SIÔN ap HOWEL ab OWAIN
(
1550?
-
1626/7
),
translator
;
son of
Howel ab Owain
,
Cefn Treflaeth
,
Llanystumdwy, Caerns.
, and
Catherine
, daughter of
Rhisiart ap Dafydd
of
Cefn Llanfair
. He was, therefore, a nephew of
Huw ap Rhisiart ap Dafydd
(
DWB
, 398)
and a cousin of
Richard
Hughes
(
DWB
, 388-9)
. At his father's death in
1583
he became head of the family at
Cefn Treflaeth
, and he was one of those prosecuted by the
Earl of Leicester
during the troubles relating to
Snowdon Forest
. There
is a copy of the beginning of
Siôn ap Howel
's
Welsh
translation of
Rhetorica ad Herennium
in
Llanfair and Brynodol MS. 2
at the
National Library of Wales
. He d. in
1626/7
and was buried in the choir of
Llanystumdwy church
.
Bibliography:
-
Caernarvonshire Historical Society
Transactions
,
1958
, 20-21; 1960, 54-60 and 63-9.
Author:
Bedwyr Lewis Jones (1933-92), Bangor
