LLWYD, FFOWC (fl. c. 1580-1620), poet and squire, Fox Hall, Denbighshire

son of Siôn Llwyd and his first wife, Sybil, daughter of Richard Glyn. His wife was Alice, daughter of Ffowc ap Thomas ap Gronw. Little is known about him and only a few of his poems remain in MSS. These include those to Sir John Lloyd of Yale (NLW MS 3057D , 962) and Thomas Prys of Plas Iolyn (B.M. Add. MS. 14896, 58); and also one which reveals the poet's acquaintance with contemporary life in London [ Jesus Coll. MS. 18 (8)].

Author

• Ray Looker

Sources

• John Fisher (ed.), The Cefn Coch MSS. two MSS. of Welsh poetry written principally during the 17th century (Liverpool 1899), 6
• Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches between the years 1586 and 1613, under the authority of Clarencieux and Norroy, two kings at arms (Llandovery 1846), ii, 332
• William Owen Pughe, The Cambrian Biography (1803)

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20733053

Published date: 1959

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