Dictionary of Welsh Biography

SIÔN DAFYDD RHYS - see RHYS, JOHN DAVID
SION DAFYDD SIENCYN - see SION DAFYDD ap SIENCYN
SIÔN GRYTHOR - see VAUGHAN, JOHN
SIÔN GYMRO - see DAVIES, JOHN
SION IEUAN CLYWEDOG - see SION CLYWEDOG
SION LEIAF Syr (fl. c. 1480), poet and cleric attributed in various other manuscripts to Dafydd ap Gwilym, and also to Robert Leiaf, a relative of Syr Siôn).
SIÔN LLEYN - see ROBERTS, JOHN
SION MOWDDWY (fl. c. 1575-1613), poet He sang the praises of the aristocracy throughout Wales, from Mostyn to Glamorgan. There were occasions when he spent a long time in Glamorgan. He indulged in flyting poetry with Meurug Dafydd of Llanishen concerning the rights of the strolling bards in Gwent and that neighbourhood, c. 1575-80, and he also had a poetic disputation with Llywelyn Siôn of Llangewydd. He is not mentioned as one of
SIÔN RHYDDERCH - see RODERICK, JOHN
SIÔN ROBERT LEWIS - see ROBERTS, JOHN
SIÔN SINGER - see WILLIAMS, JOHN
SION TREFOR, poet Poems attributed to Siôn Trefor are found in Gwysaney MS. 25; Llanstephan MS 11; Peniarth MS 84, Peniarth MS 86, Peniarth MS 313; NLW MS 1553A, NLW MS 6471B; and to Sir Siôn Trefor in Jes. Coll. MS. 15. An englyn to Sir Hugh, earl of Worcester, composed by Sir John Trefor and Edmund Prys, appears in NLW MS 11993A.

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