HUW PENNANT (‘Syr’) (fl. during the second half of the 15th century), cleric, poet, and antiquary

son of David Pennant of Bychton near Holywell, Flints., and brother of Thomas Pennant, abbot of Basingwerk. Some of his poems, all vaticinatory, exist in manuscript. Pen. MS. 182, written by ‘Syr’ Huw himself c. 1514, includes, among other items, genealogies, poetry, and his Welsh translation of the Latin text of a life of S. Ursula.

Author

• Ray Looker, Cardiff

Sources

• Havod Manuscript at Cardiff Central Library 5;
• Llanstephan Manuscript at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 133 (173);
• NLW MSS 3077, 6209;
• Peniarth Manuscript in the National Library of Wales 182;
• Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a bywgraphyddol (1875);
• Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches (1846), ii, 305;
• J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families (1914), 214;
• ‘Gweirydd ap Rhys,’ Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig, 1300–1650 (1885);
• Reports on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language (1898–1910), I, iii.

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Published date: 1959

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