Puritan Network Flashcards
What was the godly party linked by and who took part? They were Charles’ main o…..n in the absence of P….
Family and business connections.
Members included gentry, lords, merchant adventurers, and lawyers.
Opposition, parliament.
Where were meetings mainly held? Who was involved in these companies?
Earl of B, whose daughter married L…. B….ke, whose sister married Sir A….r H…..g, L S + S, J…n P….m, and Earl of W….k.
The Providence Island Company, (1630) - colonisation in Caribbean.
The Seybrooke Venture for colonisation in New England.
Encouraged colonisation and trade in new world.
Involved : Earl of Bedford whose daughter was married to Lord Brooke, whose sister married Sir Arthur Hazelrig, Lord Saye and Sele, John Pym, and the Earl of Warwick.
What records were not kept of meetings? Which sources of opposition were too high profile and relied on royal patronage?
Written.
Oxbridge Universities and the Inns of Court.
Why did Catholics appreciate the C of E (1559)?
- Governor not head.
- Bishops governed church.
- Ministers wore vestments.
- Communion was open to their interpretation.
- Ceremonial was encouraged.
- Iconoclasm was discouraged.
- Sign of the cross and bowing to Jesus’ name.
What were three features of the C of E?
Act of Supremacy - the monarch is ‘Supreme Governor.’
Act of Uniformity - the Church services, liturgy, to conform to Book of Common Prayer.
Thirty Nine Articles - Doctrine of Church.
Why did Protestants appreciate C of E?
- Monarch rules Church.
- Bible and Church services in English.
- Holy scripture all that’s needed for salvation and ‘justification by faith.’
- Ministers can marry.
- Services on pulpit.
- Communion tables instead of altar.
When did Long Parliament form? Why was it different to normal parliament? Who was in power in the Lords, and who was in Commons?
November 1640.
No defence of Charles. Normally organised by royal ministers.
Lords : Earl of Bedford and Earl of Warwick, (lead a Puritan network in Essex and colonial ventures in New World).
Commons : John Pym, Hampden, and Oliver St John.
With new leadership, why did Parliament protest? Who was business entrusted to?
500 members were in the Commons, valuing their independence.
Standing or ad hoc committees, with leaders to control their methods.
What were the Lords more moderate in?
Assaults on Charles.
Until 1649 when upper chamber was abolished, the radical peers had to rely on leaders.
What motivated Pym to act in Parliament? Why was he so successful with no landed estate?
Fear of popery and their takeover.
He was a financial official who received Bedford’s patronage.
What did Parliament offer for the crown to have high posts? What did Charles do regardless?
Offering revenue and their backing.
The King ignored advisors and appointments ended in May 1641 when Bedford died, the to-be Lord Treasurer.
Who supported parliament?
Constituencies, with funds and petitions to endorse attacks on Charles, while distrusting Parliament’s requests for money.
Why were the Scots in Northern England an issue?
While they enabled Pym, Bedford, and Warwick to hold Charles at ransom, they needed English forces to keep watch and were unpopular for protracting their treaty. In august 1641 the Scots returned home.
