Career
Also known as Lewys ap Rhys ab Owain. Lewys Dwnn originated from Bettws Cedewain in Montgomeryshire and claimed descent from a David Dwnn of Kidwelly. Lewys Dwnn composed many Welsh pedigrees and genealogical manuscripts which survive to this day and offer a valuable insight into the lineage of medieval bards and poets, some probably known to him and some of the generation preceding his.
These are now found in both the British Museum and the National Library of Wales.
Lewys Dwnn was also a particularly proflic poet, with many surviving works of Medieval Welsh literature. Lewys Dwnn Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Participant of the Marches.
