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James and Charles I - Parliament and favourites
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- 1James I parliament and favourites 1604Elizabethan parliaments in 1560's and 70's there were calls for reforms of the COE especially in house of commons
- 2Parliament 1604commons drew up a series of Bills on religion which were sent to the house of lords
- 3Parliament 1604Lords provide hostile; James furious at infringement on royal prerogative + parliament was prorogued and the bill lost
- 4James' relationship with parliamentrelationship between James + parliament grew increasingly bitter + that this set England on a 'High Road' to civil war which would break out in 1642 17 years after James' death.
- 5Clashes with Parliament 1604MP's privileges
dispute over election of MP for Buckinghamshire. John Fortesque defeated by Francis Goodwin election declared invalid Goodwin failed to pay debts. HOC claimed they were judges of dispute elections - 61604 MP's Privileges outcomesCompromise was reached HOC agreed to a new election, King agreed that it was Parliament's privilege to judge election results
- 71604 Union between England and ScotlandJames pushed parliament to pass laws recognising a full union between England + Scotland
- 81604 Union between England and Scotland OutcomesParliament blocked Union because the prejudice of English people was so great. End of 1604 Parliament session Commons produced 'the form of apology + satisfaction' showed its concerns that privileges were being threatened
- 91606 Catholic threat outcomesHarsher laws against Catholics were passed
- 101606 Catholic threatAfter gunpowder plot James + Parliament agreed harsher laws against Catholics were needed
- 111606 Taxationking asked parliament for subsidies
parliament granted the king 3 subsidies - 121606 ImpositionsExtra customs duties + collection of customs contributed to the King's revenue. Parliament objected impositions seeing it as a 'back-door' tax that they had no control over
- 131606 Impositions outcomesMPs wrote Apology of the HOC summing up what they saw as their rights, dating back hundreds of years
- 141607 Union between England and ScotlandJames again asked parliament to pass laws recognising full union between England + Scotland
- 151607 Union between England and Scotland outcomesParliament again opposed union + refused to pass any laws on this issue
- 161607 PurveyanceRight of King to buy goods for a discount price. seen as a very corrupt system, even though traditional privilege of the crown. HOL system should end + king should be granted £50,000 per year. HOC divided but thought too much. they suggested £20,000
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