OWEN, IFAN (IEUAN) TUDUR (d. 1625?), a bard
living at Dugoed in the parish of Mallwyd, Mer. (Some of his children were christened in Mallwyd church, 1575-84, and his wife, Elizabeth ych Thomas, was buried at Mallwyd in Oct. 1609). William Maurice, Cefn-y-braich, Llansilin (q.v.), says that part of Cwrtmawr MS. 5 was written by the bard. Examples of his work survive in manuscripts (see below). His will was proved at S. Asaph, 1625.
Bibliography:
- Cardiff MSS. 19 (194, 47 (68), 48 (98), 64 (126, 358, 620);
- Cwrtmawr MS. 5 (70, 4
- Mostyn MS. 144 (544);
- Llanst. MS. 156 (118, 181);
- Pen. MSS. (N.L.W.).
Author:
Robert (Bob) Owen, O.B.E., M.A., (1885-1962), Croesor
