Above: Picture of Sir Edward Poyning

Henry was determined to assert his authority, at least over his own officials and Parliament. Sir Edward Poynings was sent across as Lord Deputy in 1494, and Kildare joined him in an uneventful expedition to the north. Poynings had been accompanied by a full set of new officials and judges. A Parliament was summoned which met at Drogheda and passed some anti-Irish Acts, and also enactments against private wars, coyne and livery, etc.