DAFYDD COWPER (GOWPER) (fl. c. 1500), poet, of Wrexham.
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Benjamin George Owens
His poems are preserved in Pen. MSS. 76, 312, Llanstephan MS 118 , Cardiff MSS. 7, 49, B.M. Add. MS. 14997, and N.L.W. MS. 728. Among them is a cywydd which John Puleston the elder (' Sion pilstwn hen ') of Bersham caused to be written to John, abbot of Valle Crucis, and an englyn to the steeple of Wrexham church, 1507.
Author
- Benjamin George Owens
Published date: 1959
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