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Rh that there might arise some debate, whether his lordship ought to have a seat in the upper house, his elder brother, to whom it was alleged that right belonged, being still alive; his majesty, to prevent the delay such debate might occasion, declared that "in regard the Lord Barry hath been always honourably reported of, for his dutiful behaviour to our state, and hath enjoyed, without contradiction, these many years the title of honour and living of his house; and that his brother, who is said to be elder, is both dumb and deaf, and was never yet in possession of the honour or living of his house; we are pleased to command you, if this question, concerning his right to sit in parliament, be stirred by any person, that you silence it by our command; and that you do admit him, according to his degree, to have voice and place in parliament, not taking knowledge of any doubt, which may be moved of his legal right thereunto." He was according present in that parliament; and died April 10, 1617, at Barry's court.

DAVID BARRY, first Earl of Barrymore, was the grandson of the subject of the last article, and was born in 1605. On his grandfather's decease, he succeeded to his estates, and in the following year a special livery of all his possessions was granted, notwithstanding his minority. In 1627, the king, to reward bis fidelity and attachment to the protestant interest, created him Earl of Barrymore. He served against the Scots in 1639; and, in 1641, when the insurgents offered to make him their general, he rejected the proposal with the utmost disdain:—"I will first take an offer," said he, "from my brother Dungarvan, to be hangman-general at Youghall." Incensed at this, the insurgents threatened to destroy his house at Castle Lyons, on which he sent them word, that "he would defend it while one stone stood upon another," at the same time desiring