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