Section 5 revision (Britain 1604-1611)
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- Section 5 Revision (Britain 1604-1611)
- Parliamentary Privilege
- Allows MPs to speak freely without fear of prosecution
- enables parliament to function effectively
- Four Ancient privileges
- Free access to the monarch and the house of lords
- Right to correct mistakes and understandings
- Freedom from arrest
- Freedom of speech
- The Buckingham shire election (1604)
- First day of business in 1604 - MPs had learnt that the MP for Buckinghamshire had been annulled- outlaw.
- He had broken the law - had two summonses for debt
- 2nd election- John Fortescue (Privy Councillor) returned in Goodwin's place - saw this as a royal interference.
- After hearing Goodwin's case, found out that he hadn't been legally outlawed and re-instated him.
- James believed the commons were acting illegally
- This in turn made the situation worse
- He decided that all disputes to be decided by the Court of Chancery not the Commons.
- He had both MPs dismissed and a new election was held
- The Court of Chancery is where the disputes were settled on the basis of equity, not law.
- He decided that all disputes to be decided by the Court of Chancery not the Commons.
- This in turn made the situation worse
- James believed the commons were acting illegally
- First day of business in 1604 - MPs had learnt that the MP for Buckinghamshire had been annulled- outlaw.
- Shirley's Case (1604)
- MP Thomas Shirley was arrested for debt
- The arrest made MPs upset
- MPs were keen to establish parliamentary privilege of freedom of arrest
- To assert point, the governer of fleet debtors' prison was to live in Tower of London until Shirley was released.
- MP Thomas Shirley was arrested for debt
- Union of England and Scotland
- In the early stages of Parliament, MPs were irritated because James refused to allow the commons to introduce ecclesiastical reforms
- Simply maintaining Elizabethan precedent of royal prerogative to decide the religious questions.
- Unification of England and Scotland was part of James' design for the kingdom to be secure internally and to have peace with Europe.
- There was intense opposition to the name Great Britain
- Concern that the new state would abolish English Laws.
- James declared his title to be the King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of Faith.
- James wanted a new currency called 'Unite'
- Parliamentary Privilege
- MPs were keen to establish parliamentary privilege of freedom of arrest
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