Why didn't Buckingham's assassination save the relationship between the King and Parliament?

Question 1

What was the tonnage and poundage debate of 1626?

Answer 1

• Usually Parliament grant the King the right to collect tonnage and poundage for life but only gave it to Charles for 1 year so he would have to recall Parliament which would give Parliament influence.
• After 1 year had passed, Charles still collected tonnage and poundage.

Question 2

What was the Petition of Right in 1628?

Answer 2

This was where Parliament asked the King to conform the the 4 ancient liberties that, Parliament allowed, were the basic precepts of the English government that can be traced back to the 1212 Magna Carter.

Question 3

What were the the 4 parts to the Petition of Right?

Answer 3

1. Subjects could be taxed only by Parliamentary consent.
2. Subject could be imprisoned only if just cause was demonstrated in court.
3. The imposition of billeting on the population was illegal.
4. The imposition of martial law on the civilian population was illegal.

Question 4

When did Charles accept the Petition of Right and why?

Answer 4

-Charles accepted the Petition of Right on the 7th June 1628 because Parliament threatened further proceedings against Buckingham and Charles was desperate for money.

Question 5

What was controversial about the way that Charles accepted the Petition.

Answer 5

Charles initially accepted the Petition without making the terminology legally binding. The house of Commons insisted ton the correct response and, once again, used Charles’ fiscal needs to ensure that he gave the conventional and legal response.

Question 6

Why did Charles prorogue Parliament and when>

Answer 6

Charles prorogued Parliament on the 28th June 1628 to stop its debates. Sir John Elliot led an attack on the Duke of Buckingham producing a remonstrance condemning his military failures and the The Commons supported subjects who refused to pay tonnage and poundage directly after the Remonstrance.

Question 7

When and where was Buckingham assassinated, by who and why?

Answer 7

Buckingham was assassinated on the 23rd August 1628 by Lieutenant Sir John Felton because, when serving with Buckingham during the La Rochelle raids, he was angry at Buckingham’s handling of the situation.

Question 8

What were the consequences of Duke Buckingham’s assassination?
(Responsibility, romance, celebration, titles, radical, scapegoat.)

Answer 8

• Charles held Parliament responsible for the assassination as John Felton said that he had been inspired by June’s remonstrance.
• Without Buckingham getting in the way, Charles and Henrietta fell deeply in love and had their eldest son Charles in 1630 as well as five more children.
• Charles was shocked at the celebration of Buckingham’s death and felt personally betrayed by the apparent disloyalty of his subjects. He distanced himself form ordinary people which didn’t improve relations.
• Buckingham’s death meant that the many titles he held were able to be sold off as patronage. This meant he had a group of different advisers. Sir Thomas Wentworth and the Earl of Arundel became his key advisers during the next decade.
• With Wentworth moved into the King’s service and Sir Edward Coke retired, leadership in the House of Commons became more radical, centred around firebrands such as Elliot, Pym and Holles.
• Buckingham had been a scapegoat over the past 10 years and, with him now gone, criticism was focused on Charles.

Question 9

When was Charles’ first Parliament

Answer 9

June-August 1625