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33: 479: 567:, apparently intending to force him to come back to ask them to vote him money in every future year. The king was greatly troubled and provoked by this, as tonnage and poundage had long provided the Crown's main source of income. Some parliamentarians were anxious about the king's wish to send forces to take part in the 619:
to rule his kingdoms as he wished and urged him to do without the constitutional means of raising revenue, instead using arbitrary measures which in some cases were of uncertain lawfulness. This Charles did, which later led to remonstrances against his taking of tonnage and poundage without
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on the continent of Europe and also about his reputation for extravagance, but it is now argued that their collective intention was to review such duties generally, giving the king tonnage and poundage for a year pending negotiations on reform.
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for life, as had been customary at the beginning of each monarch's reign since 1414, but the House of Commons broke with tradition and voted to grant the king these important duties for one year only, together with £140,000 for
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Buckingham, this led to the king peremptorily dissolving parliament on 12 August. It was later judged to have bungled an attempt to clip the king's wings.
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parliament's authority. The next parliament assembled in February 1626 and declared that the king had acted unlawfully, although it was prepared to
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Speakers and the Speakership: Presiding Officers and the Management of Business from the Middle Ages to the Twenty-first Century
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After the parliament was dissolved, the king's favourites encouraged his belief in having a
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to refer to the position as "frequently filled by nullities, men selected for mere
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The nerves of state: taxation and the financing of the English state, 1558-1714
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on 1 August, and was dissolved on 12 August, having offended the king.
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on 18 June, first meeting only a month after Charles's marriage to
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The Encyclopedia of world history: ancient, medieval, and modern
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Charles acceded to the Throne upon the death of his father,
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Charles had asked the parliament to vote him the duties of
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to grant Charles the duties he wanted for one year, the
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List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1625
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List of acts of the 1st Parliament of King Charles I
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At the end of July, a severe intensification of the
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2nd Parliament of King William III and Queen Mary II
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Coat of arms of England
Blessed Parliament
1604
Addled Parliament
1614
3rd Parliament of King James I
1621
4th Parliament of King James I
1624
Useless Parliament
1625
2nd Parliament of King Charles I
1626
3rd Parliament of King Charles I
1628
Short Parliament
Apr 1640
Long Parliament (1)
Nov 1640
Oxford Parliament
Long Parliament (2)
1645
Rump Parliament (1)
1648
Barebone's Parliament
1653
First Protectorate Parliament
1654
Second Protectorate Parliament
1656

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