DAFYDD PENNANT (late 16th century), bard
Name: Dafydd Pennant
Gender: Male
Occupation: bard
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Nansi Ceridwen Jones
Gender: Male
Occupation: bard
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Nansi Ceridwen Jones
Two of his cywyddau are preserved in manuscript, viz. a cywydd in praise of 'William of Penrhyn' and a love poem.
Author
- Nansi Ceridwen Jones
- NLW Archives: NLW MS 1553A 1553 (271)
- NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 189: Gramadegau a cherddi (121)
- NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 124: Poetry (638)
- Additional Manuscript in the British Museum 31055 (91b)
- NLW Archives: NLW MS 3051D (532)
- NLW Archives: Cwrtmawr MS 11B (403)
- Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a bywgraphyddol (1875), 421
- Robert Williams, Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen (1852), 395
- Josiah Thomas Jones, Geiriadur Bywgraffyddol o Enwogion Cymru (Aberdâr 1867-70), ii, 379
- William Owen Pughe, The Cambrian Biography (1803), 83
- Geirlyfr Bywgraffiadol o Enwogion Cymru (1870), 175
- H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9251-9277A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
Sources
- Wikipedia Article: Dafydd Pennant
Further Reading
- Wikidata: Q20732758
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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