PRITCHARD, ROBERT (fl. 1730-1738), poet and master mariner
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet and master mariner
Area of activity: Business and Industry; Poetry
Author: David Thomas
Blodeu-gerdd Cymry contains a long religious poem by ' Robert Pritchard of Pentraeth, Anglesey, 1738.' He was probably the 'Robert Prichard Poet,' master of the small vessel, Blessing, which carried slates from Abercegin, near Bangor, from 1730 to 1733, as recorded in the Penrhyn estate papers.
Author
- David Thomas, (1880 - 1967)
- David Jones, Blodeu-Gerdd Cymry (Mwythig 1759), 402
- Penrhyn Manuscripts at University College North Wales Library, Bangor (U.C.N.W.), no. 1642
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20734357
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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