JONES, LEWIS (fl. 1703), of Pandy, Llan-uwchllyn, Meironnydd, poet

Three examples of his work remain, these being ' Ymddiddan rhwng y Cybydd a'r Trugarog,' ' Cyngor i'r Gôf o Rôs y Gwaliau,' and ' Cerdd i ŵr ifanc oedd yn glaf o gariad merch.' It is not clear whether there was any connection between him and two other poets from Llanuwchllyn - ROBERT JONES and ROLANT JONES (fl. 1762). A love ballad composed by the former is found in NLW MS 645B (34b), and examples of the latter's poetry is found in NLW MS 672D (257), NLW MS 4698A (141), and, possibly, in Cwrtmawr MS 206B (176), NLW MS 4697A (67) NLW MS 12867D (35), and Swansea MS. 3 (13). [It is possible that Ioan Pedr copied MSS. by these two - see Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society, iv, 4, p. 167.]

Author

• Ray Looker

Sources

• NLW Archives: NLW MS 1238B (27)
• David Jones, Blodeu-Gerdd Cymry (Mwythig 1779), 99, 440
• H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9251-9277A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
• Edward Davies (Iolo Meirion), Traethawd ar Enwogion Swydd Feirion, hen a diweddar, yn gelfyddydwyr, beirdd, gwyddonwyr, pregethwyr, 1870
• Hanes llenyddiaeth Gymreig o 1651 O.C. hyd 1850 (1893), 108

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• Wikidata: Q20733782

Published date: 1959

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