LEWIS POWYS (fl. c. 1530), poet

He composed cywyddau to ‘Sir’ Owen Poole, vicar of Aberyw (Berriw) c. 1527-33, and to Edward and Roger, sons of Humphrey Kynaston. He also composed a cywydd and an awdl to Lewis Gwynn, the constable of Bishop's Castle (died 1552), a distinguished patron of the bards.

Author

• Professor David James Bowen, Aberystwyth

Sources

• The Records of the Diocese of Saint Asaph in the National Library of Wales;
• Llanstephan Manuscript at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 133 (107);
• N.L.W. Bodewryd MS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 1 (77);
• Peniarth Manuscript in the National Library of Wales 114 (18, 27).

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Published date: 1959

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