About Simwnt Fychan
Lived 1530 – 1606 (aged 75–76). Simwnt Fychan was a poet and genealogist.
Simwnt Fychan (c. 1530 – 1606) was a Welsh language poet and genealogist, probably born in Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd in north-east Wales.
He was a colleague of the poet and scholar Gruffudd Hiraethog.
In 1567 Queen Elizabeth I of England appointed a commission to control the activities of "minstrels, rhymers and bards", in Wales. They were summoned to meet at Caerwys and Simwnt Fychan was appointed "pencerdd", i.e. the senior bard.
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Who was Simwnt Fychan?
Welsh poet and genealogist
When was Simwnt Fychan born?
Simwnt Fychan was born in 1530.
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Simwnt Fychan died in 1606.
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Simwnt Fychan was a poet and genealogist.
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