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    Stonestaples Wood (TQ 252 135) is in the centre of the Poynings parish. It is the only one of the Poynings Crossways woods that sits on the Wealden Clay. It...
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    of Ireland under King Henry VII of England. Edward Poynings was the only son of Sir Robert Poynings (c.1419–1461) and Elizabeth Paston (1429?–1487/8),...
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  • Poynings' Law or the Statute of Drogheda may refer to the following acts of the Parliament of Ireland: The acts of Poynings' Parliament, summoned to Drogheda...
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  • the Manor of Poynings, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which is used to resign from the House of Commons. The Manor of Poynings reverted to...
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    by the Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1878. Poynings' Parliament was called by Sir Edward Poynings in his capacity as Lord Deputy of Ireland, appointed...
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  • Poynings is a village and civil parish in West Sussex, England, UK. Poynings may also refer to the following English people: Baron Poynings, title in...
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    The title of Baron Poynings was created twice in the Peerage of England. The first creation was for Sir Michael Poynings, who was summoned to Parliament...
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    England; Percy also became Lord Poynings on his marriage. This title would bring him into direct conflict with the Poynings family themselves, and indeed...
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  • Poynings Heron (1548 - 1595) was an English soldier and commander during the Spanish Armada. He was born the eldest son of Sir Nicholas Heron in Addiscombe...
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  • Sir Poynings More, 1st Baronet (1606–1649) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1640. More was the...
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    Michael de Poynings, 1st Baron Poynings, Knt. (c.1318 – 7 March 1369), of Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, was an English nobleman and soldier. He was present...
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    made in England (10 Hen. 7. c. 22 (I); short title Poynings' Law in Northern Ireland and Poynings' Act 1495 in the Republic of Ireland) is an act passed...
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    foothold around Dublin known as The Pale, and under the provisions of Poynings' Law of 1494, Irish Parliamentary legislation was subject to the approval...
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    Adrian Poynings (c. 1512 – 15 February 1571) was a military commander and administrator. The youngest of the illegitimate children of Sir Edward Poynings, he...
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  • Sir Robert Poynings (c.1419 – 17 February 1461), was the second son of Robert Poynings, 4th Baron Poynings (1382–1446). He joined the rebellion of Jack...
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    the son of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, and his wife Eleanor Poynings. His father was first cousin to (among others) Edward IV of England, Anne...
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    it was, de facto, an English dependency. This status was enshrined in Poynings' Law and in the Declaratory Act of 1719. The territory of the kingdom comprised...
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    Household In office 1521–1525 Monarch Henry VIII Preceded by Sir Edward Poynings Succeeded by Sir William FitzWilliam Personal details Born Thomas Boleyn...
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    Gaelic lords were summoned during the 16th-century Tudor reconquest. Under Poynings' Law of 1495, all Acts of Parliament had to be pre-approved by the Irish...
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    Baron Poynings (died 1545), Edward Poynings (died 1546), and Sir Adrian Poynings. After the death of the 8th Baron Clinton in 1517, Jane Poynings married...
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  • Thomas Poynings, 1st Baron Poynings (c.1512 – 17 August 1545) was an English soldier and courtier. Thomas Poynings was one of seven illegitimate children...
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    Richard Poynings (died 10 June 1429), of Poynings in Sussex, by whom she had a daughter Eleanor Poynings (c. 1422 – 1484), suo jure Baroness Poynings, wife...
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    William Scott Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1493–1509 Succeeded by Edward Poyning Preceded by The Marquess of Berkeley Earl Marshal 1494–1509 Succeeded by...
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    Robert Poynings, Knt., 4th Baron Poynings, by whom she had three sons, Sir Richard Poynings (d. 10 June 1429), Sir Robert Poynings and Edward Poynings (d...
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  • Years' War Yorkshire (1411 and 1416), Nottinghamshire (1414) Sir Robert Poynings c. 1419 1461 Killed during Second Battle of St Albans Yorkist Sussex (1450...
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    (Wild Geese) Irish Rebellion of 1798 United Kingdom Acts of Parliament Poynings' Law Crown of Ireland Act 1542 Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543...
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    was limited to an area around Dublin known as the Pale. Enacted in 1494, Poynings law ensured that the Irish parliament could not meet without the approval...
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