1625-29 fact test Flashcards
3 reasons why there was conflict between Charles and Parliament from 1625-29
Buckingham
Billeting, forced loan, five knights case etc. Charles treading on common law rights.
Failed foreign policy and Military Expeditions
Name two failed expeditions in 1625
Cadiz - failed after soldiers discovered vineyards and got drunk.
Mansfeldt’s expedition - didn’t get further than Flushing - the port where they arrived - due to disease
Where was the 1625 parliament moved to and why?
Oxford, Plague
Why was the 1626 parliament dissolved?
Attempted to impeach Buckingham
What new fundraising measure did Charles introduce in 1627
The forced loan
What was the five knights case 1627?
The five knights (including John Hampden) had been imprisoned without trial for refusing to pay the forced loan. They brought the case arguing the right of habeus corpus (to a trial).
Where did Buckingham send an expedition to help French protestants in 1627?
Rhé, an island fortress near La Rochelle.
What was the outcome of the expedition to Rhé and why?
It failed: the ladders were too short and 5,000 men were lost.
Name the religious debates chaired by Buckingham in 1626 and the form of Protestantism he favoured?
York House debates, Arminianism
What happened to Buckingham in August 1628
He was assassinated by John Felton - a bitter veteran of his campaigns.
List two consequences of Buckingham’s assassination
Parliament could no longer use him as a scapegoat,
Public rejoicing and optimism that Parliament could now make progress.
Name the list of Grievances presented to Charles in 1628?
The Petition of Right - inspired by Edward Coke’s study of Magna Carta.
How did Charles respond to the Petition of Right?
He signed it in return for 5 subsidies, although he continued to collect tonnage and poundage despite the agreement forbidding him to.
How did the 1629 parliament end?
The “Black Rod incident”: Holles, Valentine and Eliot held down the speaker and forced him to pass a bill hostile to the King as the black rod tried to dissolve the Commons.
