IEUAN ap BEDO GWYN
, or
IEUAN BEDO GWYN
(
fl.
c.
1530-1590?
),
poet
and owner of the
Llysyn estate
(
Llanerfyl, Mont.
) before its purchase by the
Herbert
family; descendant of one of the younger branches of the family of
Neuadd Wen
(a neighbouring estate), and therefore of
Maredudd
, brother of
Gruffudd ap Cynan
. A little only of his work remains, and this includes a
cywydd
written to
Dafydd ap Ieuan Llwyd
of
Nantmynach
, in
1538
.
Bibliography:
-
Brogyntyn MS. at the National
Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
2;
-
Cardiff Manuscript
84;
-
Cwrtmawr Manuscript in the National Library of
Wales
12;
-
Jes. Coll. MS. at the Bodleian Library,
Oxford
17;
-
National Library of Wales
Manuscripts
872, 5262;
-
‘Dictionary of Welsh Biography.’ 27
vols., N.L.W. MSS. 9251–77
;
-
Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a
bywgraphyddol
, 1875
;
-
J. Davies
,
Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ et linguæ Latinæ,
dictionarium duplex
, 1632
;
-
Collections Historical and Archaeological
relating to Montgomeryshire
, xvi, 82.
Author:
Miss Ray Looker, (Mrs Ray Morgan), Cardiff / Rhymni
