Ireland Whales
Henry VII 1485 Local nobleman, Earl of Kildaire, re-appointed as Lord deputy; continuing
traditional approach
1486 Crowned Lambert Simnel king of Ireland betraying the king
1491 Supported Perkin Warbeck
1494 Replaced with Sir Edward Poynings who attempted to implement English law eg.
Poynings law stating the Irish Parliament needed the approval of the English
crown to pass any laws but this method was very expensive having implemented
700 soldiers
1496 Henry re-instated Kildaire having negotiated
Henry 1530’s Kildaire’s son Thomas Fitzgerald led a rebellion in protest to the reforms
VIII implemented by Cromwell and his father’s replacement by an English nobleman
Thomas was executed and Kildaire imprisoned but the suppression cost £40,000
and took 14th months.
1534 Henry failed to bring the Irish government under English control Cromwell appointed the Bishop of Coventry and
Lich eld as President of the council as it was
ine ective
1536 the Act of Union put Whales under the same
administrative and legal framework as England
1539 2 Gaelic Lords invaded the Pale
1540 New duputy St Anthony St Leger
1541 It is established as a separate kingdom with Henry King (not just Lord); Gaelic
Lordships become counties imposing English law through Legers law of
‘surrender and regent’
Henry VII 1485 Local nobleman, Earl of Kildaire, re-appointed as Lord deputy; continuing
traditional approach
1486 Crowned Lambert Simnel king of Ireland betraying the king
1491 Supported Perkin Warbeck
1494 Replaced with Sir Edward Poynings who attempted to implement English law eg.
Poynings law stating the Irish Parliament needed the approval of the English
crown to pass any laws but this method was very expensive having implemented
700 soldiers
1496 Henry re-instated Kildaire having negotiated
Henry 1530’s Kildaire’s son Thomas Fitzgerald led a rebellion in protest to the reforms
VIII implemented by Cromwell and his father’s replacement by an English nobleman
Thomas was executed and Kildaire imprisoned but the suppression cost £40,000
and took 14th months.
1534 Henry failed to bring the Irish government under English control Cromwell appointed the Bishop of Coventry and
Lich eld as President of the council as it was
ine ective
1536 the Act of Union put Whales under the same
administrative and legal framework as England
1539 2 Gaelic Lords invaded the Pale
1540 New duputy St Anthony St Leger
1541 It is established as a separate kingdom with Henry King (not just Lord); Gaelic
Lordships become counties imposing English law through Legers law of
‘surrender and regent’
