Charles I Flashcards
Spanish match
March 1623
The happy parliament
February 1624
Parliament grant money for naval war goes towards Mansfield expedition
With the help of Buckingham parliament impeached Buckingham
French match
1st may 1625
Married Henrietta Maria of France
Who refused to go to his coronation on 2nd feb due to Catholicism
Never fully integrated and had trouble speaking and writing up till the 40s
Came with her own catholic priests
Mansfield expedition
- January 1625
Angry bc granted funds for naval war
Disaster
Intended for Mansfield to take English force through French territory and recover the palatinate
It was a disaster 4000 out of 6000 died from sickness and starvation
French match concessions
Penal laws have been relaxed against catholics
James promised Louis xll a fleet of English ships which would later be used against true hugenos who were Protestant
Buckingham
Charles relied on Buckingham
Parliament called him the “cause of all our miseries”
Impeached Buckingham’s protége francis bacon
1621 led by Coke
The useless parliament
June 1625
Mansfield required sum of 20,000 a month to start military operations in Netherlands and Germany
Wanted to raise money against war for Spain joint military and naval expedition
Estimated cost of 1m
Parliament voted 140,000 and broke precident and didn’t give tounage and poundage only for a year
Unless parliament second session
Attached Buckingham so dissolves Parliament
Cadiz expedition
September 1625
Naval expedition against Spanish naval bas
Cost 250,000
2nd parliament
February 1626
Needed to re-equip and re arm troops for La Rochelle
Appointed pms as sheriffs e.g coke
4 subsidies discussed not granted
Forced loans
September 1626
Five knights case
November 1627
York house conference
Feb 1626
Third parliament
1628
Petition of right
June 1628
The three resolutions
Jan 1629
Commons protestation
March 1629
Treaty of Madrid
1630
Tonnage and poundage
358,000
Distraint of knighthood
175,000
Ship money
200,000
Hampton case
1637
Book of orders
1632
314 books
William laid bishop of London
1628
Reissue book of sports
1632
Case of prune burton and vast wick
1637
Fined 5,000
First bishops war
1639
The pacification of Berwick
June 1639
Second bishops war
June 1640
Long parliament
Nov 1640
Execution of Stratford
May 1641
Irish rebellion
October 1641
Grand remonstrance
November 1641
Five members
January 1642
The militia ordinance
1642
Battle of naseby
1645
Newcastle propositions
July 1646
No vote of Address
3rd January
Battle of Preston
August
Prides purge
December
