IEUAN FYCHAN ap IEUAN ab ADDA (died c. 1458), poet

Name: Ieuan Fychan ap Ieuan ab Adda
Date of death: c. 1458
Spouse: Angharad wraig Ieuan Fychan
Child: Howel ap Ieuan
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: William Llewelyn Davies

An ancestor of the family associated with Mostyn Hall, Flintshire. Ieuan Fychan lived at Pengwern, Denbighshire, before he married Angharad, heiress of Mostyn. Lord Mostyn and T. A. Glenn, in their History of the Family of Mostyn of Mostyn (London, 1925), give some details about the career of Ieuan Fychan; e.g. he was an esquire in the retinue of Thomas Fitz Alan, earl of Arundel and lord of Chirk (with Nanheudwy), and he also fought in France. He was succeeded at Mostyn c. 1457 or 1458 by his son Howel ap Ieuan, father of Richard ap Howel. Ieuan Fychan was a contemporary of the bards Guto'r Glyn and Maredudd ap Rhys, with the latter of whom he had a bardic controversy. For translations of some poems written by or to him see the History mentioned above.

Author

Sir William Llewelyn Davies, (1887 - 1952)

Sources

Jones and Lewis, Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau (1928)
NLW Archives: NLW MS 1557C, NLW MS 3050D, NLW MS 3072E, NLW MS 5269B, NLW MS 11087B, NLW MS 11816B
NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 89: Cywyddau John [Siôn] Phylip
NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 289: Siryddion ac is-siryddion Trefaldwyn

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20733271

Published date: 1959

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