Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUW LLŶN (fl. c. 1552-1594), poet A native of Llŷn, who graduated in the third bardic grade at the Caerwys eisteddfod of 1568 - Peniarth MS 132 (59). It appears that he may have been a brother of Wiliam Llŷn (NLW MS 1244D (28), NLW MS 1580B (308), Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, ix, 112, etc.). According to Myrddin Fardd, J. E. Griffith, and J. C. Morrice, he was the squire Huw ap Rhisiart ap Dafydd of Cefn Llanfair, but
HUW MACHNO (fl. 1585-1637), poet sang much to them. The gardener at Gwydir is said to have depicted the bard on horseback in a topiary there. He also sang to other families in Gwynedd and Denbighshire, and as far south as Gogerddan, Cardiganshire. He was engaged in a poetic contention with archdeacon Edmund Prys, and Siôn Phylip tried to reconcile them. The latter emphasized Huw Machno's learning, his knowledge of Latin, and of the
HUW MENAI (fl. 16th c.), musician
HUW MENAI - see WILLIAMS, HUW OWEN
HUW MYFYR - see JONES, HUGH
HUW NANNAU HEN (fl. 1580-1620) - see NANNAU
HUW PENNAL (fl. 15th century), poet
HUW PENNANT (fl. c. 1565-1619), poet 16B, NLW MS 279D, NLW MS 560B, NLW MS 6494D, NLW MS 6496C (the items in the last two being apparently in the poet's own hand). The work of this poet should be distinguished from that of ' 'Syr' Huw Pennant who lived in the previous century.
HUW PENNANT Syr (fl. second half of the 15th century), cleric, poet, and antiquary Son of David Pennant of Bychton near Holywell, Flintshire, and brother of Thomas Pennant, abbot of Basingwerk. Some of his poems, all vaticinatory, exist in manuscript. Peniarth MS 182, written by 'Syr' Huw himself c. 1514, includes, among other items, genealogies, poetry, and his Welsh translation of the Latin text of a life of S. Ursula.
HUW ROBERTS LEN - see ROBERTS, HUW
HUW TALAI (fl. c. 1550-1580), poet
HUW TEGAI - see HUGHES, HUGH

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