HARRI MASTR or 'Syr' HARRI (15th century), poet

of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire. He was apparently in holy orders, but no proof has yet been found to support the statement that he was the parson of Llandyfaelog. His name is given as Harri (ap) Hywel in some manuscripts, including Havod MS. 3, ' Syr ' Harri ap Rhys in NLW MS 566B , while Cwrtmawr MS 200B gives him as (Mastr) Harri ap Hywel alias Harri Hir. Some of his poetry is found in manuscripts, including poems addressed to Ieuan Tew Brydydd Ieuanc. Two bardic controversies, or ymrysonau, occurred between the two poets, Ieuan's professed love for a maiden in his old age being the occasion for the first; the second commences with an accusation made by Mastr Harri against Ieuan of taking more than his fair share of the wheat.

Author

• Ray Looker

Sources

• Jones and Lewis, Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau (1928)
• Brogyntyn MSS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 1 (312), 2 (497)
• Cwrtmawr MS 202B (113, 118)
• Gwysaney MS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 25 (58)
• NLW Archives: NLW MS 552B (44b), NLW MS 566B (80b), NLW MS 643B (126b), NLW MS 5265B (11b), NLW MS 5269B (133b), NLW MS 5272C (78), NLW MS 6511B (150), NLW MS 6681B (188), NLW MS 11816B (30)
• H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9251-9277A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
• Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a bywgraphyddol (1875)

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20733134

Published date: 1959

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