IEUAN TUDUR OWEN
(
fl.
c.
1627
), a
poet
of whose life nothing is known. Some of his work remains in manuscript, and this includes religious and moral
cywyddau
and
englynion
, a
cywydd
describing a dream the
poet
had when drunk, a
cywydd
on the
palsy
, and a
cywydd
of praise to
Huw
Nannau
(
1580
-
1620
, see the article on the family) when the latter became
sheriff
. In addition to this poetry written in strict metre, one of his poems in free metre is also to be found. The following manuscripts contain examples of his work:
Bodewryd MS. 1
;
Cardiff MSS. 19, 47, 64, 66
;
Cwrtmawr MSS. 5, 244
;
Mostyn MS. 144
;
N.L.W. MSS. 643, 3487, 11816
.
Author:
Miss Ray Looker, (Mrs Ray Morgan), Cardiff / Rhymni
