James' relations with Parliament

Question 1

Money

Answer 1

Parliament
- James extravagant
- Parliament more generous then before
- Impositions were an attack on Parliament’s right to grant taxation.
James
- Greater need for money
- subsidy worth less
- inflation eroding worth of grants
- Need to find new forms of revenue

Question 2

Power

Answer 2

Parliament
- Worried James didn’t support Parliament
- Suspicion led to 1604 conflict over election
- 1610 failure of Great Contract
- 1614 Addled parliament
James
- Believed in Divine Right
- Failed to understand Parliament
- Frustrated by Parliament

Question 3

Patronage

Answer 3

Parliament
- Disliked rewards going to Scots
- Suspicious and resentful of favourites
James
- Wanted to reward those he felt close to
- King’s prerogative dispense patronage as he chose.

Question 4

Foreign Policy

Answer 4

Parliament
- Wanted explicitly Protestant foreign policy and sea war vs Spain
James
- Keen to be mediator and peacemaker
- Increasingly lost control of policy in the 1620s as Charles and Buckingham took over.