the long parliament

• clause agreement in Scotland 


  Charles must pay the Scottish army £850 a day for stopping in England so he had to keep parliament open
• the trial of Wentworth 


  placed on trial as a traitor but he is found not guilty

  - they use act of attainder and get Charles' royal assent for the death warrant
• act of attainder


  parliament can call anyone a traitor without trial and sentence them to death
• the London mob


  - made up of multiple class and intellectual

  - London was one of the most populated cities in the world at the time
• Root and branch petition, 1640

  Good come from bottom and nurtures the stuff at top (tree)

  Make changes to religious point of view. Bennet & Smith – outbreak of war.

  Called for the removal of the bishops from the Church of England and for the church's reform along scottish-style presbytarian lines.
• the triennial act 15th feb 1641


  Abolished ship money without parliamentary consent

  Charles had to call a parliament every three years and should last a minimum of 50 days. If the King didn’t do this, the written legal order for calling parliament would be automatically done by the lord chancellor.

  Ensured that there would not be another period of Personal Rule.

  Charles agrees to this
• ten propositions, 24th June 1641


  Parliamentary input into who was in his privy council

  Parliamentary control of those around the Queen

  Parliamentary control over religious education for the royal children
• Charles' reaction to the 10 propositions

  Charles does not agree to this – parliament have now become so bold they are involving his personal life and family.
• reasons for division in the royalist party

  - preventing personal rule – MPs could agree that they didn’t want personal rule again but differences were brought about on how to prevent repetition and what to put in place (parliament more extreme, royalists want king to still have power)

  - Bill of attainder – some saw it as constitutionally dangerous.

  - Religion – the roles of bishops was disagreed on, moderates became scared that radical actions and beliefs (e.g. pym) posed more of a threat to political order rather then Charles. Moderate reaction 1640-1642 labelled constitutional royalism.