Charles I and Parliament by 1629

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Early Relations

After dissolving the 1626 P CI issued the forced loan and faced opposition in the Five Knights Case. Buck's inept diplomacy in led to war and a failed attempt to support a Protestant Rebellion at La Rochelle in 27. (Recruits sent to FR were poor quality and lacked basic supplies, around half died and most of ENG blamed Buck) 

CI hoped to fund a continuation of the war and recalled P in 28. As an act of good faith he released some imprisoned for refusing to pay the forced loan. 

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Parliament (1628)

P tried to impeach Buck in the past and CI knew this could happen again. He demaned that he would only work with P if they did not attack him, CI wanted to send another force to La Rochelle, despite previous failures, MPs led by Sir John Eliot insited that their grievances by heard before taxes were granted. Eliot and his allies (including Coke, Selden, Strafford and Thomas Wentworth) prepared a carefully worded document known as the Petition of Right, and presented it the CI. 

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The Petition of Right

  • There should be no imprisonment without trial and the decision made in the Five Knights Case should be reversed. 
  • There should be no taxation without P consent. 
  • Citizens should be asked to pay forced loans. 
  • The forced billeting of soilders should not be allowed. 
  • There should be no martial law.

The authors claimed that these rights had been enshrined n law centuries earlier, but Ci disagrreed and refused to agrees. Eventually (June 28) he agreed beliving that he would be able to continue ruling as he had done without reprecussions. P consented to the taxes asked for but also began to attack Buck. CI promptly closed P. 

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State of Relations in 1629

Aug 28 Buck assasinated in Portsmouth by a disgrunted sailor (John Felton). CI recalled P in Jan 29, leaders hoped to make progress now Buck was removed. 

P, led by Eliot, criticised both CI's methods of collecting money and his Arminianism. March 29 Eliot issued the Three Resolutions: 

  • Denouncement of CI's Arminian advisers. 
  • Statement announcing that the levying of T&P unacceptable. 
  • Those who paid T&P were labelled enemies of the Kingdom. 

CI ordered P to be adjouonred before the Resolutions had been read. Speaker of the Commons refused to delay it. Group of MPs led by Holles and Eliot held the speaker in his chair until they had been passed, amid shouting and confusion. 

Royal proclamation drawn whereby CI announded the formal dissolution of P in 29. Eliot and 8 of his allies were arrested and imprisoned. P would not meet for another 11 years. 

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