Gwilym Tew (

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1460 – 1480) was a

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poet and

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copyist from

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. It is probable that his father was the poet

Rhys Brydydd Rhys Brydydd (fl. mid-15th century) was a Welsh language poet from Tir Iarll, Glamorgan, south Wales. Only four of his compositions survive, all of them cywyddau. Personal life He was either the brother or father of Gwilym Tew and the father of ...

and that another poet of the same family,

Rhisiart ap Rhys Rhisiart ap Rhys (fl. c. 1495 – c. 1510) was a Welsh-language poet from the cwmwd of Tir Iarll, Glamorgan. He was the son of Rhys Brydydd and nephew, in all probability, to the poet Gwilym Tew Gwilym Tew (floruit, fl. 1460 – 1480) was ...

, was his nephew.

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15th-century deaths People from Bridgend County Borough People from Neath Port Talbot Year of birth unknown 15th-century Welsh poets Welsh male poets {{Wales-poet-stub