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IEUAN LLWYD BRYDYDD (fl. c. 1460-1490), a poet, some examples of whose work remain in manuscript. These include an elegiac cywydd to Ifan ap Tudur ap Gruffudd Llwyd of Henllan parish (Denbs.), a cywydd to Hywel Coetmor, and a ‘blind man's cywydd.’ His work is found in the following manuscripts: Brogyntyn MS 2; N.L.W. MSS. 552, 644, 6471, 6495, 6681, 9166; Wynnstay MS. 1. According to Cymru (O.J.) this poet was buried in Llanuwchllyn, Mer.

Bibliography:

  • Blackwell;
  • Cymru (O.J.);
  • J. Davies, Dictionarium Duplex;
  • Em. W.;
  • Edward Jones, Musical Relicks, 1794, 16;
  • William Owen Pughe, Cambr. Biog.

Author:

Miss Ray Looker, (Mrs Ray Morgan), Cardiff / Rhymni