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Britain 1625-1701: Charles I - Coggle Diagram
Britain 1625-1701: Charles I
Foreign Policy
Dealings with Spain and France
Battle of Cadiz
1625
Battle of La Rochelle
Tonnage and poundage refused-Charles needed £1m in subsidies in order to finance the Battle in 1625-Parliament only gave him 2 instalments of £140,000
Dealings with Scotland-ultimately started the Bishop wars
Problems beforehand- Charles did not have a great relationship with Scotland-Tended to not visit very frequently even though he was also their king.
Rejected their tradition-Was not coronated on the Stone of Scone
Turned church into St Giles Cathedral
Scotland was more feudal - People had more loyalty with land chiefs than the king
Finance
Charles called upon parliament to fund the Battle of Cadiz
1625-Parliament agreed to give Charles 2 subsidies if £140,000 instead of the £1m he wanted
Forced loan
Charles needed a way to raise money after the 1626 parliament was dissolved-Forced loan
This was worth 5 subsidies
Example of retaliation -5 knights case-imprisoned for not paying
T and P refused
Favourites
Duke of Buckingham-George Villiars
1623-Was the highest ranking noble outside of the Royal family
1625-failure of the Cadiz expedition
Buckingham is in charge of foreign policy and leading a fleet, however they fail
Buckingham wished to attack the Spanish after the failure to secure the Spanish marriage -Maria Anna of Spain
FAILURE OF BOTH OF THESE BATTLES LEAD TO PARLIAMENT BLAMING BUCKINGHAM, WANTING HIM IMPEACHED
However Charles dissolved parliament before this could happen
La Rochelle-June 1627
Buckingham sort to help the Hugenots (French Protestants) who were being seized by the French crown
Dies in 1628 after being stabbed
Parliamentary radicalism
Sir Edward Coke wrote the Petition of right in 1628
It wanted to end taxation without parliamentary consent, marcial law and imprisonment without cause
Charles rejected it by accepting without the traditional form of words
Third parliament called-1628
Religion
How religion divided Parliament and Charles I
Reforms by William Laud
Made Bishop of London and made Archbishop of Cantebury-1628
Charles I established Laudian reforms through Laud in the Church of England
Moving the alter from the middle of the church to the end, vestments,candles
Viewed by parliament as catholic changes
Aimed for Uniformity, did this through Laud
Charles introduction of a new Prayer book-1639
York House conference -1626
Event leading up to the Civil war
York House conference 1626
King let Buckingham state his favour for Arminianism
Earl of Warick requested the conference-to avoid pressure from parliament regarding religion
Aim of the conference-persuade Charles away from Arminianism