HYWEL FOEL ap GRIFFRI ap PWYLL GWYDDEL (fl. c. 1240-1300), a poet
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
His only remaining work consists of the two awdlau in praise of Owain (Goch) ap Gruffydd, and composed during Owain's long imprisonment by his brother, prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. No details of his life are known.
Author
- Ray Looker
- NLW Archives: NLW MS 6680B: Llawysgrif Hendregadredd (23b, 24)
- The Myvyrian archaiology of Wales (Denbigh 1870), 266, 267
- 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)
- Edward Jones, Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh bards (London 1784)
- J. E. Lloyd, A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest (London 1911), 742
Sources
- Rhian M. Andrews (ed.), Gwaith Bleddyn Fardd a beirdd eraill ail hanner y drydedd ganrif ar ddeg (Caerdydd 1996)
- Wikipedia Article: Hywel Foel ap Griffri ap Pwyll Wyddel
Further Reading
- Wikidata: Q3331107
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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