RAFF ap ROBERT (fl. 1550 of Cilgwyn, Bachymbyd, Denbighshire, 'a free holder of Dyffryn Clwyd' and a non-professional poet
Child: Edwart ap Raff
Gender: Male
Occupation: 'a free holder of Dyffryn Clwyd' and a non-professional poet
Home: Cilgwyn
Area of activity: Land Ownership; Poetry
Author: Rhiannon Francis Roberts
(Jes. Coll. MS. 18) (R.W.M. II, 88). His pedigree is given in Peniarth MS 134 (142-3). As he composed an elegy on the death of Tudur Aled (c. 1526), and as another of his cywyddau is dated 1582 in one manuscript, it would appear that he lived to an advanced age; this is borne out in the elegy upon him by Siôn Tudur (Llanstephan MS 166 (89)). His work includes satirical englynion to Gruffudd Hiraethog and englynion in interchanges with Robin Clidro and Wiliam Llŷn. Edwart ap Raff was his son.
Author
- Rhiannon Francis Roberts, (1923 - 1990)
- Additional Manuscripts in the British Museum 14875, 14879, 14888, 14892, 14902, 14934, 14965-6, 14971-2, 14984, 14991, 14994
- Cardiff Manuscripts 7, 11, 12, 19, 63, 66, 84
- Havod Manuscript at Cardiff Central Library 10
- Jesus College Manuscripts 15
- NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 46: A treatise descriptive of arms
- NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 118: Poetry
- NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 133: Poetry
- NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 156: Poetry &c.
- NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 165: Poetry
- NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 166: Poetry, &c.
- Mostyn MSS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 129, 131, 144-5
- Panton Manuscript at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 64
- NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 72: Genealogies
- NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 89: Cywyddau John [Siôn] Phylip
- NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 91: Barddoniaeth
- NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 93: Llyfr Cadwaladr Wynn
- NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 111: Llyfr Siôn ap William ap Siôn o Hengerdd
- NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 115: Barddoniaeth William Phyllip
- NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 121: Poetry, &c.
- NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 313: Casgliad o englynion
- NLW MSS 253, 278, 356, 435-6, 552, 644, 675, 1553, 1560, 1578, 2692, 5272, 5283, 6209,6496, 7191
- Cwrtmawr Manuscripts at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 20, 200
- Esgair Manuscript at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 1
- Gwysaney MS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 25
Sources
Published date: 1959
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