DAFYDD ap LLYWELYN ap MADOG
(
fl.
16th cent.
),
poet
.
His poems are preserved in
Pen. MS. 124
,
Jes. Coll. MS. 14
,
Llanst. MS. 167
,
Cardiff MSS. 7, 23, 63
,
Hafod MS. 10
,
B.M. Add. MSS. 12230, 14991, 15015
,
N.L.W. MSS. 668, 2602, 6681, 8330
, and
Gwyneddon MS. 3
. Among them are
cywyddau
in praise of
S.
Mordeyrn
,
saint of honour
(‘
Sant anrhydedd
’) at
Nantglyn
, and to
S.
Dyfnog
, and a
cywydd
to God which is attributed in
Pen. MS. 124
to
Dafydd ap Hwlcyn ap Madog
. It is uncertain whether he may be associated with the
Dafydd
Llewelyn
who is represented by two
englynion
in
Mostyn MS. 143
.
Bibliography:
-
The Lives of the British Saints
, 397-8, 502-4;
-
Celtic Remains
, 1878
, 315-6;
-
T. Parry
,
Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg
, 1944
,
1944
, 124.
Author:
Benjamin George Owens, M.A., Aberystwyth
