The Policy of Through
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- The Policy of Thorough
- Thomas Wentworth / Earl of Strafford
- 1614-26: Was an MP in the North that opposed the kings for disregarding the rights of Parliament
- In 1626, Charles made him the Sheriff of Yorkshire so he could no longer be an MP. Also, got arrested for refusing to pay a forced loan
- In 1628, he wanted compromise with Charles. After Buckingham's death, he became Lord President of the North and one of Charles' Ministers
- was seen as a traitor
- Thorough in the North
- North had always been hard to govern as it was so far from London
- Wentworth introduced the BOOK OF ORDERS
- Clear instructions on what to do and to send regular reports to London
- This covered things like care of the poor and provision for apprentices
- Clear instructions on what to do and to send regular reports to London
- There were no new laws, but existing ones were vigorously enforced
- Thorough in Ireland
- Successes
- increasing control of the New English
- attacked Nobles who defied royal authority
- enforced Church reform, and took back land wrongly taken by the Church
- doubled income from customs with a new Book of Rates
- getting a grant from the Irish parliament
- Groups he alienated
- Old English and Irish lost their lands
- Graces were not renewed so Catholics felt threatened
- New English didn't get the special treatment they expected
- New English felt the Church reforms looked like Catholicism
- Parliament as they granted revenue but got no grievances were addressed
- All taxpayers
- Successes
- Success or Failure
- Good intentions and some successes, but Wentworth disregarded the noble class which undermined his achievements
- Thomas Wentworth / Earl of Strafford
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