Key Terminology

Question 1

Tonnage and Poundage

Answer 1

Taxes on imports and exports

Question 2

Royal Prerogative

Answer 2

The Kings power to act on his own authority without reference to others. It included control of reign policy, war and peace, the regulation of overseas trade and the coinage and pardoning of criminals.

Question 3

Gentry

Answer 3

The class of landowners ranking just below the nobility

Question 4

Inflation

Answer 4

A sustained price increase with the fall in the value of the money

Question 5

Proclamation

Answer 5

A public statement of the Kings wishes, which had less force than statue

Question 6

William Laud

Answer 6

• Most influential Arminian after he became archbishop of Canterbury in 1633
• Imposed sweeping reforms

Question 7

Book of rates

Answer 7

Listed the customs duty payable on specific terms. It was periodically revised.

Question 8

Sir John Eliot

Answer 8

Leading critic against Buckingham and Charles, helped present Petition of Right

Question 9

Petition of Right

Answer 9

an English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly of equal value to Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights 1689.