Little is known of his career. He is believed to have been a native of the parish of Trefeglwys in the cantref of Arwystli, Montgomeryshire, and to have spent most of his life in that area. He composed a considerable 'amount of verse to the landed families of that neighbourhood. For his works, see J. Afan Jones ' Gweithiau Barddonol Huw Arwystli ' (M.A. dissertation, University of Wales, 1926, unpublished), and also NLW MS 16B , NLW MS 18B , NLW MS 313D , NLW MS 436B , NLW MS 552B , NLW MS 643B , NLW MS 695E , NLW MS 719B , NLW MS 727D , NLW MS 832E , NLW MS 834B , NLW MS 1001B , NLW MS 1246D , NLW MS 1247D , NLW MS 1553A , NLW MS 2691D , NLW MS 3288Bi , NLW MS 5261A , NLW MS 5269B , NLW MS 5273D , NLW MS 5283B , NLW MS 6499B , NLW MS 7191B , NLW MS 8330B , NLW MS 9166B , NLW MS 10251B , NLW MS 11087B , NLW MS 11816B ; Brogyntyn MSS. 1, 5; Bodewryd MS 1D ; Bodewryd MS 2B ; Cwrtmawr MS 200B , Cwrtmawr MS 206B , Cwrtmawr MS 242B , Cwrtmawr MS 244B , Cwrtmawr MS 454B ; Swansea MS. 1; Esgair MS. 81; Wynnstay MSS. 1, 2; and Gwysaney MS. 25 - all in the National Library of Wales.
Published date: 1959
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