JONES, LEWIS (fl. 1703), of Pandy, Llan-uwchllyn, Meironnydd, poet

Name: Lewis Jones
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker

Three examples of his work remain, these being ' Ymddiddan rhwng y Cybydd a'r Trugarog,' ' Cyngor i'r Gôf o Rôs y Gwaliau,' and ' Cerdd i ŵr ifanc oedd yn glaf o gariad merch.' It is not clear whether there was any connection between him and two other poets from Llanuwchllyn - ROBERT JONES and ROLANT JONES (fl. 1762). A love ballad composed by the former is found in NLW MS 645B (34b), and examples of the latter's poetry is found in NLW MS 672D (257), NLW MS 4698A (141), and, possibly, in Cwrtmawr MS 206B (176), NLW MS 4697A (67) NLW MS 12867D (35), and Swansea MS. 3 (13). [It is possible that Ioan Pedr copied MSS. by these two - see Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society, iv, 4, p. 167.]

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Published date: 1959

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