The kidnapping by the local chief, O'Connor Faly, of Henry VIII's governor, Lord Delvin, in 1528 plunged the Dublin administration into crisis. Delvin was the most obvious – but not entirely surprising – casualty of an ingenious but flawed experiment by the king, aimed at bolstering as governor a reliable border baron by harnessing to his governorship the manraed of the traditional ruling magnate, so saving the cost to the king of a border garrison. Delvin's weak administration underlined the low priority accorded to Irish affairs at Henry VIII's court; but even after its predictable collapse, the king disclaimed responsibility. Against advice at court and in Ireland, the king then insisted on reappointing a previously unsuccessful governor, thus simply compounding the difficulties faced by the Dublin administration.

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保卫英格兰的苍白：理查德·纽金特的总督，德尔文的第三代男爵，1527-8 年

1528 年，当地酋长奥康纳·法利绑架了亨利八世的总督德尔文勋爵，使都柏林政府陷入危机。德尔文是国王进行的一项巧妙但有缺陷的实验中最明显但并不完全令人惊讶的牺牲品，该实验旨在通过在他的总督职位上利用曼拉传统的统治大亨，因此节省了边防国王的费用。德尔文软弱的政府强调了亨利八世宫廷对爱尔兰事务的重视程度较低。但即使在其可预见的崩溃之后，国王也否认了责任。国王不顾宫廷和爱尔兰的建议，坚持重新任命一位以前不成功的总督，从而加剧了都柏林政府面临的困难。