chapter 5 - relations and disputes with parliaments Flashcards

1604-29

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parliamentary privilege

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  • legal immunity for MPs to speak without fear of legal action
  • unwritten constitution
  • balance between monarch’s prerogative and PP left to interpretation
  • conflict
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James 1st parliament

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Buckinghamshire election
- Francis Goodwin broke law
- 2 summons for debt
- reinstated after case - not legally outlawed
- James believed he was acting illegally
- privilege came grant from him
- decided by court of chancery

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Shirleys case

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1604
- Thomas shirley was arrested for debt
- upset MPs keen to establish PP from arrest
-sent governor of fleet debtors prison to Tower of London

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union of England/ Scotland

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1606
-through James prerogative
- title of king of great Britain, France and Ireland
- new currency = unite
- all ships to Carry the union flag2

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5
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2nd parliament

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1614 -
-addled = dissolved after 8 weeks
- finance - great contract failed selling of crown land (loss of income)
- James’ debt = £680,000
- factions - competing groups in politics (protestant and catholic)
- impositions - 1606 financial issue of kings ability to levy impositions
- source of conflict

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3rd parliament

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1621-
- MPs criticised abuse of monopolies
- attack Buckingham - exploited them to attack + impeach bacon

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foreign policy

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  • monarchs prerogative allowed MPs ro discuss foreign policy to frighten Spain into agreeing to a Spanish match (end 30 years war)
    -3rd dec 1621 - commons produced petition - criticised Spanish match
  • James backtracked - claimed prerogative
  • 18th dec 1621 - parliament was dissolved
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peace with Spain

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  • James wanted to continue good relations with Spain after the 1604 treaty of London
  • anti catholicism of English made this unpopular
  • alienated James even more
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Madrid trip - 1623

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  • Charles + Buckingham —> Spain to complete Spanish match
  • received poor treatment at court - both now favoured war
    1624 - agreement for Charles to marry Henrietta Maria
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4th Parliament - 1624

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-failure of Madrid trip with Buckingham and Charles, MPs undermined James’ authority
- James appeared more anti Spanish - MPs reluctant to provide funds for aggressive foreign policy
- possibility that James was not truly anti Spanish
- appeared to push MPs to realising involvement against financial interest
- maintained working relationships with political nation when he died - march 1625

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Charles 1st Parliament

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1625
- needed 1 mill to fund war
- only granted 2 small subsidies and tonnage and poundage for a year
- this was viewed as a direct attack on prerogative
- appointed arminian cleric Montagu as royal chaplain

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12
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cadiz

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1625 -
- failure in foreign policy
-troops raised by force
- shipped to Netherlands
- 4000/6000 died of disease and starvation
- failed to take spanish port
- made it necessary to call parliament for finance

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La Rochelle

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1627 -
- buckingham (lord high admiral)
- aiding catholic French against protestants Huguenots
- scaling ladders too short when attempting to seige
- policy rendered useless
- king of France made peace with huguenots
- 2989/7833 soldiers returned
- meant they were at war with Spain and France

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14
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three resolutions

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1628-29 parliament
- parliament agreed to grant 5 subsidies if grievances addressed
- taxation - illegality of extra parliamentary taxation
- billeting - troops 4 war lodged temporarily in southwest
- civilians housed and fed them
- payment did not materialise
- martial law - imposed on south west where soldiers billeted
to absolutist for gentry

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petition of right

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1628
- response to concern Charles couldn’t be trusted to rule by unwritten constitution

1 - parliament had to consent to taxation
2 - people imprisoned only if just cause was shown
3 - imposition of martial law illegal
4 - imposition of billeting illegal

Charles accepted on 7th June - threat against Buckingham

did not use royal assent - denied force of law

needed 5 subsidies so gave royal assent

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16
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remonstrance

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written grievances by commons

attacked Buckinghams foreign policy failure (17th June)

week later = another

Charles continued to collect tonnage and poundage