Editing Blind Harry (section)

==Biography==
Little is known about Blind Harry's life. One source is the [[Lord High Treasurer]]'s accounts of 1473–1492, which recorded payments to him for performances at the court of [[James IV of Scotland|James IV]]. Blind Harry was given gifts of money by the King at New Year, as were other minor courtiers, but a payment on 2 January 1492 seems to relate to the singing of a ballad accompanied by two Gaelic harpers, "[[Gàidhealtachd|Ersche]] [[Clarsach|clareschaw]]", mentioned in adjacent entries. This is the last mention of Harry in the accounts.<ref>''Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland'', vol. 1 (1877), 184.</ref>

He is mentioned by [[William Dunbar]] on line 69 of his ''Lament for the Makeris'' early in the 16th century. Historian [[John Major (philosopher)|John Major]] also wrote about Harry in 1518.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} These sources differed on whether or not he was blind from birth, but Harry almost certainly{{vague|date=August 2021}}{{dubious|date=August 2021}} seems to have had a military background.