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131: 32: 214:, has been suggested as her work. Some early antiquaries confuse her with Gwerful Mechain, who was a contemporary. Her memory persisted in the area of Llanuwchllyn as late as the 20th century and a variety of traditional verses were claimed as by her. 193:
also wrote poetry which survives in a number of sources. They may also have had a daughter, Gwenllian, though her poetic abilities have been harder to prove.
156:. She came from a noble family, her full name in genealogies being given as Gwerful ferch Ieuan Fychan ap Ieuan ap Hywel y Gadair ap Gruffudd ap Madog ap 272: 282: 96: 68: 75: 287: 267: 115: 277: 49: 82: 53: 302: 297: 64: 130: 292: 134:
Fields near Llanuwchllyn. Gwerful inherited lands at Caer-Gai, on the low hills in the middle distance
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No work definitely ascribed to Gwerful Fychan is known to survive, but the
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and wool-trader but also a notable poet, and their son
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