IEUAN ap BEDO GWYN, or IEUAN BEDO GWYN (fl. c. 1530-1590?), poet
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
and owner of the Llysyn estate, Llanerfyl, Montgomeryshire, before its purchase by the Herbert family; descendant of one of the younger branches of the family of Neuadd Wen (a neighbouring estate), and therefore of Maredudd, brother of Gruffudd ap Cynan. A little only of his work remains, and this includes a cywydd written to Dafydd ap Ieuan Llwyd of Nantmynach, in 1538.
Author
- Ray Looker
- Brogyntyn MS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 2
- Cardiff Manuscript 84
- NLW Archives: Cwrtmawr MS 12B
- Jes. Coll. MS. at the Bodleian Library, Oxford 17
- NLW Archives: NLW MS 872D, NLW MS 5266B
- 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)
- Collections Historical and Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire, xvi, 82
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20733260
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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