Mathafarn
Mathafarn is a house and farm near Llanwrin, in Wales. The earliest house here was built before 1485, and Mathafarn plays a significant role in Welsh and English history.
History
The earliest reference to Mathafarn is in 1485. Henry Tudor was travelling through Wales to meet Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, when he stopped at Mathafarn Hall, near Machynlleth and consulted with the poet Dafydd Llwyd (c1420 to c1500) who lived at the hall.[1] Llwyd was made an esquire following Henry's decisive victory at the Battle of Bosworth.[2]
Around 1600, the house was owned by Richard ap John ap Hugh, a descendant of Llwyd.
Another house was built at Mathafarn towards the end of the 17th century and was sold to Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn in 1752.[3] Wynn's son Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet built a new house at Mathafarn around 1800.[7]
By 1859, Williams-Wynn had moved out of Mathafarn and had leased the house to William Owen.[8] In 1915, Edward Hughes, a county alderman and magistrate of Montgomeryshire was in possession of Mathafarn.[9] The house built in 1800 still stands in 2017.[7]
Location
Mathafarn is located half a mile north-west of
References
- ^ Breeze, Andrew (2008). "A Welsh Poem of 1485 on Richard III" (PDF). The Ricardian. 18.
- ^ "DAFYDD LLWYD ap LLYWELYN ap GRUFFUDD". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
- ^ a b "PUGH family, of Mathafarn, Mont.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
- ^ Skinner, John (1878). Archaeologia Cambrensis. Cambrian Archaeological Association.
- ^ Williams, W R (1895). The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales.
- ISBN 9780954211769.
- ^ a b "Mathafarn (29590)". Coflein. RCAHMW. 2009.
- ^ "Machynlleth Agricultural Society". The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality. 15 October 1859.
- ^ "New Montgomeryshire Magistrates". The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality. 27 August 1915.
- ^ "A History and Conspectus of Montgomeryshire Water Corn Mills". The Montgomeryshire Collections: Relating to Montgomeryshire and Its Borders. 87. Welshpool: Powys-land Club: 55. 1999.