Accession of Charles I / Calling of the 1625 Parliament (refusal to grant Charles Tonnage and Poundage for life)

Question 1

Accession of Charles I:

Date

Answer 1

1625

Question 2

Accession of Charles I:

Summary

Answer 2

Disagreements began when Commons refused to grant Charles the right to collect an excise tax, T + P, for life, in response to the disastrous Mansfeld campaign.

MPs suggested that a grant should be made for a year, so he would be forced to call a parliament regularly. > already asserting their authority

Question 3

Accession of Charles I:

Causation of calling a 1625 parliament

Answer 3

When Charles succeeded to the throne, he found an empty Treasury and dwindling credit.

Moved to gain a loan from City of London merchants of £60,000, but not enough > forced to call a parliament.

Parl. functions: taxation, defence of common law and impeachment.

Question 4

Accession of Charles I:

Consequence

Answer 4

Charles decided to collect Tonnage and Poundage anyway.

Charles hastily dissolved parliament when the Commons began discussing impeachment- Buckingham.

• In these circumstances, Charles’ decision to call another parliament in early 1626 indicates a serious lack of awareness.

Question 5

Accession of Charles I:

Significance

Answer 5

The meeting of parliament in June 1625 initiated a sequence of quarrels that destroyed any co-operation between king and parliament and led Charles to embark on a period of personal rule in 1629.