6 - James and relations with parliament

Question 1

Issues with the parliament of 1604

Answer 1

• disputes over buckinghams election
• james wanted a union w/ scotland and parliament didnt

Question 2

Attitude of James about the parliament of 1604

Answer 2

lost faith in commons

Question 3

Form of apology and satisfaction

Answer 3

A way of ommons expressing their feelings without being conforntational
in 1604 they wrote about the ‘growing’ royal perogative

Question 4

The second session OF 1605

Answer 4

Due to meet on the day of the gun powder plot but was obvioulsy adjurned
Less worried about james’ extravegance and james was given £400,000 subsidy - a way of showing how glad they were that the plan failed

Question 5

The end of the 1st parliament

Answer 5

Ended due to distrust between commons and crown
Mps suspsected the corwn of sinister inettnions - and uncooperative

Question 6

Addled parliament of 1614

Answer 6

James called a parliament without an actual agenda - just yurned to a discussion about impositions.
when one MP suggestes gentlemen of the bedchamber be sent home, james dissolved the parliament
nothing was passed

Question 7

Robert carr

Answer 7

favourite to james
earl of sommerset
married to Frances howard, member of the powerful, howard family (who were pro-spanish)
anti-spanish factions wanted to get Carr away so introduced Buckingham instead

Question 8

The overbury affair

Answer 8

Thomas overbury was a freind of carr but didnt like the marriage to a Howard
the countess arranged to have him posisioned
Her and her husband, Robert carr were found guilty of murder
Later pardoned but his time as favourite was over

Question 9

The fall of the Howards

Answer 9

The overburry scandal and dismissal of Suffolk lead to a fall in their power

Question 10

Buckingham

Answer 10

Fall of the howards left a power vacume
Limited influence in James’ reign
By 1625 he had a monpoloy of patronage, causing issues for charles’ relations with parliament

Question 11

1st session of Parliament of 1621

Answer 11

Country in a depression
commons could only grant a subsidy of £140,000
James and commons both agreed that monpoloies were harmufl and caused inflation
a bill to stop monpoloies failed as the lords rejected it

Question 12

2nd session of parliament in 1621

Answer 12

The issue of the palitinate and securing it
Parliamenbt wanted james to head the protestant cause
also wanted a marriage for charles within the religion

Question 13

End of the parliament of 1621

Answer 13

commons wrote negatuvely about james’ actions on foreign policy in their jorunal
he absolved dissolved when james found out
a subsidy bill was passed but no legislation

Question 14

Parliament of 1624

Answer 14

buckingham adn charles had returned from madrid wanting war, only james and some council stood in the way, pressure from parliament would overrule this

Question 15

Reasons for the subsidy act, the statue of monpoloies and impeachment of cranifeild

Answer 15

desperation for parliaments support of a war with spain meant charles was willing to accpet them

Question 16

Subsidy act

Answer 16

commons aproved the war but not the sums they needed
to get them to grant it, buckingham and charles agreed to restirctions
- the money would only be used for defence of the realm, ireland, the navy and aid to the united provinces
- woudl be spent under parliamentary supervision

limited the royal perogative

Question 17

Statute of monpopolies

Answer 17

restarted the failed monpoloes bill of 1621
limited the kings right to grant monpoloes to INDIVIDUALS, limited to new inventions
however, left a loophole that monopolies could still be granted to companies and corporations

Question 18

impeachment of cranifeld

Answer 18

cranfield was pro-spanish match and against war as it would ruin finances
charles and buckingham supported parliaments decision to impeach cranfield

undermined the kings authoirity

Question 19

Relations with parliament at the end of James’ reign

Answer 19

parliament were suspicious of charles and his true intentions after promision that no religious concessions would me made in the marriage with he french but they had been