Bedo Hafesp

Bedo Hafesp (fl. 1568–1585) was a Welsh poet from Montgomeryshire.

A large scale eisteddfod, festival of traditional bardic crafts, was held for the second time in 1568 at Caerwys, as authorized by Queen Elizabeth I.^[1] Hafesp was a top ranked competitor there.^[2] He wrote poems about important community members, including memorials to Siôn Gruffydd of Llŷn (1585)^[2] and Dafydd ap Dafydd Llwyd.^[3]

His surname was derived from a place,^[4] Aberhafesp, a parish in Montgomeryshire.^[5]