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JAMES I (Finance (Customs Revenue (Tonnage and Poundage usually given to…
JAMES I
Finance
Crowns Land
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Elizabeth had sold £800k worth, it was difficult to maximise profits due to long leases and low rent.
Customs Revenue
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The new efficiency of customs collection created a new indirect tax, which threatened parliament's control over taxation
By 1621, it was bringing in 3x more than crowns lands.
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Purveyance
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Instead, £20'000 was offered, Salisbury refused.
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Great Contract 1610
transformed finances, given money to clear debt & get rid of wardship & purveryance, drawn up by Sailsbury
James didn't want to be told what to spend on, MPs concerned it would make Crown independent of Parliament
Religion
Catholics
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Church is above government, so pope is above King.
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Presbyterian Church
Presbyterians disliked the Church being run by Bishops who were often wealthy and sometimes corrupt.
Disliked Church being controlled by monarch. Wanted an independent church ran by elders in the community
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Armenian Church
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Believe in ceremony, ritual, kneeling at the altar ect
Puritan Church
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Would like to reach a new level of Godliness, belief in Divine Right
James I wanted religious uniformity, wanted to find a middle road
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