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BABRY. 251 in the Patent Rolls (13 Hen. VII, m. 19) dat. 28 March 1496 that " William Barry, called Lord Barry of Munstcr" should be attainted by the Irish Pari, and by an entry (Pat. Rolls 12 Hen. VII, m. 9) o£ 26 Aug. 1196 that a pardon granted to certain Irish magnates is not to extend "ad Dominion Stars." Previous howerer to these last two dotal there is the recognition by Henry VII of this said William in 1489 (above mentioned) «* the premier Viscount, ranking next to the Earls and above all Barons. So also in June 1541 " Domiuus Barry, Vice comes Barry" was likewise placed in a similar position. It will therefore be assumed (though the point is by no means free from doubt) that the William Harry, " Dominus de Barry," of 1461 was the first Peerage Lord of this family, and that his Peerage (besides that of a Barony) was of a Visciiu.NTCT prior to (that of Gormanstown) 1478. The lax use of Lord" for "Viscount" renders such matters very uncertain, and, even as late as 1561, the then and the late Viscounts are styled " Jacobus, Vice comes de Barrymore ali'is Dominus de Barri/morc, consanguineus at heres Jacob' Barrie, nuper Domini tic Biirrjimore." Until the reign of Eliz. the holder! of this title were mostly styled Lords (though sometimes Viscounts) of Barry or Barrymore. In 1571 there Is mention (Carew MSS.) of "the Viscount Buttevant, alias the Viscount Barry," which in the Queen's letters of 1573 (State Papers) becomes " Viscount Buttevant." It must also be observed that the pedigree of these Lords is extremely obscure, and altogether wauting in proof down to 1557, and the succession to the title during that period is consequently very doubtful. Viscounts [I.] 1. William BarryC') of Buttevant, Olethan, Ihawne, I 1461? ^ c Cu ' C 01 'k| supposed to have been s. and h. of .Tames B. of the same, had a grant from Edward IV, 8 Nov. 1461, under the style of " Dominus c/c Burr;/," of 20 marks a year from the customs of Cork. By that monarch he appears to have been either previously or then (1461) cr. (or at all events recognised as) LORD BARRY, and to have also been cr. either then, or sometime before 1478, VISCOUNT BARRY, BARRYMORE or BUTTEVANT [I.] II. 1480? 2. John (Bariiy)^) Viscount Barry, Barrymore, or Blttevant, &e. [I.] s. and h. He d. in 1485. III. 1485. 3. Thomas (Barry)() Viscount Barry, Barrymore, or BOTTBVAST, &e. [I.] s. anil h. On 24 June 14SS he took the oath of allegiance to the King's Commissioner in Ireland. IV. 1488? 4- William (Barry) Viscount Barry, Barrymore, ov BnTTEVANT, &e. [I] s. and h. He was one of the fifteen Irish Peers sum. to Greenwich by Henry VII in 14S9, being ranked as Phkuibh Viscount, next immediately after the Bark( d ) He was also sum. to Pari. [I.] in 1490. He d. 1499, being slain by his br. David Barry, Archdeacon of Cork and Cloyue. V 14:99. 5. John (Barry)C') Viscount Barry, Barrymore, or Buttevant, &c. [I.], s. and h. ( b ) He apparently it was who, as " William. Lord Barry, Esquire," signed a public testimonial dat. 9 Jan. (1442-3) 21 Hen. VI. See " Carew Papers VI, 461." Bx inform. J. H. Round, to whom the Editor is indebted for much information and for many suggestions and emendations in this article. ( c ) The existence of these three as Viscounts is very doubtful : all are omitted (as such) in the claim of J. 11. Barry to the Viscountcy of Buttevant in 1825. They are here given sold;/ on the authority of " Lodge." The Lords Barry, as well as the Lonls Athenry, Lords Kingsale and Lords Kerry [I.], became, during most of that period, mere Irish Chieftains, many of them assuming Irish names and being entirely hostile to the English Government. « fJ,^ " Pref «ce," iii, note "a." It appears, however, from Sir Richard Cox's Ihbcrnia Anglicana (1689), part 1, p. 182, that of the 15 Irish Noblemen who were thus sum., three of them, viz. Ormonde, Desmond and Kerry, did uot attend,