GRUFFUDD LLWYD ap DAFYDD ab EINION LLYGLIW (fl. c. 1380-1410), a poet
Gender: Male
Occupation: a poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
nephew of the poet Hywel ab Einion Llygliw, and native of the parish of Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire. According to the elegy composed to him by Rhys Goch Eryri he was a descendant of Einion Yrth; he is called in Cardiff MS. 18 (190) ' chancellor of Hereford cathedral,' but no further details or supporting proof are known. One of the most important and able of contemporary poets and well-acquainted with Welsh literature and folklore, he was entertained at some of the famous courts of his period. His work includes poems to Owain Glyndŵr, Sir David Hanmer, Owain ap Maredudd of Neuadd Wen, and Hywel and Meurig Llwyd of Nannau, love and religious poetry, and it is now certain that he is the author of the poem to send the sun to greet Glamorgan, which has also been attributed to Iolo Goch and Dafydd ap Gwilym (Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, i, 235). The elegy composed by Rhys Goch Eryri on his death forms the opening of that poet's bardic controversy (ymryson) with Llywelyn ap Moel; Gruffudd is also praised by Llywelyn.
Author
- Ray Looker
- Jones and Lewis, Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau (1928)
- Bodewryd MS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 1
- Brogyntyn MSS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 1, 2, 5
- NLW Archives: Cwrtmawr MS 204B, Cwrtmawr MS 244B, Cwrtmawr MS 312B
- Esgair Manuscript at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 95 (N.L.W.)
- Gwysaney MS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 25
- NLW Archives: NLW MS 643B, NLW MS 1246D, NLW MS 1247D, NLW MS 1559B, NLW MS 2026B, NLW MS 3077B, NLW MS 4710B, NLW MS 5273D, NLW MS 5283B, NLW MS 6511B, NLW MS 6681B, NLW MS 8330B, NLW MS 13071B, NLW MS 13081B, NLW MS 13167B, NLW MS 13168A
- H. Lewis, Thomas Roberts, Ifor Williams (eds), Cywyddau Iolo Goch ac Eraill, 1350–1450 (Bangor 1925), lxxviii, 123, 161
- Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, i, 235
- Edward Jones, Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh bards (London 1794), 39
- Thomas Pennant, A Tour (Tours) in [North] Wales, 1883, iii, 297
- H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9251-9277A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
- J. Davies, Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ et linguæ Latinæ, dictionarium duplex (1632)
Sources
- Wikipedia Article: Gruffudd Llwyd
Further Reading
- Wikidata: Q13128787
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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