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	Sir John Eliot - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		In 1618 he was knighted, and next year through the patronage of Buckingham he obtained the appointment of vice-admiral of Devon, with large powers for the defence and control of the commerce of the county.
		In the first parliament of Charles I., in 1625, he urged the enforcement of the laws against the Roman Catholics.
		He joined in the resistance now organized to arbitrary taxation, was foremost in the promotion of the Petition of Right, continued his outspoken censure of Buckingham, and after the latter's assassination in August, led the attack in the session of 1629 on the ritualists and Arminians.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sir_John_Eliot (844 words)

	English civil war - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Parliament in this period did not represent the full body of the English people; it was composed of and represented the nobility, country gentry, and merchants and artisans.
		Parliament in 1629 vigorously protested Charles's collection of tonnage and poundage and the prosecution of his opponents in the Star Chamber.
		Parliament again tried to reach some agreement with the king, but the army, now completely under Cromwell's domination, disposed of its enemies in Parliament by Pride's Purge (Dec., 1648; see under Pride, Thomas).
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-EnglshCW.html (2591 words)

	Jacobean Drama
		Parliament was another of the king's councils, though its role in government was less well defined than the privy council's and its summoning was intermittent.
		Members of Parliament served the dual function of representing the views of the localities to the king and of representing the views of the king to the localities.
		He was soon in conflict with his parliaments (1604-11, the 1614 Addled Parliament, and 1621-22) on the question of the extent of his sovereignty and its refusal to grant what he considered adequate revenue.
	members.fortunecity.es /fabianvillegas/drama/jacobean.htm (6843 words)

	The Gunpowder Plot Society
		Parliament was the major arena in which debates over the nature of the union were fought out, and the issue dominated the sessions of 1604 and 1607.
		By 1607 parliament was writing to the king stating bluntly that James's ‘antient and native kingdome’ should not be turned into a province, to be governed by a deputy or viceroy as happened in the Spanish monarchia; Spain was the explicit example, but the Irish situation can scarcely have passed the Scots by.
		The 1617 parliament at which he was present saw renewed resistance to nomination by the king, and an effort to control the number of the officers of state who sat on the committee of the articles.
	www.gunpowder-plot.org /james.asp (18158 words)

	James I
		This Parliament, the second of James's reign, was known as the Addled Parliament because it failed to pass any legislation or impose any taxes.
		The third and penultimate Parliament of James's reign was summoned in 1621.
		Parliament was prorogued, on the understanding that it would later return to grant more funds.
	www.dymock.org /James_I.htm (3245 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Parliament.
		The Addled Parliament (between April 5th, 1614, and June 7th, 1615); so called because it remonstrated with the king on his levying “benevolences,” but passed no acts.
		Two Parliaments were so called: one in 1660, because it was not held by the order of the king, but was convened by General Monk; the second was convened January 22nd, 1689, to confer the crown on William and Mary.
		It was this Parliament that voted the trial of Charles I. The Running Parliament.
	www.bartleby.com /81/12788.html (581 words)

	thePeerage.com - Exhibit
		The parliament, which consisted of a single house, was at that time virtually in the hands of the nobles, and a merely constitutional king would therefore have been no more than the servant of a turbulent nobility.
		In 1606 parliament retaliated by a recusancy act of increased severity, though its operation was intended to be modified by a new oath of allegiance, which was to make a distinction in favour of such catholics as refused to uphold the power of deposing kings, said to be inherent in the papacy.
		On 29 May parliament was prorogued, on the understanding that in the course of the summer James was to ascertain what allies he could find, and to hold a session in the autumn to lay his plans before parliament and ask for the necessary supplies.
	www.thepeerage.com /e74.htm (15062 words)

	TBK - The Leading Facts of English History III Part 12
		Parliament must be summoned by the sovereign, opened by the sovereign (in person or by commission); all laws require the sovereign's signature to complete them; and, finally, Parliament can be suspended or dissolved by the sovereign only.
		In his arrogance he declared that neither Parliament nor the people had any right to discuss matters of state, whether foreign or domestic, since he was resolved to reserve such questions for the royal intellect to deal with.
		The Commons of the same Parliament petitioned the King against the alleged growth of the Catholic religion in the knigdom, and especially against the proposed marriage of the Prince of Wales to a Spanish Catholic princess.
	www.truthbeknown.com /the_leading_facts_of_english_history_iii_12.html (4225 words)

	James I - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		James's relations with the English Parliament were strained from the beginning because of his insistence upon the concept of divine right of monarchy and his inability to recognize Parliament as representative of a large and important body of opinion.
		After the death (1612) of his capable minister, Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, the king exercised the royal prerogative with even less restraint and entered into battle with the courts of common law, whose position was strongly defended by Sir Edward Coke.
		At the Parliament of 1621, called in order to raise money for the cause of the German Protestants and James's son-in-law, Frederick the Winter King, in the Thirty Years War, James was forced to abolish certain monopolies that had been abused by their holders.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-james1eng.html (1124 words)

	Tremors - James VI/II and Union or Crowns
		When Parliament proved unwilling to grant James the supply needed to make good this deficit, James resorted to raising funds through non- Parliamentary means, such as the sale of monopoly licences, import and export duties, selling peerages etc, reinforcing his moves through court decisions.
		When Parliament met again in 1621, Europe was embroiled in the Protestant-Catholic strife of the Thirty Years War and James's son-in-law (the Protestant Elector Palatine) had been expelled from his own lands.
		To demonstrate its strength, Parliament refused to grant Charles rights to the taxes known as Tunnage and Poundage which were normally granted to new monarchs on their accession.
	www.open2.net /civilwar/1.4.tremors.html (981 words)

	Early Stuart Libels: The Parliament Fart (1607-)
		Couplets were introduced during or after the 1610 and 1614 Parliaments, and numerous variants were circulated during subsequent parliaments in the 1620s.
		The poem’s witty combination of liberty and licence led to its inclusion in the Restoration printed miscellanies, and it was thereby available as a precursor for the libertine wit of the 1660s.
		Michelle O’Callaghan is grateful to the History of Parliament Trust for allowing her to see these articles in draft, and for the assistance of Dr. Andrew Thrush at the Trust.
	www.earlystuartlibels.net /htdocs/parliament_fart_section/C0.html (598 words)

	Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
		But after the dissolution of the parliament he was dismissed from the justiceship of the peace and the office of custos rotulorum of Yorkshire, which he had held since 1615, probably because he would not support the court in forcing the country to contribute money without a parliamentary grant.
		The Long Parliament assembled on November 3 1640, and Charles immediately summoned Strafford to London, promising that he "should not suffer in his person, honour or "fortune." One of Parliament's first utterances after its 11-year forced hiatus was to impeach Wentworth for "high misdemeanours" regarding his conduct in Ireland.
		A scheme to win over the leaders of the parliament, and a scheme to seize the Tower and free Strafford by force, were both considered by the king; and the revelation of the army plot on May 5 caused the Lords to pass the attainder.
	www.york.ac.uk /univ/coll/went/straffordbiog.htm (2703 words)

	August 22
		The Parliament did authorize some funds for defense of England and sent a small contingent of soldiers across the channel where they died do to lack of sufficient funding.
		Parliament thought that this surely would be just what they needed to get Charles to listen.
		Parliament pushed hard for their right to exist independent on the king's whim, the rights of the middle class folk to have businesses fairly taxed and free from unfair monopolies.
	webpages.charter.net /astroweaver/history/aug22.html (1082 words)

	Mary Queen of Scots Son, James VI & I wisest fool in christendom, wrote books on divine right, witchcraft, tobacco; ...
		James misunderstood the differing powers of the two parliaments and conflicts arose especially in the areas of taxation and religion.
		His dissolution of the second Parliament called the Addled Parliament whose purpose was to obtain new taxes.
		Parliament defended its privileges; secured the right to discuss all affairs of state; overthrew monopolies; and by the impeachment of Bacon and others made good the principle that ministers of the king ought to be held responsible for their acts.
	home.earthlink.net /~zzz12/mary_son.html (1615 words)

	Northbourne Sources: Sir Edwin Sandys timeline
		Sir Edwin was in parliament at the intended time of the explosion on November 5th.
		Parliament met on April 5th and Edwin was returned as MP for Rochester and also it seems Hindon in Wiltshire.
		This was the 'Addled Parliament', so called because it passed not a single statute, and was dissolved by James I on June 7th, and not summoned again for more than six years.
	freespace.virgin.net /andrew.parkinson4/sandys_t.html (1294 words)

	Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, 1593-1641
		He inherited a baronetcy on the death of his father in 1614 and was elected to the Parliament of 1614 (the "Addled Parliament") as MP for Yorkshire.
		In the Parliament of 1628, Wentworth argued for a moderate version of the Petition of Right, and lost influence when Sir John Eliot and Sir Edward Coke succeeded in carrying their more severe form of the petition.
		Though willing to grant subsidies, the Short Parliament would only do so on condition that their many grievances in Church and State policy were addressed.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /biog/strafford.htm (1156 words)

	TBK - The Leading Facts of English History II Part 10
		The English Parliament refused to grant free trade to Scotland and denied to the people of that counttry, even if born after James I came to the English throne (or "Post Nati," as they were called), the rights and privileges possessed by natives of England.
		The "Addled Parliament"; the New Stand taken by the House of Commons (1610-1614).
		He was obliged to apply to Parliament to supply his wants (1614), but that body was determined to grant nothing without reforms.
	www.truthbeknown.com /the_leading_facts_of_english_history_ii_10.html (3705 words)

	Early Stuart Libels: The Addled Parliament and the Death of Northampton (1614)
		The Addled Parliament and the Death of Northampton (1614)
		On Friday 3 June, as a rancorous and unproductive meeting of Parliament drew to its close, John Hoskyns, the lawyer, poet and MP for Hereford, delivered a speech containing highly intemperate remarks against James I’s Scottish courtiers.
		Most are conventionally petitionary or pious, but two contain a sharper political critique of the constraints on free speech in Jacobean England, and have been included in the current selection alongside a mocking verse on the rash of imprisonments in the aftermath of the parliamentary dissolution.
	www.earlystuartlibels.net /htdocs/addled_parliament_section/G0.html (324 words)

	Speeches of James I
		James had hopes that this parliament would overcome previous misunderstandings and that it would become the parliament 'of love', but in reality it became even more fractious then its predecessor and James brought it to an abrupt end: it has become known as the 'Addled Parliament'.
		Although the speech from this year is chiefly concerned with abuses in the exercise of patents which were being pursued by the Commons, it again expresses a desire for more harmonious relations between the monarch and his parliament.
		Parliament of Scotland The actis of Parliament of the maist hie, maist excellent, and michtie prince, and our souerane lord James the sext...
	special.lib.gla.ac.uk /exhibns/month/sep2003.html (1909 words)

	Northbourne Sources: Sir Edwin Sandys 1561-1629 Part 4 Parliament
		Except for the brief session of 1614, Parliament was dissolved from 1610 to 1621
		He worked on numerous committees and became involved in many aspects of the House's affairs to become the voice of common sense during a period when the gentry was establishing a position independent of the Crown.
		Edwin was reelected to parliament as M.P. for Stockbridge, Hampshire, and remained their MP until 1611.
	freespace.virgin.net /andrew.parkinson4/sandys_3.html (1146 words)

	Addled Parliament - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Addled Parliament - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		The original idea of parliament was of a place where talking took place.
		Legislature, branch of government empowered to make, change, or repeal its laws and to levy and regulate its taxes.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Addled_Parliament.html (96 words)

	» James I of England Great Personalities Biography : Incredible People : Famous People Guide: Famous Personalities
		His taste for political absolutism, his mismanagement of the kingdom’s funds and his cultivation of unpopular favourites established the foundation for the English Civil War, during which James’s son and successor, Charles I, would be deposed and executed.
		Although technically excluded by the will-which, under an Act of Parliament, had the force of law insofar as succession was concerned-both Mary and James were serious claimants to the English Crown, as they were Elizabeth I’s closest relatives.
		James angrily dissolved Parliament shortly after he summoned it after it became clear that no progress could be made.
	profiles.incredible-people.com /james-i-of-england (3459 words)

	The History of Britain » Blog Archive » British History Timeline: 1603 - 1714: The Stuarts
		James’s first Parliament rejects his plan to unite England and Scotland, but James is proclaimed ‘King of Great Britain, France and Ireland.’ New Church rules cause 300 Puritan clergy to resign.
		Convention Parliament recalls King Charles II (to 1685): Army disbanded, Act of Indemnity passed.
		Covenanters rebel in Scotland, and are crushed by the Duke of Monmouth.
	www.the-history-of-britain.co.uk /?p=16 (1338 words)

	Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wentworth entered English Parliament in 1614 as Yorkshire's representative in the "Addled Parliament".
		In the first parliament of Charles I, June 1625, Wentworth again represented Yorkshire, and showed his hostility to the proposed war with Spain by supporting a motion for an adjournment before the house proceeded to business.
		The Long Parliament assembled on November 3, 1640, and Charles immediately summoned Strafford to London, promising that he "should not suffer in his person, honour or fortune." One of Parliament's first utterances after its eleven-year forced hiatus was to impeach Strafford for "high misdemeanours" regarding his conduct in Ireland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Wentworth,_1st_Earl_of_Strafford (2902 words)

	Chapter Parizade <i>to</i> Parolles of P by Brewer's Phrase & Fable
		It took cognisance of all offences against the crown, the peers, the bishops, the corporations, and all high officers of state; and, though it had no legislative power, had to register the royal edicts before they could become law.
		The Long Parliament sat 12 years and 5 months, from November 2nd, 1640, to April 20th, 1653, when it was dissolved by Cromwell; but a fragment of it, called “The Rump,” continued till the Restoration, in 1660.
		The Mongrel Parliament (1681), held at Oxford, consisting of Whigs and Tories, by whom the Exclusion Bill was passed.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/255/1181/23721/1.html (712 words)

	English civil war: The Rise of the Opposition
		The Parliament of 1626 went further and impeached the king's favorite, George Villiers, 1st duke of
		Parliament in 1629 vigorously protested Charles's collection of tonnage and poundage and the prosecution of his opponents in the
		The ominous peace was broken by troubles in Scotland, where efforts to enforce Anglican episcopal policy led to the violent opposition of the
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0857995.html (565 words)

	A man of paradooxes; В школе или дома? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		What worried Parliament was the insistence that Kings, like gods, “have absolute powers” and were “yet accountable to none but God only.” This included the power of life and death, and being judges of all their subjects.
		The protestation declared that Parliament’s privileges and jurisdiction were the “undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects for debate in Parliament.
		On November 5, 1605, a conspiracy involving the opening of Parliament by King James was suspected.
	archive.1september.ru /eng/1998/eng46.htm (2130 words)

	The rule of the Howards
		Sir Francis Bacon and Sir Henry Neville persuaded James to call Parliament, believing they would be able to manipulate it into granting James taxes.
		Some of the Howards feared what Parliament might do, and along with the Spanish Ambassador fomented rumors that led to an immediate clash over corrupt election practices.
		James I believed that his power came directly from God, and that the king made law.
	history.wisc.edu /sommerville/361/361-22.htm (1240 words)

	BBC - History - James I, King of England, VI of Scotland (1566 - 1625)
		As Scottish king he consented to an act of parliament establishing Presbyterianism in Scotland and with support he subdued the Roman Catholic earls.
		His run-ins with Parliament, which led for example to the Addled Parliament in 1614, did not lead to serious rebellion.
		And in foreign policy he was an arbitrator: he made peace with Spain and aspired to achieve even greater stability throughout Europe, but his efforts were thwarted by Protestant opinion in Britain and Spanish resistance.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/james_i_king.shtml (507 words)

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