GRUFFUDD NANNAU (fl. c. 1460) poet

Name: Gruffudd Nannau
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker

A member apparently of the Nannau family. He was contemporary with Dafydd ap Maredudd ap Tudur, fl. 1460. Some examples of his work exist in manuscript, and these include an englyn written to the poet Gruffudd Phylip (NLW MS 643B (39b)), a cywydd to the sons of Ieuan Fychan of Pengwern (died c. 1458) (Cardiff MS. 83 (28b)); NLW MS 3049D (500)), and another to Dafydd Llwyd ap Gruffudd Deuddwr (Peniarth MS 64 (236)).

Author

Ray Looker

Sources

H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9251-9277A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a bywgraphyddol (1875)
William Owen Pughe, The Cambrian Biography (1803)
Robert Williams, Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen (1852)

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20733110

Published date: 1959

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