Elegy to Simon Thelwall of Plas y Ward

This material is held atArchifdy Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 222 BMSS STH
  • Dates of Creation
    • c. 1655
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item

Scope and Content

An elegy to Simon Thelwall by Matthew Owen.

Administrative / Biographical History

Matthew Owen, poet of Llangar in Merionethshire, was a composer of englynion and cywyddau and is known to have also written an elegy to Sir John Owen of Clenennau as well as this elegy to Simon Thelwall. He died in 1679.

Simon Thelwall of Plas y Ward in Denbighshire was the son of Edward Thelwall. His second wife was Lady Margaret daughter of Edmund, Lord Sheffield and Earl Mulgrave of Botterwick. Simon Thelwall died in September 1655.

Arrangement

Incorporated into the General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts

Access Information

Open to all users.

Note

Description compiled by Elen Wyn Simpson, September 2003.

Other Finding Aids

A typescript catalogue is available at the Archives Department of the University of Wales Bangor. Reference number : General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts 49

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright conditions apply. Reprographics are made at the discretion of the Archivist.