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STATUTE OF DROGHEDA (Poyning's law): (1) No Irish parliament should be held without the consent of the king of England.
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Poyning's Law (25) during the so-called Reformation Parliament undermined the executive function of the local Dublin administration; legislative initiative passed from it to Cromwell and the
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Poyning's Act; and saw what the revived powers of the Irish Parliament might lead to.
Is Ulster Right? Anonymous
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The Bill of Rights of course did not apply to Ireland; general elections were very rare, and a large number of members were paid officers of the Government; the English Parliament had a co-ordinate power of legislating for Ireland; and since Poyning's Act
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Privy Council, which will be regarded as an essentially English body; hence if it attempts to veto an Irish Act, its action will be at once denounced as a revival of Poyning's Act and the Declaratory Act of
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He accordingly persuaded the Irish Parliament to pass an Act which from the name of the Lord Deputy was known as "Poyning's Act."
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As the Parliament of the Pale it had been so often used for factious purposes that in 1496 Poyning's Law was passed, providing that henceforth no Irish Parliament could meet, and no law could be proposed, without the previous consent of both the Irish and English
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Parliament, under Poyning's Act, could not entertain a Bill that had not previously been sanctioned by the Privy Council in England.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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How did she get her Mutiny Bill -- a limited Parliament -- a repeal of Poyning's
Political Pamphlets George Saintsbury 1889
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Poyning's act, the privy councils of England and Ireland exercised over
The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration William Hunt 1886
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