HYWEL CILAN (fl. c. the end of the 15th century), a poet

of whose work many examples remain in manuscript. It appears that he was a native of Edeirnion; Cwrtmawr MS 454B (140) states that he was from Llandderfel; Owen Jones gives him as the owner of Llawr y Cilan in Llandrillo - thus providing a possible explanation for the poet's name. The large majority of his poems are addressed to members of various landed families of North Wales, including Presaddfed, Llwydiarth (Anglesey), Deuddwr, Rhug, Moelyrch, and Rhiwlas.

Author

• Ray Looker

Sources

• Jones and Lewis, Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau (1928)
• Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a bywgraphyddol (1875)
• J. Davies, Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ et linguæ Latinæ, dictionarium duplex (1632)
• T. R. Roberts, Eminent Welshmen: a short biographical dictionary of Welshmen... from the earliest times to the present (1908)
• Owen, The Cambrian Biography (1803)

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q18535704

Published date: 1959

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