CATRIN ferch GRUFFYDD ap IEUAN [ap LLYWELYN?] FYCHAN (fl. 16th century), poet
Parent: Sioned ferch Rhisiart ab Hywel
Parent: Gruffydd ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan
Gender: Female
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
Daughter, it appears, of the poet Gruffydd ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan of Llannerch in the Vale of Clwyd. One poem only of her work remains, a religious poem in NLW MS 722B (155). It appears that the poem in Cardiff MS. 19 (742), Cwrtmawr MS 14C (72), and NLW MS 6681B (404) was composed by her sister, Alice.
Author
- Ray Looker
Published date: 1959
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