GRUFFUDD LLWYD ap DAFYDD ab EINION LLYGLIW
(
fl.
c.
1380-1410
),
a poet
,
nephew of the
poet
Hywel ab Einion Llygliw
(q.v.)
, and native of the parish of
Llangadfan, Mont.
According to the elegy composed to him by
Rhys Goch Eryri
(q.v.)
he was a descendant of
Einion Yrth
; he is called in
Cardiff MS. 18 (190)
‘
chancellor
of
Hereford cathedral
,’ but no further details or supporting proof are known. One of the most important and able of
contemporary
poets
and well-acquainted with
Welsh
literature and folklore, he was entertained at some of the famous courts of his period. His work includes poems to
Owain Glyndŵr
,
Sir
David
Hanmer
,
Owain ap Maredudd
of
Neuadd Wen
, and
Hywel
and
Meurig
Llwyd
of
Nannau
, love and religious poetry, and it is now certain that he is the author of the poem to send the sun to greet
Glamorgan
, which has also been attributed to
Iolo Goch
and
Dafydd ap Gwilym
(
B.B.C.S.
, i, 235). The elegy composed by
Rhys Goch Eryri
on his death forms the opening of that
poet
's bardic controversy (
ymryson
) with
Llywelyn ap Moel
(q.v.)
;
Gruffudd
is also praised by
Llywelyn
.
Bibliography:
-
Jones
and
Lewis
,
Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau
, and ,
1928
;
-
Bodewryd MS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
1;
-
Brogyntyn MSS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
1, 2, 5;
-
Cwrtmawr Manuscripts at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
204, 244, 312;
-
Esgair Manuscript at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
95 (N.L.W.);
-
Gwysaney MS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
25;
-
National Library of Wales Manuscripts
643, 1246, 1247, 1559, 2026, 3077, 4710, 5273, 5283, 6511, 6681, 8330, 13071, 13081, 13167, 13168;
-
Lewis
,
Roberts
and
Williams
,
Cywyddau Iolo Goch ac Eraill,
1350–1450
, , and (ed.): , 1925; another edition, 1937
,
1925
, (
Thomas Roberts
, lxxviii, 123, 161);
-
Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies
, i, 235;
-
Edward Jones
,
Musical and Poetical Relicks of the
Welsh Bards…
(‘’): , 1784; another ed., 1794
,
1794
, 39;
-
T. Pennant
,
A Tour (Tours) in [North] WalesPennant, Thomas: , 1773. 1778, etc. See also Rhys's
3-volume edition, 1883
,
1883
, iii, 297;
-
‘Dictionary of Welsh Biography.’ 27 vols., N.L.W. MSS. 9251–77
;
-
J. Davies
,
Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ et linguæ
Latinæ, dictionarium duplex
, 1632
.
Author:
Miss Ray Looker, (Mrs Ray Morgan), Cardiff / Rhymni .
