OWAIN
, ‘
Syr
’
DAFYDD
(
DAVID
),otherwise
Dafydd ap Owain
,
cleric and poet
.
According to
Camb. Biog.
, and
Em. W.
, he flourished
1540-70
. The statement in
Em. W.
that he hailed from
Maenan, Caerns.
, suggests that he may be identified with
Dafydd ab Owen
,
rector
of
Nannerch
and
Llanddoged
, and
vicar
of
Eglwysfach
,
1537
(
J. E.
Griffith
,
Pedigrees
, 196). A few
cywyddau
by him are preserved in
Pen. MSS. 86, 112
;
Jesus College MSS. 137-8
;
Cardiff MSS. 12, 64, 84
;
Llanst. MS. 156
;
Cwrtmawr MS. 5
;
B.M. Add. MSS. 14873-4, 14966, 14969, 15000
, and
N.L.W. MSS. 670, 834, 1560, 2602-3, 2692, 5269, 5283, 5474 (Aberdare 1), 6434, 6471, 6681, 8330
. Some of his
cywyddau
have been attributed to
Gruffudd ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan
and
Siôn Tudur
.
Author:
Benjamin George Owens, M.A., Aberystwyth
