IEUAN DU'R BILWG (fl. c. 1470), poet;
no details concerning his life are known, but three interesting poems by him remain, these being (1) ‘Cywydd y Gown Coch’, (2) a begging ‘Llyfr y Greal’ (see Cywyddau'r Ychwanegiad, 144) from the abbot of Glyn Nedd, and (3) a cywydd in which the poet seeks the whereabouts of Llywelyn Goch y Dant (q.v.) from a woman winnowing barley.
Bibliography:
- Jones and Lewis, Mynegai;
- Blackwell;
- Cymru (O.J.);
- J. Davies, Dictionarium Duplex;
- William Owen Pughe, Cambr. Biog.;
- G. J. Williams, Iolo Morganwg, 1926;
- Tradd. Llen. Morgannwg, 13, 37, 38, 39, 46;
- J. Morgan Williams, ‘The Works of some Fifteenth Century Glamorgan Bards’ (University of Wales, M.A. dissertation, 1923).
Author:
Miss Ray Looker, (Mrs Ray Morgan), Cardiff / Rhymni
