RHYS PENNARDD
(
fl.
c.
1480
),
a poet
;
it is said that he lived either at
Conway
or at
Clynnog, Caerns.
, and that he was buried at
Llandrillo, Mer.
A number of his poems remain in manuscript, including
cywyddau
addressed to
Elisau ap Gruffudd ab Einion
of
Plas yn Iâl
,
Gruffudd Fychan ap Hywel ap Madog
, and
Rhys ap Hywel ap Madog
of
Talhenbont
,
Hywel Ddu
of
Anglesey
and his wife
Mallt
, and also to
William
,
constable of Aberystwyth
.
Llywelyn ap Gutun
(q.v.)
wrote a satirical poem addressed to
Rhys
and the two poets
Hywel ap Rheinallt
and
Lewis Môn
(qq.v.).
Bibliography:
-
Jones
and
Lewis
,
Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau
, and
,
1928
;
-
Bodewryd MSS. at the National Library of Wales,
Aberystwyth
1;
-
Brogyntyn MS. at the National
Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
2;
-
Cwrtmawr Manuscripts at the National Library of
Wales, Aberystwyth
114, 312, 454;
-
Glyn Davies Manuscript at the National Library
of Wales
2;
-
Gwysaney MS. at the National Library of Wales,
Aberystwyth
25;
-
National Library of Wales
Manuscripts
16, 552, 644, 1247, 1553, 1559, 5282, 5283, 5546, 6511, 9166, 11816, 13063;
-
Swansea Manuscript
1;
-
J. Davies
,
Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ et linguæ Latinæ,
dictionarium duplex
, 1632
;
-
J. Jones (‘Myrddin Fardd’)
,
Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon
, 1922
,
1922
.
Author:
Miss Ray Looker, (Mrs Ray Morgan), Cardiff / Rhymni
