William Birchinshaw

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William Birchinshaw (fl. 1584–1617) was a Welsh poet believed to be from the Denbighshire area. Morris Kyffin was one of his contemporaries. References are made to him in a letter by William Myddelton, who describes him as a 'wandering minstrel'.

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