ROWLAND
,
ELLIS
(
c.
1650
-
c.
1730
), ‘
Ellis
Rowland
o
Harlech
’,
bard
.
Little of his history is known. He wrote poems to some persons connected with
Ardudwy, Mer.
, e.g. a
cywydd
of farewell to
Humphrey
Humphreys
,
bishop of Bangor
, after he had become (
1689
)
bishop of Hereford
, an elegy on
Edward
Lloyd
,
Cwmbychan
, 172(8), an elegy on
Samuel
Poole
,
Tyddynyfelin
, near
Talsarnau
, and a cywydd welcoming
lady
Owen
to
Glyncywarch
, also near
Talsarnau
. He also
wrote
englynion
and poems in free metre
—
cerddi
and
carolau plygain
. Examples of his work are found in
Cardiff MSS. 47, 48, and 64
, and in the following MSS. in
N.L.W.
—
Cwrtmawr 12, 69, 128, 230
,
Glyn Davies 1
,
Plas Nantglyn 3
,
Brogyntyn 3
,
Wynnstay 7
,
N.L.W. 593, 673, 783, 836, 1238, 1244, 1485, 1578, 2117, 2692, 4971, 6729, 10252, 10744, 12867
.
Author:
Sir William Llewelyn Davies, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. (1887-1952),
Aberystwyth
