Siôn Tudur

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Siôn Tudur (also John Tudur, c. 1522–1602) was a 16th century

Welsh language
poet.

After serving as a yeoman in the courts of

Edward VI and Mary, Siôn returned to Wales where he was tutored by Gruffudd Hiraethog
. Siôn’s surviving work consists of poems in praise of nobility, poetic rendering of psalms, and his concerns on contemporary Welsh society.

References

  • E. Roberts, Gwaith Siôn Tudur, University of Wales Press, 1981
  • D.J. Bowen, Gwaith Gruffudd Hiraethog, University of Wales Press, 1990