Opposition to Personal Rule Flashcards
How many people emigrated to the Americas from England throughout the 1630s?
150,000
What was the most common form of opposition to Ship Money?
Rating disputes- not refusing to pay but disputing exactly how much should be paid which was effectively delaying and footdragging payment
At whom did one account report a woman throwing scalding water?
A local officer collecting Ship Money
What were the names of the 3 Puritan pamphleteers who had their ears cut off?
Prynne, Bastwick and Burton
What did a cartoon satirising Laud feature?
Archbishop Laud eating ears
What was the name of the highly controversial pamphlet published by Prynne?
Historio Matrix
What was Historio Matrix about?
Historio Matrix criticised court masques, their lascivious costumes, and likened Henrietta Maria to a prositute
What did people call Laud when it eventually met at Long Parliament?
“the sty of all pestilential filth” (Sir Harbottle Grimston) and “excrementa mundi”
Name 2 of the most prominent Puritan networks
Providence Island Company and the Sayebrooke Venture
Name 3 members of the Providence Island Company
Oliver St John, John Pym, Lord Saye and Seele
Who wrote a diary suggesting covert opposition to Personal Rule?
Robert Woodford
What was the average yield of Ship Money in the first 3 years of its collection?
90%
By 1639, what proportion of Parish churches had altar rails??
1 in 3
Who said “Purses were more in evidence than principles”, speaking about the success with which Ship Money was collected?
Kevin Sharpe
Who said “England in 1637 was a country in working order, and was not on the edge of revolution”?
Conrad Russell
