Ipomedon is a romance composed in Anglo-Norman verse by Hugh of Rhuddlan in the late 12th century at Credenhill near Hereford.
In the sequel Protheselaus, which must have been composed slightly later, Hugh acknowledges as his patron Gilbert fitzBaderon, lord of Monmouth.
[2] A certain "Huge de Hungrie" who appears in the poem as a seducer of women is generally thought to represent Hugh, canon of Hereford, another friend or rival.
The story of Ipomedon cannot be traced to this, or to the romances of Chrétien de Troyes as argued by Kölbing,[3] or to any other single source.
A prose version entitled The Life of Ipomydon, translated by Robert Copland, was published by Wynkyn de Worde at the end of the 15th century.