RHYS DEGANWY (fl. c. 1480), a poet
Gender: Male
Occupation: a poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
who took his name, obviously, from the Creuddyn district of Caernarvonshire. No details are known concerning his life, but a number of his poems remain in manuscript; they include poems to Dafydd Gethin ap Gruffudd Goch of Llanwnnog and William Herbert of Raglan.
Author
- Ray Looker
- Jones and Lewis, Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau (1928)
- J. Davies, Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ et linguæ Latinæ, dictionarium duplex (1632)
- Bodewryd MS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 1 (309)
- Brogyntyn MS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 2 (442, 442b)
- Jes. Coll. MS. at the Bodleian Library, Oxford 17 (589)
- NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 30: Poetry (429)
- NLW Archives: NLW MS 728D (73)
Sources
- Wikidata: Q19831138
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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