sentences:  This was part of a calculated policy of King Henry VIII, on the advice of the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Sir Anthony St Leger, that the loyalty of the Anglo-Irish nobility could be better secured by "small gifts and honest persuasion rather than rigor".The policy was successful, at least as regards the Plunketts, who were noted in later generations for their loyalty to the English Crown.He died in circa 1555 and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Thomas.