HUW LLŶN (fl. c. 1552-1594), poet

A native of Llŷn, who graduated in the third bardic grade at the Caerwys eisteddfod of 1568 - Peniarth MS 132 (59). It appears that he may have been a brother of Wiliam Llŷn (NLW MS 1244D (28), NLW MS 1580B (308), Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, ix, 112, etc.). According to Myrddin Fardd, J. E. Griffith, and J. C. Morrice, he was the squire Huw ap Rhisiart ap Dafydd of Cefn Llanfair, but there is no proof that they were the same person.

Some of Huw Llŷn's poetry remains, and this includes poems to Walter Devereux (earl of Essex), Henry Rowland (bishop of Bangor), Simon Thelwall of Plas y Ward, and to the South Walians Thomas Vaughan (Pembrey), Gruffudd Dwnn (Ystrad Merthyr), William and George Owen (Henllys), and John Lloyd (Cilgwyn). A bardic controversy occurred between him and Siôn Mawddwy, and another between him and Wiliam Cynwal and four other poets, Wiliam Llŷn, Ieuan Tew, Siôn Phylip and Hywel Ceiriog.

An example of his handwriting is found in Llanstephan MS 40 (149-156).

Author

• Ray Looker

Sources

• Additional Manuscript in the British Museum 14894
• Stowe Manuscript 959
• Cardiff Manuscripts 52, 63, 84
• NLW Archives: Cwrtmawr MS 3B: Barddoniaeth, Trioedd, &c
• NLW Archives: Cwrtmawr MS 216B: Llyfr Richard Foulke
• Poetry in praise of Gruffydd Dwnn, Llanstephan MS 40
• Poetry, [1668x1722], Llanstephan MS 133
• NLW Archives: NLW MS 3021F, NLW MS 3047C, NLW MS 3048D
• 'Talm o hen-gerdd i Foelyrch', NLW MS 8330B
• H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9251-9277A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
• Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, ix, 112
• Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a bywgraphyddol (1875)
• J. Davies, Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ et linguæ Latinæ, dictionarium duplex (1632)
• Robert Williams, Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen (1852)
• J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families (1914), 224
• J. C. Morrice, Barddoniaeth Wiliam Llyn (1908)
• J. Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'), Cynfeirdd Llyn, 1500-1800 (Pwllheli 1905), 149
• William Owen Pughe, The Cambrian Biography (1803)

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q13129197

Published date: 1959

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