This was a disaster for the King. He asked for twelve subsidies, about £300,000 in total, which was far more money than was usually granted. Parliament was not in the mood to make any grants until they had redress of grievances, notably overturning the religious reforms of William Laud. But MPs had little enthusiasm for a war in any case. They were not convinced the Scots were the enemies of the crown. They were also eager to get ship money and impositions abolished. It would have been foolish for parliament to abandon the advantages they held by making financial grants, but their slowness to respond simply made Charles more irritated and, after a mere three weeks, he dissolved the sitting.