DEIO ap IEUAN DU (fl. 1460-1480), poet.
He himself states that his home was in Creuddyn, Ceredigion, and he is referred to in some manuscripts as ‘Deio Du of Penadeiniol.’ He sang eulogies to the noble families of Glamorgan, Ceredigion, Meirionnydd, and Denbighshire. The most interesting of his patrons was Gruffydd Fychan of Cors-y-gedol (see the article Vaughan of Cors-y-gedol), one of Jasper Tudor's most ardent supporters in the years 1460-8. Deio ap Ieuan Du is the author of the line ‘y ddraig goch ddyry cychwyn,’ which occurs in a cywydd to request the gift of a bull from Siôn ap Rhys of Glyn Nedd. Deio's poetry is in the highly accomplished style characteristic of the mid-15th cent. poets.
Bibliography:
- Gorchestion Beirdd Cymru, 1773, 168-88;
- Jones and Lewis, Mynegai, 1928.
Author:
Principal / Sir Thomas Parry, D.Litt., (1904-85), Bangor / Aberystwyth
