CADWALADR, ‘Sir’ RHYS (fl. 1666-1690), cleric and poet,
of Celynin, near Conway, according to Siôn Edwart, but of the ‘College’ in that town, according to his own testimony (Llanst. MS. 15 (37)). The first date we have for him is 1666; he wrote a poem to one of the Gwydir family in 1674 and many poems to various members of the Mostyn family (q.v.), one being to Thomas Mostyn at the New Year, 1678. We have no further dated poem after 1689, when he wrote a poem on the death of Thomas Jones, astronomer, of Corwen. He himself d. in the following year, 1690 (Llanst. MS. 15 (34)), Much of his work is extant; it includes twenty-four englynion, translations from Horace and Seneca, and a poem on the death of John Hookes of Conway, ascribed to the poet, but said to have been written on behalf of William Fychan.
Bibliography:
- Llanst. MSS. 15 (31, 37), 117 (30), 166 (252, 258, 298);
- Mostyn MSS. 96 (27, 39, 41, 42, 43, 62, 63, 64, 80), 148 (939b and c, 941d, 942b and c);
- N.L.W. MSS. 558 (1, 5), 836 (22), 11087 (61, 62);
- Pen. MSS. 239 (344), 241 (400).
Author:
Mrs. Norma Gwyneth Hughes, Bangor / Blaenau, Llandybie
