The Domestic Affairs Under James I
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- The Domestic Affairs Under James I
- Domestic Policies
- Proposed union of England and Scotland (James tried unsuccess-fully to unite the 2). Parliament wasn't happy about the idea...
- Their prejudice (didn't see that England would gain, but Scots would - they were poorer)
- Scottish law was very different to English
- Many Scots were unpopular in the King's court
- Proposed union of England and Scotland (James tried unsuccess-fully to unite the 2). Parliament wasn't happy about the idea...
- James's Financial Situation
- Extravagance led to financial problems
- Why?
- Conspicuous Consumption
- Favourites
- James had a wife and children, whereas Elizabeth had been single
- Purveyance (the right for the King to buy goods for the royal household at a discount price)
- Parliament petitioned to James against Purveyance - saw it as insulting given his extravagance
- House of Commons attempted to replace the prerogative of Purveyance with a grant to the Crown of £20,000 p.a - James saw this as inadequate
- Wardship (controlled by the House of Wards)
- The royal prerogative to take over land if the owner died before his children reached 21.
- Crown would sell a contract to the highest bidder who would look after the land until the child/heir became 21
- Scheme was worth £60,000 p.a to the crown
- Parliament tried to abolish the Court of Wards, but James refused
- Religion
- James was Protestant (he became involved in a war with Catholic Spain despite not wanting to)
- Gunpowder plot - set up by Catholics to kill him and destroy his government (it failed)
- Introduced the King James Bible - enabled Christianity to be accessed by more people in a standard way
- Why?
- Treasurers and their impact on relationship between crown and Parliament
- Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset: 1603-1908
- Incompetent,cost of royal household rose (gifts, wardrobe, pensions)
- Introduced the Great Farm of Customs (the right to collect customs dues and taxes was sold) - treasury debt when he died was £597,337
- PARLIAMENT NICKNAMED HIM "FILL-SACK" BECAUSE OF HIS CORRUPTION
- Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury: 1608-1612
- Reduced royal debt from £750,000 in 1606, to £280,000 in 1610
- The Great Contract, 1610 - James would give up feudal taxes in return for fixed sum of money to be raised from taxation
- PARLIAMENT DID GRANT SUBSIDIES FOR JAMES
- JAMES DISLIKED HAVING TO BARGAIN WITH PARLIAMENT - FELT THE SUM WASN'T ENOUGH (WANTED IT DOUBLED); WHEN THEY REFUSED, HE DISSOLVED THEM
- Lord Suffolk: 1612-1618
- Incompetent and dishonest - debts rose and didn't stop James's reckless spending
- IN 1614, JAMES DISMISSED PARLIAMENT WITHOUT RECEIVING ANY SUPPLIES - KNOWN AS THE "ADDLED PARLIAMENT"
- 1614, James was forces to call Parliament to vote for money. They complained about monopolies, favourites and impositions
- Cockayne - cloth exports. Would provide James with £40,000 p.a in revenues if plan worked. The Dutch retaliated the import and resulted in Cockayne being abandoned by James
- Run by a committee: 1618-1621
- Cut back pensions to favourites - replaced them with patents of monopoly (control over certain products to set prices etc)
- DAMAGED TRADE - RESENTED BY MERCHANTS WHO HAD TO PAY HIGHER PRICES FOR GOODS
- Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex: 1621-1624
- Encouraged peaceful policy with Spain to avoid war costs
- Advised James not to give gifts and titles
- Gifts did get cut; gradually, King's debts were paid off; managed to get James to sign an agreement that he wouldn't give gifts etc without Treasury's approval
- PARLIAMENT WERE WORRIED HE'D SUCCEED IN MAKING THE CROWN INDEPENDENT AND WOULD REDUCE NEED FOR RELIANCE ON THEM
- WAS SACKED, FINED AND IMPRISONED - DAMAGED THE RELATIONS BETWEEN CROWN AND PARLIAMENT
- Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset: 1603-1908
- James and his finances
- Inherited an empty treasury and debt of over £400,000 from Elizabeth
- Inflation was spreading and the cost of running the country was rising sharply.The fixed payments that Kings were paid were not lower in value - the people were being under-taxed.
- The tax system was outdated and no longer working. Made worse by James's extravagance-in Scotland he hadn't had the opportunity to spend as it was much poorer than England. Once in England, he spent a lot.
- Extravagance led to financial problems
- Domestic Policies
- Policy (lower case) vs IMPACT ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CROWN AND PARLIAMENT (upper case)
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