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EDWART ap RAFF (fl. 1578-1606), a Denbighshire poet

Name: Edwart ap Raff
Parent: Raff ap Robert
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Rhiannon Francis Roberts

Son of Raff ap Robert. In a cywydd composed in 1602 when he had grown old he refers to the battle of S. Quentin, 1557, as though he had been actually present. It is stated in NLW MS 5282B that he was a blind poet, but there is no reference to this elsewhere. His poems are mainly in praise of the landowning families of the Vale of Clwyd; they also include elegies on Siôn Tudur, 1602, and Simwnt Fychan, 1606. Llanstephan MS 36 contains a collection of his work.

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Published date: 1959

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