The Short and Long Parliaments
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- Created on: 19-11-20 06:40
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- The Short and Long Parliaments
- The Short Parliament, April-May 1640
- Charles needed emergency money to fight the Scots
- Wentworth also returned from Ireland to help
- He asked for twelve subsidies - about £300,000 in total
- Parliament didn't want to grant subsidies before their grievances were addressed
- They wanted to overturn Laud's reforms and abolish ship money and impositions
- MPs also had little enthusiasm for war, and didn't see the Scots as enemies
- Parliament did have an advantage, but their slow responses just irritated Charles and he dismissed them after three weeks
- Charles needed emergency money to fight the Scots
- Events in Scotland
- The Scots had not disbanded their army, and the Scottish parliament passed reforms to limit the crown there
- By August 1640, they were again in armed rebellion
- Strafford lead the English Army (funded by the Irish) but they were reluctant to fight and the Scots got Newcastle
- In September, Charles had to call a Council of Peers and they started negotiations with the Scots
- Calling of the Long Parliament
- There was a lot of interest in the 1640 elections
- There was considerable agreement that change was needed
- The grievances of the past eleven years had surfaced
- Many of the MPs were the same as in Short Parliament - unusual as there was usually a high turnover
- This meant the MPs were experienced and determined
- Reforms of the Long Parliament
- Triennial Act - no more than three years between parliaments
- Parliament couldn't not be dissolved without its own consent
- Ship money was illegal
- No one could be forced to take a knighthood
- Star Chamber, Councils of the North, and the Court of High Commissions were abolished
- Collection of previous tonnage & poundage and impositions were made legal - permission for future collection had to be renewed every two months
- The Short Parliament, April-May 1640
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