Gwilym Tew
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Gwilym Tew was a Welsh language
poet and manuscript
copyist from Tir Iarll
, Glamorgan
.
It is probable that his father was the poet, Rhys Brydydd
, and that another poet of the same family, Rhisiart ap Rhys
, was his nephew.
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
poet and manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
copyist from Tir Iarll
Tir Iarll
Tir Iarll , is the traditional name of an area of Glamorgan, Wales, which has long had a particular resonance in Welsh culture....
, Glamorgan
Glamorgan
Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three...
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It is probable that his father was the poet, Rhys Brydydd
Rhys Brydydd
Rhys Brydydd was a Welsh language poet from Tir Iarll, Glamorgan, south Wales.Only four of his compositions survive, all of them cywyddau.He was either the brother or father of Gwilym Tew and the father of the poet Rhisiart ap Rhys....
, and that another poet of the same family, Rhisiart ap Rhys
Rhisiart ap Rhys
Rhisiart ap Rhys was a Welsh language poet from the cwmwd of Tir Iarll, Glamorgan.He was the son of Rhys Brydydd and nephew, in all probability, to the poet Gwilym Tew. 36 of his poems are extant.-Bibliography:...
, was his nephew.