HUW LLYN
(
fl.
c.
1552-1594
),
poet
,
and native of
Llŷn
, who graduated in the third bardic grade at the
Caerwys eisteddfod
of
1568
—
Pen. MS. 132 (59)
. It appears that he may have been a brother of
Wiliam Llŷn
(
N.L.W. MSS. 1244 (28), 1580 (308)
,
B.B.C.S.
, ix, 112, etc.). According to
Myrddin Fardd
,
J. E.
Griffith
, and
J. C.
Morrice
, he was the
squire
Huw ap Rhisiart ap Dafydd
(q.v.)
of
Cefn Llanfair
, but there is no proof that they were the same person. Some of
Huw Llŷn
's poetry remains, and this includes poems to
Walter
Devereux
(
earl of Essex
)
,
Henry
Rowland
(
bishop of Bangor
)
,
Simon
Thelwall
of
Plas y Ward
, and to the South Walians
Thomas
Vaughan
(
Pembrey
),
Gruffudd
Dwnn
(
Ystrad Merthyr
)
,
William
and
George
Owen
(
Henllys
)
, and
John
Lloyd
(
Cilgwyn
). A bardic controversy occurred between him and
Siôn Mawddwy
, and another between him and
Wiliam
Cynwal
and four other
poets
,
Wiliam
Llŷn
,
Ieuan Tew
,
Siôn
Phylip
and
Hywel Ceiriog
. An example of his handwriting is found in
Llanst. MS. 40 (149-156)
.
Bibliography:
-
Additional Manuscript in the British
Museum
14894;
-
Stowe Manuscript
959;
-
Cardiff Manuscripts
52, 63, 84;
-
Cwrtmawr Manuscripts at the National Library of
Wales, Aberystwyth
3, 216;
-
Llanstephan MSS. at the National
Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
40, 133;
-
Mostyn MSS. at the National Library of Wales,
Aberystwyth
1, 144, 145;
-
National Library of Wales Manuscript
8330;
-
‘Dictionary of Welsh Biography.’ 27
vols., N.L.W. MSS. 9251–77
;
-
Bulletin of the Board of Celtic
Studies
, ix, 112;
-
Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a
bywgraphyddol
, 1875
;
-
J. Davies
,
Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ et linguæ Latinæ,
dictionarium duplex
, 1632
;
-
Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of
Eminent Welshmen
, 1852
;
-
J. E. Griffith
,
Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire
Families
, 1914
, 224;
-
J. C. Morrice
,
Barddoniaeth Wiliam Llyn
, 1908
;
-
J. Jones (‘Myrddin Fardd’)
,
Cynfeirdd Llyn, 1500-1800 sef casgliad o
ganiadau Wiliam Lleyn
, Pwllheli, 1905
, 149;
-
William Owen Pughe
,
The Cambrian Biography
(later ) , 1803
.
Author:
Miss Ray Looker, (Mrs Ray Morgan), Cardiff / Rhymni
