charles finance Flashcards
what was the court of the star chamber made up of
privy councillors. he could hold cases in secret.
the court of high commission
chaired by laud so he could enforce uniformity and conformity.
debt in 1629
£2 million
how did charles lower expenditure
1630 - peace with spain and france
distraints of knighthood
1634 - forest fines
distraints of knighthood
1630 - everyone who didnt come forward to be knighted at Charles’ ascension
= £170,000
forest fines
1634 - bogus medieval law that charles revived
in 1637 the Forest of Rockingham was extended and gentry were fined £51,000 for a medieval law that had been virtually forgotten
=alienated landowners, chance at securing credit was gone
ship money charles
1634 annually until 1639 - got £200,000 per year.
new book of rates issued
1635 - to make market prices align with inflation.
by the end of the 1630s, charles was making £425,000 a year on customs
when was bishop juxon appointed lord treasurer
1636
john hampdens case when was it
1638
how much did charles make in tonnage and poundage annually
£270,000
how much did charles make from feudal dues eg wardship
£75,000 a year
monopolies in charles finance
a loophole in the Monopoly Act allowed him to grant them to corporations. he granted soap to a catholic group which earned him £33,000
recusancy fines stat charles
fines were increased: 1620s £5300 a year -> £26,866 per year in 1634
key word in charles finance
fiscal feudalism - the Crown’s forms of income were derived from feudalism.
