Also known as Lewys ap Rhys ab Owain.
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.
In 1585 Lewys Dwnn achieved the official title of deputy to Robert Cooke, a Clarenceux King-of-Arms to Elizabeth I. Lewys Dwnn was also a particularly prolific poet, with many surviving works of Medieval Welsh literature.
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