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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Predicate Object
instanceOf English statesman
Lord Deputy of Ireland
member of the English nobility
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allegiance Tudor dynasty NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction Parliament of Ireland NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 15th century
16th century
country Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
era early 16th century
late 15th century
father Robert Poynings NERFINISHED
honor Order of the Garter NERFINISHED
implementedIn Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED
mother Elizabeth Paston NERFINISHED
namedAfter Edward Poynings NERFINISHED
nobleFamily Poynings family NERFINISHED
notableWork Poynings' Law NERFINISHED
occupation statesman
participatedIn Anglo-Irish military campaigns of the 1490s NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Lord Deputy of Ireland
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
servedAs chief governor of Ireland
sphereOfActivity English government
Irish administration
title Sir Edward Poynings NERFINISHED

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Poynings' Law namedAfter Edward Poynings