MORUS BERWYN (fl. c. 1553-1615), poet

A native, apparently, of the Berwyn district of North Wales. A number of his poems remain in manuscripts. Most of these are addressed to various members of North Wales families, including John Salusbury of Lleweni and his wife Katheryn (of Berain), Sir William Morys of Clenennau, Robert Wyn of Foelas, Thomas Vaughan of Hafod, captain William Thomas. There are also a poem in praise of Bishop William Morgan and a number of various englynion.

Author

• Ray Looker

Sources

• Additional Manuscripts in the British Museum 14879, 14898
• Brogyntyn MS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 6
• Cardiff Manuscripts 12, 19, 20, 22, 84
• NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 35: Poetry
• NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 118: Poetry
• NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 122: Poetry
• NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 123: Poetry
• NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 124: Poetry
• NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 125: Poetry
• NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 133: Poetry
• NLW Archives: NLW MS 3057D
• NLW MS 253A, NLW MS 278B, NLW MS 431B, NLW MS 1553A, NLW MS 2691D, NLW MS 6495D, NLW MS 6496C
• NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 87: Barddoniaeth
• NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 93: Llyfr Cadwaladr Wynn
• NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 121: Poetry, &c.
• H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9251-9277A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
• Robert Williams, Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen (1852)
• William Owen Pughe, The Cambrian Biography (1803)

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20733986

Published date: 1959

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