Richard Barre (c. 1130 – c. 1202) was a medieval English justice,
clergyman, and scholar. He was educated at the law school of Bologna,
and entered royal service under King Henry II of England, later working
for Henry's son and successor Richard I. He was also briefly in the
household of Henry's son Henry the Young King. Barre served the elder
Henry as a diplomat, and was involved in a minor way with the king's
quarrel with Thomas Becket, which earned Barre a condemnation from
Becket. After King Henry's death, Barre became a royal justice during
Richard's reign, and was one of the main judges in the period from 1194
to 1199. During the reign of King John, Barre was no longer employed as
a judge owing to earlier disagreements with John. Barre was the author
of a work of biblical extracts dedicated to one of his patrons, William
Longchamp, the Bishop of Ely and Chancellor of England. (more...)
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