Matthew Brwmffild (

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1525–1545) was a Welsh poet. He is believed to have been from the

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area. Around 1520 he wrote a number of poems in praise of Rhisiart ap Rhys ap Dafydd Llwyd, of

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, and in 1539, of Rhys ap Howel of Porthamyl,

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. His other subjects include Lewis Gwynn (died c.1552), and Siôn Wynn ap Meredith of

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(died c. 1559). All but one of his poems fell under the

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, cywyddau and

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genres. The ''

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'' reports that about twenty poems by him are recorded.

References

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