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Attempts at limiting the power of Charles (Undoing Personal Rule (1641-…
Attempts at limiting the power of Charles
Attacked King's ministers
Windeback- Secretary of State- accused of leniency towards Catholics- true and he fled to France
Lord Finch- Kings legal adviser- impeached for influencing the ship money judges- also fled to France
Laud- imprisoned in Tower in 1640- to be executed in 1645
Strafford- most feared and hated of Charles' ministers- accused of high treason among other things- Charles tried to stop his execution but was executed in 1641
Undoing Personal Rule
1641- Triennial Act- parliament had to meet every 3 years for minimum of 50 days and gave itself right to call itself if King didn't
1641- Act against Forcible Dissolution- present parliament would be dissolved only when it saw fit- crown would only be able to borrow money when parliament sitting
1641- Tonnage and Poundage Act- crown not allowed to charge custom duties without parliaments consent
1641- Act for Abolition of the Courts of Star Chamber and High commission- Act abolished two of the prerogative courts that had been used extensively by government during personal rule
1641- Ship Money Act- abolished all forms of ship money
1641- Limitation of Forests Act- Limited boundaries of forests to those that existed in 1623
1641- Act Prohibiting Knighthood Fines- Act made the fines charged for distraint of knighthood illegal
Religious divisions
The House of lords and commons divisions over the Root and Branch led to moderate opinion moving towards Charles
Fear of social upheaval and unrest- many went to Charles for stability
1641- Puritan MP's tried to bring Root and Branch petition abolishing the office of bishop-commons divided on bill by 139-108 votes
Lords objected to a proposal to exclude bishops from their house, on grounds that the composition of the lords was not a matter on which the commons had any competence
The Ten Propositions 1641
Both houses passed the Ten Propositions which were a basis for a settlement between the King and Parliament
Parliament asked for control over appointment of Kings ministers, education of the Kings children, removal of Catholics from the Queen's household and court, the army had to be disbanded before the king left for Scotland and a general pardon for those who committed offences during personal rule
Radical nature of the propositions meant more moderates moved to the support of the King
The Grand Remonstrance 1641
List of criticisms of Charles' government since 1625 which demonstrated why Charles couldn't be trusted with the army he needed to crush the Irish rebels
Passed by 159 votes to 148- divisions
Contained over 200 grievances and called for the right for parliament to veto the Kings choice of minister and called for reform of the church
King rejected the proposals, asserting he would defend the 'purity of doctrine' of the church and that he the right to choose his own advisers