1440–1483) Ieuan Gethin (fl. c. 1450) Maredudd ap Rhys (c. 1450–1480) Dafydd ab Edmwnd (fl. c. 1450–1497) Rhys Brydydd (fl. mid-15th century) Ieuan Brydydd Hir (fl. 1450–1485) Dafydd Nanmor (fl. 1450–1490) Bedo Brwynllys (fl. c. 1460) Dafydd Epynt (fl. c. 1460) – who composed poems in praise of Christ, patron saints and the nobility associated with Brecon and Abergavenny. Texts of his poems are found in the Peniarth manuscripts. Deio ab Ieuan Du (fl. 1460–1480) Ieuan Dyfi (c. 1460–1500) Gutun Owain (fl. 1460–1500) Gwilym Tew (fl. 1460–1480) Gwerful Mechain (fl. 1462–1500) Ieuan ap Tudur Penllyn Owain ap Llywelyn ab y Moel (fl. 1470–1500) Rhys Nanmor (fl. 1480–1513) Siôn ap Hywel (fl. c. 1490–1532) Rhisiart ap Rhys (fl. c. 1495–1510) Bedo Aeddren (fl. 1500) Dafydd ap Ieuan Llwyd (fl. 1500) Timeline of major poets 16th century Most of the earlier poets here are very much in the Beirdd yr Uchelwyr tradition. Traditional patronage dwindled in the late 16th century but a handful of bards still received patronage from the gentry into the 17th century. Free verse by individuals composing "freelance" gradually took over from the mid-16th century onwards. The free verse and strict metre poets sit rather uneasily together in this list. Tudur Aled (c. 1465–1525) Lewys Môn (fl. 1485–1527) Siôn Ceri (fl. early 16th century Meurig Dafydd (c. 1510–95), bard, genealogist and historian in Glamorgan Lewys Morgannwg (fl. 1520–1565) Siôn Tudur (1522–1602) Morus Dwyfech (1523- 1590) - poet in Gwynedd writing many types of verse and also his will in the form of a poem. Dafydd Trefor (died 1528) – whose work includes cywyddau on religious themes and an elegy on the death of Henry VII. Simwnt Fychan (c. 1530–1606) St. Richard Gwyn (c. 1537–1584) – who composed a number of odes in defence of Catholicism, while jailed. Alis Wen (Alice ferch Gruffudd ap Ieuan Fychan; fl. 1540–1570) – whose surviving poems include musings on the type of man she desired to marry and on her fathers’ second marriage. Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Ieuan Fychan (fl. 16th century) – whose surviving poem is on a theme of religion. Morus Dwyfach (fl. 1540–1580) Rhys Cain (c. 1540–1614) Llywelyn Siôn (c. 1540–1615) Siôn Phylip (1543–1620) Edmwnd Prys (c. 1543–1623) Robin Clidro (1545–1580) Dafydd Alaw (fl. 1550) – whose surviving work includes an elegy to Lewys Môn and poems in praise of the nobility of Anglesey. Wiliam Midleton (c. 1550 – c. 1596)