Charles I 1625-1649

• How many people were imprisoned for refusing to pay the forced loan in 1627?

  76 people
• What did the five main forced loan resisters claim to prompt Charles' action?

  A writ of habeas corpus
• What is the significance of the writ of habeas corpus?

  It requires a trial or release
• What is the name of the trial that Charles took the five resisters to?

  The Five Knights case
• What was the judgement in the Five Knights case regarding Charles' prerogative?

  It upheld his right to imprison without trial
• Did the judgement in the Five Knights case grant Charles a general right to imprison without reason?

  No, it applied only to that case
• Who was allowed to falsify the legal records in the Five Knights judgement? heath
• What did the falsified legal records state about the king's rights?

  That he had a general right to imprison
• What was the consequence for critics of the king after the falsification of records?

  They could be imprisoned without reason
• Where could opponents of Charles potentially disappear to without reason?

  The Tower of London