Relations With Parliament

• 1st Parliament 1604-11

  Tensions over parliamentary privilege in Buckinghamshire election and Shirley case. Resolved in part due to James' pragmatism. Tensions over Union. Tensions over finance- Great contract. Dissolved due to financial tensions but partnership of Monarch and Parliament still strong
• 2nd Parliament 1614- Addled Parliament

  Called to resolved financial issue.James managed it badly. Lasted 8 weeks
• 3rd Parliament

  Marked by disputes over monopolies, factionalism and Spanish marriage. Not necessarily disputes between crown- Parliament split but factional infighting-Buckingham, Coke and Cranfield against Bacon. Mps encouraged to discuss Spanish marriage but then James disliked their view - he felt their petition against the Spanish marriage undermined his prerogative
• 4th ParliamentJames was ill, Charles and Buckingham directed affairsFailure of Madrid trip increased desire for anti-spanish stance as there was a need to help protestantism in EuropeParliament voted for the Anglo-Spanish war
• Significance for Charles

  Inherited debts. Inherited system with endemic financial weakness. Finance already source of tension between Parliament and Crown
• James was offended by the Commons protestation of 1621 written by Chief Justice Coke as he felt it attacked his prerogative. Parliamentary-crown relationship was being adversely affected by foreign affairs