Edward Poynings

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Edward Poynings was a late 15th-century English statesman and Lord Deputy of Ireland best known for initiating Poynings' Law, which placed the Irish Parliament under tighter English control.

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Edward Poynings canonical 2
Sir Edward Poynings 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English statesman
Lord Deputy of Ireland
member of the English nobility
statute
allegiance Tudor dynasty
appliesToJurisdiction Parliament of Ireland
centuryOfActivity 15th century
16th century
country Kingdom of Ireland
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth circa 1459
dateOfDeath 1521
effect placed Irish Parliament under tighter English control
required Irish legislation to be approved by the English king and council before introduction in Ireland
enactedBy Parliament of Ireland
era early 16th century
late 15th century
father Robert Poynings
linked to: Lord Poynings
honor Order of the Garter
implementedIn Kingdom of Ireland
knownFor initiating Poynings' Law in Ireland
reorganizing English administration in Ireland
languageSpoken English
legislativeAchievement secured passage of Poynings' Law
militaryRank soldier
monarchServed Henry VII of England
Henry VIII of England
mother Elizabeth Paston
namedAfter Edward Poynings
nobleFamily Poynings family
notableWork Poynings' Law
occupation statesman
participatedIn Anglo-Irish military campaigns of the 1490s
campaigns against Perkin Warbeck
placeOfBirth England
placeOfDeath England
policyGoal limiting autonomy of the Irish Parliament
strengthening Tudor control over Ireland
positionHeld Knight of the Garter
Lord Deputy of Ireland
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
religion Roman Catholicism
servedAs chief governor of Ireland
sphereOfActivity English government
Irish administration
title Sir Edward Poynings
linked to: Edward Poynings

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Poynings' Law namedAfter Edward Poynings
Poynings' Law namedAfter Edward Poynings
subject linked to: Edward Poynings
Edward Poynings title Sir Edward Poynings
linked to: Edward Poynings