HYWEL HIR (fl. 1600-1640), poet, probably in holy orders

Name: Hywel Hir
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet, probably in holy orders
Area of activity: Poetry; Religion
Author: Ray Looker

No details concerning his life are known, but some of his poems, including a religious cywydd, remain in manuscript. The following manuscripts contain examples of his work: Bodewryd MS 1D ; B.M. Add. MS. 14906; Brogyntyn MS. 6; Cardiff MS. 84; NLW MS 675A , NLW MS 1559B .

Author

Ray Looker

Sources

H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9251-9277A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a bywgraphyddol (1875)
Robert Williams, Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen (1852)
William Owen Pughe, The Cambrian Biography (1803)

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20733251

Published date: 1959

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