RHYS PENNARDD (fl. c. 1480), a poet

it is said that he lived either at Conway or at Clynnog, Caernarfonshire, and that he was buried at Llandrillo, Meironnydd. A number of his poems remain in manuscript, including cywyddau addressed to Elisau ap Gruffudd ab Einion of Plas yn Iâl, Gruffudd Fychan ap Hywel ap Madog, and Rhys ap Hywel ap Madog of Talhenbont, Hywel Ddu of Anglesey and his wife Mallt, and also to William, constable of Aberystwyth. Llywelyn ap Gutun wrote a satirical poem addressed to Rhys and the two poets Hywel ap Rheinallt and Lewis Môn.

Author

• Ray Looker

Sources

• Jones and Lewis, Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau (1928)
• Bodewryd MSS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 1
• Brogyntyn MS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 2
• NLW Archives: Cwrtmawr MS 114B, Cwrtmawr MS 312B, Cwrtmawr MS 454B
• Glyn Davies Manuscript at the National Library of Wales 2
• Gwysaney MS. at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 25
• NLW MSS 16, 552, 644, 1247, 1553, 1559, 5282, 5283, 5546, 6511, 9166, 11816, 13063
• Swansea Manuscript 1
• J. Davies, Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ et linguæ Latinæ, dictionarium duplex (1632)
• J. Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'), Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon (1922), 1922

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20734253

Published date: 1959

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