Second Parliament (February 1626-June 1626)

• 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