(7) Political Issues Flashcards
When does Wentworth become Lord President of the North?
1628
What happened to Wentworth in 1627?
He was imprisoned for failing to pay the forced loan
What did Wentworth help devise in 1628?
The Petition of Right
What nickname was given to Wentworth?
Grand Apostate
What were Wentworth’s policies in England?
- insisted on conformity to the Book of Orders (1631)
- saw that the lives of lower classes were improved
- poor farmers could not be evicted illegally from their farmland by wealthy landowners
What were Wentworth’s policies in Ireland?
3 goals:
1. Make Ireland profitable
2. Impose the authority of the English crown
3. Impose religious uniformity and conformity
When was Wentworth promoted to Lord Deputy of Ireland?
July 1633 - this was so he was kept at a distance
What were the ‘Graces’?
In return for Parliament to grant three subsidise of £250,000, the Lord Deputy must:
1. not collect recusancy fines
2. relaxation for Catholics to swear an oath of supremacy
3. guarantee of land titles of 60 years old
Did Wentworth follow the graces?
No
What were the reactions to Wentworth in Ireland?
- Wentworth was able to stand outside factional politics
- His ruthless suppression of critics allowed him to act swiftly when opposition emerged
- Irish Privy Council were more subservient
When was Wentworth recalled to England?
1639
What were the reactions in England to the Crown?
- Hampden Case had mobilised a network of Puritans
- Trail of B,B and P was widely discussed as the king’s repression of critics
- King’s circle of advisors began to shrink
- Wentworth had disrupted local communities
Why were there demands to recall Parliament?
- The absence of Parliament meant that the Political Nation could not express its collected will to the king
- the narrow court around Charles I
- clampdown on ability to dissent in the home localities
