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]
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]