Changing Relations between Crown and Parliament 1603-1642
Why did James I clash with Parliament?
The signifance and consequences of these changing relations
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- Changing Relations Between Crown & Parliament 1603-1642
- Conspicuous Consuption
- James's wasteful use of money - he inherited a crown debt of £400,000 from spending too much on gifts and favourites. His attempts at securing more income failed due to his reputation and led him to dissolving Parliament
- Favourites
- James had quite a few 'favourites' at court (e.g. Buckingham). Many were Scottish and represented by English MPs. Many were incompetent in Parliament and all were given excessive rewards by James.
- Divine Right of Kings
- Elizabeth had the same view, but kept them to herself. James wrote many book about kingship and the House of Commons - how it was a body without a head.
- James and Parliament Privileges
- James never hid his dislike of Parliament and they feared that unless the king stopped ruling without proclamations, the country would move towards absolutism (rule without Parliament).
- Union of England and Scotland
- James's most precious idea, but didn't happen till 1707. The Scottish courtiers had done nothing to improve English MP's views of Scotland. As Scotland was a poorer country, MPs worried that England would be financially weakened
- Grievances
- A committee that enabled MPs to choose their own 'Speaker' in Parliament - speaker used to be appointed by King. MPs wanted grievances met before they helped James.
- Many councillors who should have supported James's government failed to defend his policies because they had grievances or thought it was pointless resisting critics of the government
- Failure to control Parliament
- Tudors had filled the House of Commons with men who could persuade MPs to do as the King wanted. Most of James's councillors were second-rate.
- "The Country Opposition"
- A group of MPs who opposed the Scottish favourites and put local politics above national politics (they had a big influence)
- Conspicuous Consuption
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