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. 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.

Works

Llanstephan MS 171 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). contains an incomplete Welsh version translated from the English Voyage of the Wandering Knight. NLW MS 280D contains a bundle of loose and incomplete papers, among them Hymns of St. Curic.