OWEN, IFAN (IEUAN) TUDUR (died 1625?), a bard

Name: Ifan (Ieuan) Tudur Owen
Date of death: 1625?
Spouse: Elizabeth Owen
Gender: Male
Occupation: a bard
Area of activity: Poetry; Royalty and Society
Author: Robert (Bob) Owen

Living at Dugoed in the parish of Mallwyd, Meironnydd. (Some of his children were christened in Mallwyd church, 1575-84, and his wife, Elizabeth ych Thomas, was buried at Mallwyd in October 1609). William Maurice, Cefn-y-braich, Llansilin, says that part of Cwrtmawr MS 5B (i-ii) was written by the bard. Examples of his work survive in manuscripts. His will was proved at S. Asaph, 1625.

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Published date: 1959

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