Second Parliament (February 1626-June 1626)

Cards (9)

  • Second Parliament (February 1626-June 1626)Dominated by concerns of finance and foreign affairs and Buckingham's influence
  • Parliament continued to not grant Tonnage and Poundage, although Charles collected it anyway
  • Religious tension increased due to the York house conference in February 1626 organised by Buckingham.
  • In the conference, Arminianism was not condemned and the writings of Richard Montagu were discussed: not condemned , creating a pro-Arminian, anti-calvinist faction at court.
  • Religious and international tension was caused by the marriage Treaty with France which resulted in war with France and the need for more funding
  • Buckingham was placed for the blame for the international problems
  • Impeachment of Buckingham
    In june 1626, the House of Commons tried to impeach Buckingham
  • Impeachment is when a person is accused by the House of Commons and tried by the House of Lords- its a serious legal process and only used when Parliament does not believe their grievances can be resolved any other way
  • To prevent the impeachment, Charles dissolved Parliament. This saved Buckingham but deprived him of 4 subsidies.Sir John Elliot  and Sir Dudley Digges were sent to the Tower of London for bringing the charges