HUW CORNWY (fl. 1580-1596), bard

Name: Huw Cornwy
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.

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Published date: 1959

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