GRUFFUDD LEIAF (15th cent.), poet,
native of Denbighshire, son of Gruffudd Fychan ap Gruffudd ap Dafydd Goch, who traced his descent from Owain Gwynedd. (Pen. MS. 127 (17)). An englyn written by him is found in Cwrtmawr MS. 242 (1) and N.L.W. MS. 6499 (1). A cywydd to the owl is also attributed to him in some manuscripts, e.g. Cardiff MS. 64 (552), and Esgair MS. 1 (37); but the same poem bears the name of Dafydd ap Gwilym, and those of Robert Leiaf and Syr Siôn Leiaf, two other members of Gruffudd's family, in various other manuscripts. (Jones and Lewis, Mynegai). His son, Ieuan ap Gruffudd Leiaf, is separately noticed.
Author:
Miss Ray Looker, (Mrs Ray Morgan), Cardiff / Rhymni
