Islington.
_Mathew, a Cornish Family._--I am anxious to know the connexion of a family
of Mathew, late of Tresungar, co. Cornwall, with any stock in Wales; and I
will gladly defray any necessary expense of search, if can attain this
object. The descent of a family of the name, apparently the same from the
arms, in an old recueil of Devonshire families, is headed "nuper de
Wallia;" and a visitation of that county ascribes their bearing {223} (a
stork) to a marriage with an heir of Starkey, which I have been unable to
verify. A Visitation of Cornwall, to which I have had access, gives a
grant, or probably a confirmation of the arms by Cooke. If this celebrated
Herald's grants are on record, some clew would probably be found; but I
doubt not that many of your readers well versed in genealogical research
can readily answer my Query, and I trust to their kindness to do so.