Relations and disputes with parliaments, 1604-25 Flashcards
How did the monarch rely on parliament?
What was the problem with this?
What did the monarch have the right to do to parliament?
Financial aid (subsidies)
Parliament always reluctant as reduced control over monarch
Pariglie/dissolve Parliament
Why weren’t parliament interested in equalising taxes?
PN made up Parliament to extending taxes to all would only affect them badly
How were tensions created between the monarch and parliament?
Finances
Religion
How were tensions created between James and parliament over finances?
Anne of Denmark extravagant spender like James
James gift giving to Scot’s and favourites
How were tensions created between Charles and parliament over finances?
Expensive foreign policy
Entered 30 years war in 1626
War with France at La Rochelle (failure by Buckingham)
Parliament unhelpful as wouldn’t fund aggressive foreign policy as reduced power over Charles
How were tensions created between James and parliament over religion?
Anne converts non discretely to Catholicism
Favour of Arminianism toward end fo reign
Didn’t censor Arminian Montagu’s a new gag for an old goose
How were tensions created between Charles and parliament over religion
Henrietta Maria allowed a separate place to worship Catholicism
Parliament take control over royal children’s religious education
Favour of Arminianism (disregard of Calvinism)
Reorganisation of church (too much popery)
Made Montagu a bishop
Why are many parliaments unproductive?
Neither monarch of parliament willing to give ground
Especially Charles who wouldn’t compromise
What did James say in a speech before his first parliament?
What was the effect of this?
Devine right of kings gave authority over all
Also said parliament was a key element to how he governed
May have allowed too much debate over his prerogative
When was James’ first parliament?
What was the main topic?
1604-11
Relationship between prerogative & parliament privilege (free speech without legal action)
What we’re MPs dissatisfied with during James’ first parliament?
Refusal of ecclesiastical reforms
What was the Buckinghamshire election?
When?
What was the replacement seen as?
During James’ first parliament
1604
Goodwin position as MP for Buckinghamshire annulled as an outlaw
Replaced by fortescue
Royal interference
Caused dispute ove prerogative & parliamentary privilege
Both MPs dismissed and mew election held
When was the Shirley’s case?
Who was Shirley?
What was parliaments reaction?
1604
During James’ first parliament
An arrested MP which breached parliamentary privilege
Our governor of debtors prison in Tower of London until Shirley released
When & what was the union of England and Scotland?
How was this recurved?
1606
James design to secure England internally & externally
Intense opposition
Would it abolish English laws?
What we’re the outcomes of the attempted union of England and Scotland?
Eventually collapsed
James declared king of Great Britain, France and Ireland defender of the faith etc
New currency ‘unite’
Ships to carry union flag (designed by James)
