James

Question 1

When did James ascend to the throne?

When was he crowned James I of England?

Answer 1

March 24, 1603

July 25, 1603 at Westminster Abbey

Question 2

When was the Treaty of London signed with Spain?

Answer 2

1604

Question 3

Who was James’s wife?

Answer 3

Anne, Daughter of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway

Question 4

Which three of James’s children survived infancy?

Answer 4

Henry, Elizabeth and Charles

Question 5

When did James die?

Answer 5

March 27, 1625

age 58

Question 6

define Divine Right of Kings

Answer 6

The belief that the monarch’s authority came from God and were ultimately only answerable to God. Anyone who questions or resists royal power is guilty of sin against God.

‘Kings are not only God’s lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God’s throne, but even by God himself are called gods’ - Speech by James on 21 March 1610.

Question 7

define The Royal Prerogative

Answer 7

The power of the King to make decisions that were beyond the competence of parliament.

The king could…

• dissolve and interrupt parliament’s sitting
• declare war
• form and break alliances
• appoint ministers and bishops etc.

Question 8

define Subsidies

Answer 8

A form of parliamentary taxation. A tax on land and other forms of property.

Question 9

define Parliamentary privilege

Answer 9

The rights of MPs and parliament to have freedom from arrest while sitting, freedom of speech, banned the monarch from entering the House of Commons.

Question 10

define Impeachment

Answer 10

Medieval practice of forcing ministers to stand trial in the House of Lords if accused of wrong doing by MPs or Lords.

Question 11

define Monopolies

Answer 11

The right to make or distribute certain products or commodities, sold by the crown.

Question 12

When was James’s first parliament?

Answer 12

1604-1611

Question 13

What was the first issue of parliamentary privilege to occur?

Answer 13

The Goodwin/Fortescue case- 1604
Sir Francis Goodwin had won the election but the crown wasnted Sir John Fortescue to sit. Initially James demanded that the commons back down but later it was agreed to hold a fresh election.

Question 14

What was the Form of Apology and Satisfaction?

Answer 14

A document drawn up by a committee of MPs in 1604 where they stated their privileges and liberties at length.

Question 15

When did James I propose the union of England & Scotland, that attracted much criticism?

Answer 15

1604

Question 16

When was the Gunpowder plot?

Answer 16

November 5th, 1605

Question 17

What resulted from the Gunpowder plot?

Answer 17

New oath of allegiance for Catholics

Question 18

What and when was the Bates case?

Answer 18

1606 - Ruling that the King had the right to collect impositions without parliamentary consent

Question 19

When was the truce between the Spanish and the Dutch?

Answer 19

1609

Question 20

When was Salisbury’s Great Contract rejected by James and parliament?

Answer 20

1610

Question 21

When was the Calvinist George Abbot created Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer 21

1611

Question 22

When was the authorised version of the King’s Bible published?

Answer 22

1611

Question 23

When did both Robert Cecil (finance) and Prince Henry die?

Answer 23

1612

Question 24

When did Princess Elizabeth marry Frederick, future ruler of the Palatinate?

Answer 24

1613

Question 25

When was the Addled Parliament and why was it called so?

Answer 25

1614, because it achieved little. Lasted only 3 montsh

Had been called to provide money to help meet royal expenditure. Commons refused to grant subsidies unless impositions were abolished, which James considered as part of his prerogative.

Question 26

Cockaynes scheme for customs duties

Answer 26

1614

Question 27

When was George villiers appointed as gentlemen of the bedchamber?

Answer 27

1615

Question 28

When was Robert Carr created earl of Somerset?

Answer 28

1613

Question 29

When was Robert Carr and wife found guilty of murder, but sentenced only to imprisonment?

Answer 29

1616

Question 30

When was George Villiers created Duke of Buckingham?

Answer 30

1617

Question 31

When was the beginning of the 30 years war and when did it end?

Answer 31

1618-48

Question 32

When was Frederick of Palatinate offered the Bohemian crown?

Answer 32

1619

Question 33

When did the Hapsburg troops and Ferdinand eject Frederick?

Answer 33

1620

Question 34

When was the Protestation of the House of Commons?

Answer 34

1621

Question 35

What happened in the parliament of 1621?

Answer 35

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Question 36

When was Lionel Cranfield appointed Lord Treasurer?

Answer 36

1621

Question 37

When did Charles and Buckingham travel to Madrid to conclude the Spanish Match?

Answer 37

1623

Question 38

What happened in the parliament of 1624?

Answer 38

• calls for war at sea against Spain
• James only seeks war to recover Palatinate
• James voted 3 subsidies, still insufficient

Question 39

When was the marriage treaty agreed with France?

Answer 39

1624

Henrietta Maria to marry Charles

Question 40

What was A New Gag for an Old Goose?

Answer 40

A book published in 1624 by Richard Montagu, an anti-Calvanist

Question 41

Why was Lionel Cranfield impeached in 1624?

Answer 41

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Question 42

When did James die?

Answer 42

1625

Question 43

What was the most pressing matter of parliament in 1610?

Answer 43

Royal finance. James had spent the

Question 44

Robert Cecil/ Earl of Sailsbury –

Answer 44

Elizabeth I’s final chief minister who secured James’s peaceful succession an acted as his chief minister for the first part of his reign. Attempted to put together Great Contract in 1610, which failed.

Question 45

Lord Cranfield –

Answer 45

A businessman who became Lord Chancellor and tried, in vain, to resolve James’s financial woes. Was impeached in 1624.

Question 46

Robert Carr/Earl of Somerset –

Answer 46

James’s Scottish favourite who won notoriety in England with his beau, Frances Howard, after his wife-to-be arranged the poisoning of her almost-ex husband, Lord Overbury.

Question 47

George Villiers/Duke of Buckingham –

Answer 47

the principal favourite of James’s later years. A young and beautiful man whom James doted on and promoted to the highest possible honours, though extremely unpopular in Parliament and London.