Monopolies during Elizabeth's rule

Monopolies general info

• had been a fiscal policy in England for a long time - rights to own a certain trade would be sold, and the owner could levy the prices at their own will
• had been a cause for complaint for a long time (raised in Pariliament 1597-98), and Elizabeth had promised redress but no action had been taken

Legality of monopolies

• in the Commons meeting of 1601, a private member had…