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Sir Edward Poynings KG (1459 – 22 October 1521) was an English soldier, administrator and diplomat, and Lord Deputy of Ireland under King Henry VII of England.
- 1459
- Elizabeth Scott
- 22 October 1521
- Sir Robert Poynings
2 de abr. de 2024 · Sir Edward Poynings (born 1459, Southwark?, near London, Eng.—died October 1521, Westenhanger, Kent) was the lord deputy of Ireland from September 1494 to December 1495, mainly remembered for the laws—“ Poynings’ Laws”—that subjected the Irish Parliament to the control of the English king and council.
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Home. Poynings, Sir Edward. Contributed by. Beresford, David. Poynings, Sir Edward (1459–1521), lord deputy, was born in 1459, probably in Southwark, the son of Robert Poynings and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Paston. From a young age he experienced the harsh side of English politics.
Sir Edward Poynings. Alfred Webb. A Compendium of Irish Biography. 1878. Poynings, Sir Edward, an English statesman, sent to Ireland in 1494 by King Henry VII. as Deputy for his son Henry (afterwards King Henry VIII.), then in his fourth year.
Poynings' Parliament was called by Sir Edward Poynings in his capacity as Lord Deputy of Ireland, appointed by King Henry VII of England in his capacity as Lord of Ireland. Coming in the aftermath of the divisive Wars of the Roses, Poynings' intention was to make
POYNINGS, Sir Edward (1459-1521), of Westenhanger, Kent. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982. Available from Boydell and Brewer.
Sir Edward Poynings served as lord deputy in Ireland from 1494 to 1496. A parliament summoned at Drogheda in December 1494 declared that the English Privy Council must approve the summoning of any Irish parliament and agree to legislation, and that English laws applied to Ireland.
