CROWN OF IRELAND ACT 1542

The 'Crown of Ireland Act 1542' is an Act of the Parliament of Ireland (33 Hen 8 c. 1), declaring that King Henry VIII of England and his successors would also be Kings of Ireland. Since 1171 the monarch of England had held the title Lord of Ireland. The long title of the act read 'An Act that the King of England, his Heirs and Successors, be Kings of Ireland'.
One of the consequences of the Act was that in 1555, Pope Paul IV issued a papal bull declaring Philip II of Spain as King of Ireland.^[1] This Act has been repealed in the Republic of Ireland^[2] by the Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act, 1962 ^[3], but is still in force in the Northern Ireland.^[4] The short title was conferred by the Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951.^[5]

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References

★ ''The Rights of Persons, According to the Text of Blackstone: Incorporating the Alterations Down to the Present Time'', Sir William Blackstone and James Stewart, 1839, p. 92.
1. Documents on Ireland, Heraldica website
2. Statutes which have already been repealed, Irish Attorney General website
3. Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act, 1962, Acts of the Oireachtas
4. Statute Law Database - Crown of Ireland Act 1542
5. Statute Law Database

See also

★ Protestant Ascendancy

★ Style of the British Sovereign

External links

★ Statute Law Database - Crown of Ireland Act 1542