MORUS MAWDDWY, or MORUS ap LLYWELYN (fl. c. 1540-1570), a Merionethshire poet
Name: Morus Mawddwy
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
We have no details about him but some of his poems have survived in manuscripts and were addressed to Rhys Fychan of Corsygedol and to the Dwnn family.
Author
- Ray Looker
- Bodewryd MS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 2 (81)
- Cardiff Manuscript 84 (1081)
- NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 40: Poetry in praise of Gruffydd Dwnn (54, 137, 141)
- NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 133: Poetry (416, 431, 881)
- NLW Archives: NLW MS 3046D
- Edward Davies, Traethawd ar Enwogion Swydd Feirion, hen a diweddar, yn gelfyddydwyr, beirdd, gwyddonwyr, pregethwyr
- Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a bywgraphyddol (1875)
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20733992
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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