MAREDUDD ap RHOSER (fl. c. 1530), a poet
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
who may have been a native of South Wales. No proof is available for connecting him, as Iolo Morganwg did, with Meisgyn (Miskin) in Glamorgan. Examples of his work exist in MSS., including a love poem, an awdl in praise of Ewyas, an elegy to Sir Charles Herbert, another to reconcile William Herbert of Colebrook with William Siôn ap Rhoser of Wern-ddu, and poems in praise of William Evans, chancellor and treasurer of Llandaff. Dafydd Benwyn, in his elegy to the poet, refers to the poems he composed to the chancellor.
Author
- Ray Looker
- NLW MS 4710B, NLW MS 6511B, NLW MSS 13061B, NLW MS 13068B, NLW MS 13072B, NLW MS 13167B
- G. J. Williams, Traddodiad Llenyddol Morgannwg (1948), 84
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20733875
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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