DAFYDD LLWYD of HENBLAS or DAFYDD LLWYD ap SION (d. 1619), poet and scholar,
of the landed family of Henblas (Llangristiolus, Anglesey), who, it is said, graduated from S. Edmund Hall, Oxford. He m. Catherine, daughter of Richard Owen of Penmynydd, and about eight children were born to them, three of the sons becoming clergymen. Lewys Dwnn and J. E. Griffith state that he also m. Jane, daughter of Llywelyn ap Dafydd of Llandyfrydog (she being his first wife according to Dwnn). Noted for his scholarship, he is said to have known eight languages. A number of his poems, all in strict metre, have been preserved in manuscript. They include an elegy to his wife, Catherine, and three englynion to one of his sons. ‘Sir’ Huw Roberts (q.v.) and Richard Cynwal (q.v.) composed elegies upon his death.
Bibliography:
- Bodewryd MS. 2 (28, 162, 209, 212, 213, 217, 218, 240);
- Llanst. MS. 124 (534);
- Sotheby MS. A, 1, 40, 55;
- [all in N.L.W.];
- Dwnn, ii, 185, 265;
- J. E. Griffith, P.A.C.F., 122;
- Blackwell;
- Cymru (O.J.);
- Em. W.;
- Angharad Llwyd, A Hist. of the Island of Mona, or Anglesey, 277;
- J. Fisher, Cefn Coch MSS., 7.
Author:
Miss Ray Looker, (Mrs Ray Morgan), Cardiff / Rhymni
