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 43^ COMPLETE PEERAGE barry Peerages which were recognised in 1489 by Henry VII (*) but of the date or mode of whose creation nothing certain is known. Its existence as the premier Barony [I.] was acknowledged in 1489, 1490, 1541, 1560, and 1585. C) Philip de Barry, Q 2nd s. ('') of William de Barry, by Angar- eth, (^) da. of Stephen, Constable of Cardigan Castle (by Nesta, da. of Rhys ap Griffith, Prince of South Wales), received from his maternal uncle, Robert Fitz Stephen, about 11 80, (') a grant of the cantred of Olethan and of two others (Muscry-Donnegan and Killyde) in co. Cork. He m. ( — ), da. of Richard Fitz Tancred. The statements that he or his immediate successors obtained the stalus of a Peer, as Lord Barry [I.], are unsupported by evidence. He d. about 1200. William de Barry, of Olethan, i^c. afsd., s. and h., to whom King John, on 21 Feb. 1206, confirmed the three cantreds abovenamed. David de Barry, of Olethan, {ffc, to whom was granted, 24 Sep. estates of (his 6th cousin once removed) James, 3rd Viscount. He writes, " The succession of the feudal Lords of the cantred of Olethan, afterwards known as the Barony of Barrymore, has been traced, and the various pedigrees English and Irish of the different branches of the Barry family have been critically examined and collated with public and private records and the Irish annals, by the late Rev. E.Barry, P.P., M.R.I. A., Vice Pres. R.S.A. Ireland, in a series of papers entitled " Barrymore, " published in the "Journal of the Cork Historical aud Archaological Soc, 2nd Ser., vols, v, vi, vii, viii (i 899-1 902). The succession which, as attempted by Lodge, is in hopeless confusion, was unravelled to a certain extent by Sir William Betham, Ulster (Betham's MSS., Ulster's Office), and somewhat more fully by Denis O'Callaghan Fisher (Fisher's MSS., Ulster's Office), but their efforts fall very far short of the extensive work and research of the said Rev. E. Barry, upon which the following account is founded. " G.D.Burtchaeil adds that though following him generally, he has not " in all cases accepted his identification of the various parties," and states that the Rev. E. Barry " makes no suggestion as to the origin of the peerage." V.G. (") In " The Order of placing the Lords of Ireland in the Procession at the Court of Greenwich. " See Appendix A m this volume. C") See Appendix A in this volume. C) Camden in his Britannia states that " the name is derived from the island of Barry, co. Glamorgan, and from their great riches and large estates the family have been called Barry-more, or Barry the Great." J. H. Round, however, points out that Philip's father, William, was of Manorbier Castle on the coast, west of Tenby, and adds that Philip joined his uncle in Ireland at the end of February, 1 183, and that his father-in-law, Richard Fitz Tancard, of Tankarston in Brawey, was Constable of Haverfordwest. (*) The yst s., Gerald, was the celebrated Giraldus Camhreniis, author of the Itinerarium Cambriae, Topographic Hihernica, (Jc. The 1st s., Robert, who was slain at Lismore about 1 185, was " for his worthiness " called Barry-More. {') For some discussion on mediaeval English names see vol. iii. Appendix C. V.G. (') Henry II bestowed the county of Cork on Robert Fitz-Stephen (and another) in May 1177.