HYWEL CILAN
(
fl.
c.
the end of the 15th cent.
), a
poet
of whose work many examples remain in manuscript. It appears that he was a native of
Edeirnion
;
Cwrtmawr MS. 454 (140)
states that he was from
Llandderfel
;
Owen
Jones
gives him as the owner of
Llawr y Cilan
in
Llandrillo
— thus providing a possible explanation for the
poet
's name. The large majority of his poems are addressed to members of various landed families of
North Wales
, including
Presaddfed
,
Llwydiarth
(
Anglesey
),
Deuddwr
,
Rhug
,
Moelyrch
, and
Rhiwlas
.
Bibliography:
-
Jones
and
Lewis
,
Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau
, and
,
1928
;
-
Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a
bywgraphyddol
, 1875
;
-
J. Davies
,
Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ et linguæ Latinæ,
dictionarium duplex
, 1632
;
-
Eminent Welshmen
, 1908
;
-
Owen
,
The Cambrian Biography
(later ) , 1803
.
Author:
Miss Ray Looker, (Mrs Ray Morgan), Cardiff / Rhymni
