ROBERTS, CADWALADR (died 1708/9), poet

of Cwmllech Uchaf, Pennant Melangell, Montgomeryshire. He was a contemporary of Huw Morys, and the dialogue poem concerning matrimony, jointly composed by them, shows that they were close acquaintances. He also composed some five nativity carols; one of these was published by David Jones of Trefriw in Blodeu-Gerdd Cymry. His satire on smallpox is also included in that volume. His poem begging a harp of Wiliam Llwyd, Llangedwyn, for Siôn Prys is of social interest (Cwrtmawr MS 128A (122)). 'Llyfr Cadwaladr Roberts, 1676' (Cwrtmawr MS 227B ), is his anthology of poetry by some of his contemporaries, including Huw Morys and Edward Morris. The tunes to which he wrote are frequently noted in the manuscripts. He was a very mediocre poet, and his poetry contains a profusion of colloquial forms. His burial on 14 February 1708/9 is recorded in the bishops' transcripts for Pennant Melangell. A cottage in Cwmllech has 'C.R. 1665' carved above one of its windows. Some say that he was of the Roberts family of Branas in Edeirnion.

Author

• Professor David James Bowen

Sources

• R. Williams, Montgomeryshire Worthies (1894)
• David Jones, Blodeu-Gerdd Cymry (Mwythig 1759)
• Bishops' transcripts for Pennant Melangell (diocese of St Asaph) in N.L.W.
• NLW Archives: Cwrtmawr MS 122A, Cwrtmawr MS 128A, Cwrtmawr MS 227B
• NLW Archives: Wynnstay Manuscript at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 5 (10, 53, 80, 84, 89, 107)
• Collections Historical and Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire, xii, 67, 81
• An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire. 1 - County of Montgomery (1911), 108
• Huw Morus, Eos Ceiriog, sef casgliad o ber ganiadau Huw Morus yn ddau llyfr (Wrecsam 1823)
• Lloyd papers, 59 (in U.C.N.W., Bangor)
• information supplied by Dr. T. Richards, Bangor

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Published date: 1959

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