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IEUAN LLAFAR (fl. c. 1594-1610), poet A native apparently of Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire. Nothing is known about him, but a number of cywyddau and englynion composed by him, c. 1594 to 1610, have survived. He wrote poems to various contemporary North Wales gentry, including Owain Holant of Plas Berw, Anglesey, Hwmffrai ap Huw of Gwerclys, Rhobert Wyn of Foelas, Edwart ap Dafydd of Rhiwlas, Edwart ap Morus of Llansilin, Owain Bruwtwn
IEUAN LLWYD ab Y GARGAM (fl. 14th century), poet One of the last of the 'Gogynfeirdd.' No details of his career are known, but an awdl composed by him to Hopcyn ap Tomas of Ynysdawy, Glamorganshire, is preserved in the 'Red Book of Hergest' and some other manuscripts. It is also contained in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, but there the poet's name is given as Iorwerth Llwyd ab y Gargam.
IEUAN LLWYD BRYDYDD (fl. c. 1460-1490), poet some examples of whose work remain in manuscript. These include an elegiac cywydd to Ifan ap Tudur ap Gruffudd Llwyd of Henllan parish, Denbighshire, a cywydd to Hywel Coetmor, and a 'blind man's cywydd.' His work is found in the following manuscripts: Brogyntyn MS 2; NLW MS 552B, NLW MS 644B, NLW MS 6471B, NLW MS 6495D, NLW MS 6681B, NLW MS 9166B; Wynnstay MS. 1. According to Cymru (O.J.) this
IEUAN LLWYD SIEFFRAI (fl. c. 1599-1619), poet Born in 1575, son and heir of Sieffrai ab Ieuan Llwyd, Dyffryn Ereithlyn, Eglwys-bach, Denbighshire, of the Lloyd family of Hafod Unnos. On 12 July 1591, at Llandrillo church, Meironnydd, when he was 16 years old and she only 11, he married Margred, daughter and sole heiress of Morus ap Siôn ab Elis of Palau. They had ten daughters and two sons, some born at Palau and others at Dyffryn. The
IEUAN RHAEADR, poet A native apparently of Rhayader, Radnorshire. Some of his work remains in manuscript; this includes three love cywyddau, cywyddau in praise of Siancyn ap Siôn ap Ieuan Fychan and Richard Herbert, and another seeking the freedom of Rhys Fychan of Builth when he was imprisoned at Gloucester.
IEUAN RUDD (fl. 1470), a Glamorgan bard who sang in the second half of the 15th century. Two cywyddau by him survive, the one upon the marriage-feast of Sir Rhys ap Thomas and Sioned (Janet), daughter of Thomas Mathew of Radyr, Glamorganshire, and the other to the 'paderau main crisial' (the crystal paternosters). There is a reference to him in a cywydd which Llywelyn Goch y Dant wrote c. 1470 to invite Hywel ap Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Rhys
IFAN ap SION - gweler IEUAN ap SION
IFOR ap CADIFOR - gweler IFOR BACH
IFOR ap LLYWELYN - gweler IFOR HAEL
IFOR BACH (fl. 1158), lord of Senghenydd a 'dependant barony' of the lordship of Glamorgan and the hilly district bounded by Brecknock on the north, Cefn Onn ridge on the south, the river Taff on the west and the river Rhymney on the east. In 1158 he attacked and slew Morgan ab Owain of Gwynllwg and Caerleon, together with 'the best poet,' Gwrgant ap Rhys. He is noteworthy also for his attack on Cardiff castle the same year, when at
IFOR HAEL, patron of bards This is the name given by Dafydd ap Gwilym to his chief patron, Ifor ap Llywelyn, Bassaleg, Monmouth. Although we are accustomed to calling it in Welsh 'Maesaleg' there are definite proofs that the name was 'Bassalec' or 'Basselec' in the 12th century (see the 'Book of Llandaff') and earlier the lineage of Ifor is given in Peniarth MS 133 (R., i, 833) (180), 'tredegyr ymassalec' (Tredegar in
INCO BRYDYDD (fl. c. 1480), poet It is said that he was the son of Robin ab Inco, and foster-brother to Ieuan ap Maredudd of Cesail Gyfarch, Caernarfonshire One cywydd of his, in praise of Hywel ap Madog ap Ieuan ab Einion of Abercain and Plas Hen in the parish of Llanystumdwy, is found in Cwrtmawr MS 454B (120) and NLW MS 9166B (22).

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