Parliament of 1629

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The Parliament of 1629 was an English Parliament under King Charles I that became notorious for its fierce conflicts over royal authority and taxation, leading to its dissolution and the beginning of Charles’s eleven-year Personal Rule without Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of England
alsoKnownAs Charles I’s 1629 Parliament
linked to: Parliament of 1629
associatedWith Petition of Right
authorityOver taxation grants to the Crown
characterizedBy fierce conflicts over royal authority
fierce conflicts over taxation
chronologyWithinReign one of the early parliaments of Charles I
conflict struggle between Crown and Parliament
constitutionalSignificance assertion of parliamentary rights against royal prerogative
country Kingdom of England
dissolvedBy Charles I of England
durationOfSubsequentPersonalRule 11 years
endReason start of Charles I’s eleven-year Personal Rule
endTime 1629
followedBy Personal Rule of Charles I
governmentType constitutional monarchy
hasCause conflict over royal authority
conflict over taxation
hasEffect beginning of the Personal Rule
suspension of Parliament for eleven years
historicalPeriod Stuart England
linked to: Stuart

early 17th century
language English
legacy heightened tensions leading toward the English Civil War
legislativeBody House of Commons of England
House of Lords
locatedIn London
linked to: London, England
location Palace of Westminster
monarch Charles I of England
notableMember Benjamin Valentine
Denzil Holles
Sir John Eliot
partOf English Parliament
precededBy Parliament of 1628
reasonForDissolution parliamentary opposition to royal policies
refusal to grant the king unrestricted taxation powers
reignOf Charles I of England
significantEvent dissolution of Parliament by Charles I
protests against tonnage and poundage
resolutions against unauthorized taxation
startTime 1629
topic parliamentary privilege
royal prerogative
taxation without parliamentary consent

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Short Parliament precededBy Parliament of 1629
subject linked to: Short Parliament 1640
Parliament of 1629 alsoKnownAs Charles I’s 1629 Parliament
linked to: Parliament of 1629
Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell notableWork Parliamentary History in Perspective, 1604–1629
linked to: Parliament of 1629
Parliament of 1628 followedBy Parliament of 1629
Parliament of 1628 legislativeTerm third Parliament of Charles I
linked to: Parliament of 1629
Sir John Eliot parliamentaryTerm Parliament of 1628–1629
linked to: Parliament of 1629