OWAIN, ‘Syr’ DAFYDD (DAVID),otherwise Dafydd ap Owain , cleric and poet.
According to Camb. Biog., and Em. W., he flourished 1540-70. The statement in Em. W. that he hailed from Maenan, Caerns., suggests that he may be identified with Dafydd ab Owen, rector of Nannerch and Llanddoged, and vicar of Eglwysfach, 1537 (J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 196). A few cywyddau by him are preserved in Pen. MSS. 86, 112; Jesus College MSS. 137-8; Cardiff MSS. 12, 64, 84; Llanst. MS. 156; Cwrtmawr MS. 5; B.M. Add. MSS. 14873-4, 14966, 14969, 15000, and N.L.W. MSS. 670, 834, 1560, 2602-3, 2692, 5269, 5283, 5474 (Aberdare 1), 6434, 6471, 6681, 8330. Some of his cywyddau have been attributed to Gruffudd ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan and Siôn Tudur.
Author:
Benjamin George Owens, M.A., Aberystwyth
