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 Above : Illustration Picture Of Sir Edward Poynings

Above : Picture Of King Henry VII, The Tudor

Above: Poynings Law

The accession in 1485, of Henry VII, who belonged to the Lancastrians, was the final triumph of that great party. At this time all the chief state offices in Ireland were held by the Geraldines; but as the new king felt that he could not govern the country without their aid, he made no changes, though he knew well they were all devoted Yorkists. Accordingly the great earl of Kildare, who had been lord deputy for several years, with a short break, was still retained.