EDWART ap RAFF
(
fl.
1578-1606
), a
Denbighshire
poet
.
Son of
Raff ap Robert
. In a
cywydd
composed in
1602
when he had grown old he refers to the
battle of S. Quentin
,
1557
, as though he had been actually present. It is stated in
N.L.W. MS. 5282
that he was a
blind
poet
, but there is no reference to this elsewhere. His poems are mainly in praise of the landowning families of the
Vale of Clwyd
; they also include elegies on
Siôn Tudur
,
1602
, and
Simwnt Fychan
,
1606
.
Llanst. MS. 36
contains a collection of his work.
Sources:
-
Additional Manuscripts in the British
Museum
14879, 14885, 14998, 24980;
-
Cardiff Manuscripts
11-13, 43, 47, 63-4, 83-4;
-
Jesus College Manuscripts
15-16, 18;
-
Llanstephan MSS. at the National
Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
49, 124-5;
-
Mostyn MSS. at the National Library of Wales,
Aberystwyth)
96, 131, 145, 147;
-
Peniarth Manuscripts at the National Library of Wales,
Aberystwyth)
72-3, 75, 93, 112, 115, 121, 134 (142-3), 173;
-
NLW MSS
253, 356, 434-5, 552, 567, 644, 673, 722, 1238, 1553, 1559, 1578, 3487, 6496, 6499, 6967, 10248, 11087;
-
Cwrtmawr Manuscript in the National Library of
Wales
242;
-
Brogyntyn MSS. at the National
Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
3, 5-6;
-
Swansea Manuscript
1;
-
Chirk Castle Manuscript at the
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
3.
Author:
Rhiannon Francis Roberts, M.A., (1923-90), Aberystwyth
