HWMFFRE ap HYWEL
, or
HWMFFRE HYWEL
(
fl.
during the
first half of the 17th cent.
),
poet
;
a native (apparently) of
North Wales
. Some examples of his work exist in manuscript, and these include poems written to various members of the
Nannau
,
Corsygedol
,
Cefnamwlch
, and
Egryn
families between
1627 and 1644
. Six
englynion
written by him in thanks for an oar are also found. No details concerning his life are known.
Bibliography:
-
Brogyntyn MS. at the National
Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
5 (173);
-
Cwrtmawr Manuscript in the National Library of
Wales
129 (173);
-
Llanstephan Manuscript at the National Library of
Wales, Aberystwyth
123 (199);
-
Mostyn MS. at the National Library of Wales,
Aberystwyth
165 (93, 108, 177);
-
National Library of Wales Manuscript
874 (117);
-
Peniarth Manuscript in the National Library of
Wales
97 (297).
Author:
Miss Ray Looker, (Mrs Ray Morgan), Cardiff / Rhymni
