statham, from material collected by Charles A. Maunsell. Volume One. London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co., 1917. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing. [S4321] Historical Notices of Sir Matthew Cradock, Knt., of Swansea, in the Reigns of Henry VII. and VIII. by John Montgomery Traherne. Llandovery, Carmarthenshire: William Rees, 1840. [S903] The Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales, 2007 and ongoing. [S4321] Historical Notices of Sir Matthew Cradock, Knt., of Swansea, in the Reigns of Henry VII. and VIII. by John Montgomery Traherne. Llandovery, Carmarthenshire: William Rees, 1840., year only.