parliament

• Charles' view on parliament 


  Charles believed that political power should be entirely in the hands of the monarch
• Charles made the monarchy more ceremonial and made himself more difficult to access, relying on his favourites in the courts
• Charles wanted a more structured and orderly court in comparison to James'
• Firm believer in the Divine Rights of Kings
• How much did parliament grant Charles for the thirty years war in 1625?

  
two subsidies totalling £140,000
• What did parliament do in regards to tonnage and poundage in 1625?


  They only granted Charles the right to collect it for a year, rather than the expected lifetime

  • Charles saw this as a direct attack on his prerogative when it was in reality mostly aimed at Buckinghams lack of success in foreign policy
• 1627 – case of the five knights



  5 knights who did not pay the forced loan were imprisoned without trial which went against habeas corpus (nobody should be imprisoned without trial, Magna Carta 1215)
• Parliament reaction to the case of the five knights 


  Parliament thought that the king had overstepped his prerogative and this caused a strained, untrustworthy relationship
• 1627 – grievances of Parliament 


  taxation – no taxes to be collected without parliamentary consent

  no more billeting of troops – families in southwest have to house and feed soldiers which caused extra costs for parliament to the families

  end martial law
• 1628 – petition of rights


  no taxation without parliamentary consent

  no imprisonment without cause

  no quartering of soldiers on subjects

  no marital law in peacetime
• Charles verbally agreed to the petition of rights but did not give it royal assent as he knows that he has to stick with it once it is put into writing
• Charles eventually had to sign the petition as parliament threatened to not give him any money for his foreign policy – he signed it but found loopholes and was able to continue to collect tonnage and poundage