Ieuan ap Ieuan ap Madog

Ieuan ap Ieuan ap Madog was a Welsh language poet and scribe who was active in the 16th century as part of a group of scribes in Glamorgan.

Life

Ieuan's existence is first documented in 1547 when he acquired a tenement in Glamorganshire, near where his brothers and father held farms.[1] He belonged to a group of Welsh scribes, among them Llywelyn Siôn. While details of his life are unknown, his work survives in print and manuscripts, preserving Welsh language prose and poetry.[2]

Works

  • Llanstephan MS 171[3] contains a collection of Welsh prose texts, including the story of Owen ab Urien; the Seven Sages of Rome; the story of the rudderless ship (Y Llong Foel).[1]
  • Llanstephan MS 178[4] contains an incomplete Welsh version translated from the English Voyage of the Wandering Knight.
  • NLW MS 280D[5] contains a bundle of loose and incomplete papers, among them Hymns of St. Curic.

References

  1. 1 2 "IEUAN ap IEUAN ap MADOG (fl. 1547-1587), scribe | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  2. ↑ "IEUAN ap MADOG ap DAFYDD (fl. c. 1500), poet | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". www.bywgraffiadur.cymru. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  3. ↑ "Ystoriau Owen ab Urien, &c., - National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts". archifau.llyfrgell.cymru. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  4. ↑ "Y Marchog Crwydrad, - National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts". archifau.llyfrgell.cymru. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  5. ↑ "Copïau o lawysgrifau, &c. - National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts". archives.library.wales. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
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