HUW ap DAFYDD (fl. 1550-1628), poet

From the fact that the objects of his panegyrics and elegies were North Wales gentry it appears that the poet, too, was from that part of Wales though according to Cambrian Biog., Cymru (O.J), Enwogion Cymru: a Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen , and Blackwell he was from Ewyas, Herefordshire. A number of his poems remain in manuscripts, including some to Hywel ap Siôn ap Dafydd ab Ithel Fychan of Bryn Cynddel, Siôn ap Hywel Fychan of Penllyn, Sir Roger Salusbury of Llewenni, Pierce Salusbury of Bachymbyd, Pirs Griffith of Penrhyn, Lewys Owain of Dolgelley, and Siôn ab Elis Eutun (Eyton) of Ruabon.

Author

• Ray Looker

Sources

• Jones and Lewis, Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau (1928)
• NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 163: Poetry and prophecies
• NLW Archives: NLW MS 278B, NLW MS 644B, NLW MS 1580B, NLW MS 6681B, NLW MS 13072B
• Wynnstay Manuscript at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 1
• H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9251-9277A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
• Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a bywgraphyddol (1875)
• J. Davies, Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ et linguæ Latinæ, dictionarium duplex (1632)
• William Owen Pughe, The Cambrian Biography (1803)

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20733217

Published date: 1959

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