Chapter 6: The state of relations between Crown and Parliament by 1629 and the reaction of the Political Nation Flashcards
When was the Petition of Right and what were the four main points?
1628: Petition of Right
1) Parliament had to consent to taxation
2) People could only be imprisoned with just cause
3) Imposition of Martial law was illegal
4) Imposition of billeting was illegal
In relation to the Petition of Right why did Parliament not trust Charles?
He got the royal printer to deface the statute number- so that there was doubt about its legality. He did not reply to the petition in the proper legal way. Parliament were concerned whether Charles could be trusted with an ambiguous unwritten constitution.
In which two ways did the 1628 Petition of Right fail, and how did Charles respond to each of these?
1) Did not mention customs duties/impositions/tonnage and poundage, this lead to Charles claiming he didn’t surrender these rights and keeps collecting them.
2) Did not address Charles’ favouring towards anti-Calvinists, he then appoints Laud and Montagu as Bishops showing his support for Arminianism.
When did Parliament reassemble after 1628?
20 January 1629
What were the two key issues Parliament faced in 1629?
1) Religion
- Little change of King accepting Puritan-minded views
- MP’s believed Arminianism was a threat to the Church of England
- Charles had appointed Montagu as Bishop
2) Tonnage and Poundage, as Charles attacked Customs farmers and merchants
- Example of this case is John Rolle (who was also an MP)
- If merchants refused to pay Charles had their goods confiscated
How was the Three Resolutions passed in 1629? Did all MPs agree with this method? How did Charles respond?
After Eliot convinced King to dismiss Parliament, in March he held the speaker down until he passed the Three Resolutions. After it was put through Charles imprisoned Eliot & dismissed Parliament.
How did Charles respond to the Three Resolutions 1629?
- Two days later his leading critics- John Eliot, Holles and Valentine were arrested for treason.
- Dissolved Parliament
- Charles decided to go through with Personal Rule for the next 11 years up until 14640 as he saw the Three Resolutions as a revolutionist act.
