Parliament Flashcards
Richard II positive
Revenge Parliament 1397
Richard II negative
Wonderful Parliament 1386
Merciless Parliament 1388
Henry IV positive
Oct 1404 Parliament
1407 due to Fr Civil war
Henry IV negative
Long Parliament
1402 increased hostilities at sea
English cost of defence of Aquitaine
£1,300 per annum 1400-1403
Henry V positive
Agincourt
Respected them in 1413
Waited for one set of taxes before demanding another
Henry V negative
Heavy Debt
Absenteeism
Little want to pay for France by 1422
Henry V absenteeism
3 sessions missed 1417-20
Henry VI parliaments during his reign
22
1422-61
Henry VI negative
Parl of 1450 impeached Suffolk
Parliament of Devils
Edward IV positive
Less dependent on tax
6 times in 23 years
Edward IV negative
Doubted wisdom of funding French invasion 1475
Didn’t pay back money raised for defence
Parliament of 1478
Ed packed it w/ supporters
23/27 shires represented
Tax approval for French invasion 1475
4 tenths and fifteenths
Henry VII positive
7 parls in 24 yrs
First Parl - Titulus and Marriage
Most were in first half of reign