GRUFFUDD ap GRONW GETHIN or GRUFFUDD LLWYD ap GRONW GETHIN (fl. c. 1380-1420), poet

Name: Gruffudd ap Gronw Gethin
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker

of Llanfair Talhaearn, Denbighshire. Cwrtmawr MS 242B states that he lived at 'talwrn y kethin ymhikyll y maelor Gymraeg' [i.e. Pickhill in Welsh Maelor ]. Some of his poems remain, including two on the condition of contemporary poets and their poetry.

Author

Ray Looker

Sources

Jones and Lewis, Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau (1928)
NLW Archives: Cwrtmawr MS 204B (78), Cwrtmawr MS 242B (140), Cwrtmawr MS 244B (102)
NLW Archives: NLW MS 728D (81), NLW MS 5283B (93), NLW MS 6499B (160)
H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9251-9277A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
Robert Williams, Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen (1852)

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20733102

Published date: 1959

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