HUW CORNWY (fl. 1580-1596), bard
Gender: Male
Occupation: bard
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Robert (Bob) Owen
possibly a native of Llanfair-yng-nghornwy, Anglesey. He wrote elegies upon members of the Anglesey families of Meyrick of Bodorgan and Rhydderch of Myfyrian, and on Rhys ap Thomas. He also engaged in a bardic controversy with Rhydderch ap Rhisiart of Myfyrian.
Author
- Robert (Bob) Owen, (1885 - 1962)
- NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 125: Poetry
- Dafydd Jones (Trefriw) MS. in possession of the writer
Sources
- Wikidata: Q13129192
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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