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England: Monarchs and Parliament (1603-1629)
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- 1What was the monarch in charge of?Religion as Head of the Church, Legislation through the right to call and dissolve parliament, Military as Commander in Chief of the Army and Foreign Policies as Head of State
- 2Why couldn't the crown be absolute?The crown didn't have the force to impose its will independently (less than 2000 paid officials)
- 3Why was the Political Nation needed?TO ensure local and central government could function efficiently
To pay tax for subsidies
Collect taxes, conduct trials and train militia - 4How much debt was James I left by Elizabeth?£400000
- 5What was an Ante Supper and how much did one total to in 1621?A feast which was hosted by the King which involved two banquets where one was for consumption and the other one was for display only.
£3300 - 6How much did James spend on his daughter's wedding in 1613?£93000
- 7By how much did James increase the expenditure of the Royal Wardrobe?£27000 (£9000-£36000)
- 8How much did James spend on his favourite James Hay?£400000 over a lifetime
- 9What was the main issue with the crown's financial situation?The income was not matching the expenditure?
- 10What forms of income did the crown have?Subsidies, benevolence, livery, marriage, crown lands, purveyance, wardships, impositions, tonnage and poundage, monopolies, justice
- 11What were the main attempts of financial reform?Book of Rates, Book of Bounty, Great Contract, Cockayne Project, Lionel Cranfield
- 12What was the Book of Rates?1608. Following the Bates Case of 1606. It increased custom tariffs and levied impositions on a wide range of merchandise.
- 13How did Parliament see impositions?As a back door tax that could make the crown independent of parliament if levied successfully
- 14What was the Book of Bounty?1608. it prohibited the crown giving away major items such as land, customs or impositions.
- 15Why did the BOOk of Bounty fail?James gave away cash instead
- 16What was the Great Contract?A proposal which would provide James with £200000 from parliament on the grounds that the king would abandon wardships, purveyance and enforce the penal laws
- 17Why did the Great Contract fail?Mistrust, the breaching of the king's prerogative, £200000 wasn't enough to solve the king's problems, no clear way of raising the money.
- 18What was the Cockayne Project?An attempt to dye unfinished cloth at home rather than exporting it to Northern Europe put forward by William Cockayne
- 19Why did the Cockayne Project fail?No skills, no money, no contacts abroad
- 20How did Lionel Cranfield help balance the books?By: cutting James' expenditure on favourites and courtiers, chasing debts such as warships ad producing a declaration that no pensions, land grants or allowances could be granted without the Treasury's approval.
- 21How much debt did James leave Charles?£1million
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