IEUAN ap GRUFFUDD LEIAF (fl. latter half of 15th century), poet
Name: Ieuan Ap Gruffudd Leiaf
Child: Sion Leiaf
Parent: Gruffudd Leiaf
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
A member of a Denbighshire family, son of Gruffudd Leiaf ap Gruffudd Fychan ap Gruffudd ap Dafydd Goch, and a descendant of Owain Gwynedd (Pen. MS. 127 (19)). Some examples of his work remain in manuscript, including cywyddau and awdlau to members of the Penrhyn and Nanconwy families, vaticinatory and religious poems, a poem on Aberconwy, a satire on the Llugwy river for hindering the poet while journeying to Penrhyn, and a short bardic controversy, or ymryson, composed between Guto'r Glyn and himself. (Gwaith Guto'r Glyn, 17, and Pen. MS. 99 (624)). Poetry written by his father, his son Syr Siôn Leiaf, and also by RHOBERT LEIAF (probably his son or uncle) is also found in manuscript.
Author
Sources
- Jones and Lewis, Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau (1928)
- Ifor Williams and J. Llywelyn Williams, Gwaith Guto'r Glyn (1939), 1939
- H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9251-9277A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
- Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a bywgraphyddol (1875)
- Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen (1852)
- Gweirydd ap Rhys, Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig, 1300–1650 (1885)
- William Owen Pughe, The Cambrian Biography (1803) (the dates given in the two latter works are too late)
- Edward Davies, Traethawd ar Enwogion Swydd Feirion, hen a diweddar, yn gelfyddydwyr, beirdd, gwyddonwyr, pregethwyr, 1870
Further Reading
- Wikipedia Article: Ieuan ap Gruffudd Leiaf
Additional Links
- Wikidata: Q20733261
Published date: 1959
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