Llywelyn Siôn (1540 – c. 1616) was a

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poet and

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. His instructors included

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and Thomas Llewelyn. Around 1575, he is mentioned under the name Lewelyn John by Sir

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in his ''History of the Norman Conquest of Glamorgan'', as a learned and diligent collector of Welsh manuscripts. Following in Meurig Dafydd's footsteps, Siôn became (in 1580) president of the 'Gorsedd' or bardic congress of

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. He presided at the Glamorgan

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at Tir Iarll in 1580, and was commissioned to collect and publish and traditional lore of the bardic order.

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'', Llywelyn Siôn lywelyn of Llangewydd(c.1540–c.1615), Welsh language poet and copyist, by Glanmor Williams. * *

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