Chapter Six: State of Relations Between Crown & Parliament by 1629

Question 1

What did the Petition of Right fail to address?

Answer 1

T&P (Charles claimed he’d not surrendered right to this) & open favour to anti-Calvinists (appointed Montagu & Laud bishops in 1628)

Question 2

Why did the petition of Right produce a question of trust in Charles?

Answer 2

Didn’t reply in proper legal way (E.g. told royal printer to deface statute number, throwing doubt on docs legality)

Question 3

On what date was Parliament reassembled?

Answer 3

20 Jan 1629

Question 4

What happened when the Speaker of the House of Commons tried to suspend the parliamentary session on 2 March 1629?

Answer 4

Radical MPs held speaker down until 3Rs (condemning king’s conduct) passed

Question 5

What were the Three Resolutions?

Answer 5

Expressed opposition to Arminianism & collection of T&P w/o parliamentary approval ( = capital enemies)

Question 6

What was Charles’ reaction to the Three Resolutions?

Answer 6

Immediately dissolved Parl & arrested leading critics (inc Eliot)

Question 7

What were some possible tensions between Charles I and Parliament by 1629?

Answer 7

Conflict over religion, constant inability to collect adequate revenue (had to resort to methods which made him unpopular) & dismissal of all criticism opened a divide