Bedo Hafesp

Bedo Hafesp (fl. 1568–1585) was a Welsh poet from Montgomeryshire.

A large scale eisteddfod, festival of traditional bardic crafts, was held for the second time in 1568 at Caerwys, as authorized by Queen Elizabeth I.[1] Hafesp was a top ranked competitor there.[2] He wrote poems about important community members, including memorials to Siôn Gruffydd of Llŷn (1585)[2] and Dafydd ap Dafydd Llwyd.[3]

His surname was derived from a place,[4] Aberhafesp, a parish in Montgomeryshire.[5]

References
  1. "The Caerwys Eisteddfodau of 1523 and 1567/8". Mostyn Estates. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. "Bedo Hafesp". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. "Dafydd ap Dafydd Llwyd". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  4. George Owen (1892). The Description of Penbrokshire. C.J. Clark. p. 222.
  5. Lewis Morris; Cambrian Archaeological Association (1878). Celtic Remains. J. Parker. p. 240.
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