The Personal Rule of Charles I

A quiz to test you on all the key info and dates relating to Charles I's period of Personal Rule. Includes prerogative taxation and religious reform, and also issues relating to Scotland and Ireland.

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  • Created on: 28-05-14 10:40
When did Personal Rule begin?
1629
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The Distraint of Knighthood applied to all men with a yearly income of over what?
£40
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How many individuals were fined for having failed to present themselves at Charles' coronation to be knighted?
9,000
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Forest Fines were another source of income. The boundaries of the royal forests were declared to be those of which century?
12th
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What was the best known and most profitable source of additional income?
Ship Money
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Ship Money was a traditional tax used on coastal counties in times of national danger. In what year did Charles extend it to inland counties?
1635
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In its first 3 years, Ship Money was extremely successful, despite complaints. What was the payment rate?
97%
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Initially, how much money was Ship Money bringing in per year?
200,000
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Serious opposition emerged after the John Hampden case. What year did this take place?
1637
9 of 18
By 1639, Charles was also demanding Coat and Cloth money. What had the payment rate of Ship Money now fallen to?
20%
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In what year was Laud appointed Archbishop of Canterbury?
1633
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Which religious group had the King's support in the 1630s?
Arminians
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What did Puritans Bastwick, Burton and Prynne criticise in the pamphlets they wrote?
Laud and his bishops
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When was Thomas Wentworth sent to Ireland as Lord Deputy?
1633
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How many times did King Charles I visit Scotland during Personal Rule?
He visited only once
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In which year did Charles announce that a new Prayer Book was to be used in Scotland?
1636
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What brought the Personal Rule to an end?
Charles' calling of the Short Parliament
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In which year did Personal Rule end?
1640
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The Distraint of Knighthood applied to all men with a yearly income of over what?

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£40

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How many individuals were fined for having failed to present themselves at Charles' coronation to be knighted?

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Forest Fines were another source of income. The boundaries of the royal forests were declared to be those of which century?

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What was the best known and most profitable source of additional income?

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