HUW ARWYSTLI
(
fl.
1550
),
poet
.
Little is known of his career. He is believed to have been a native of the parish of
Trefeglwys
in the cantref of
Arwystli, Mont.
, and to have spent most of his life in that area. He composed a considerable ‘amount of verse to the landed families of that neighbourhood. For his works, see
J. Afan
Jones
‘
Gweithiau Barddonol Huw Arwystli
’ (
M.A.
dissertation,
University of Wales
,
1926
, unpublished), and also
N.L.W. MSS. 16, 18, 313, 436, 552, 643, 695, 719, 727, 832, 834, 1001, 1246, 1247, 1553, 2691, 3288, 5261, 5269, 5273, 5283, 6499, 7191, 8330, 9166, 10251, 11087, 11816
;
Brogyntyn MSS. 1, 5
;
Bodewryd MSS. 1, 2
;
Cwrtmawr MSS. 200, 206, 242, 244, 454
;
Swansea MS. 1
;
Esgair MS. 81
;
Wynnstay MSS. 1, 2
; and
Gwysaney MS. 25
— all in the
National Library of Wales
.
Author:
Griffith Milwyn Griffiths, M.A., Aberystwyth
