Personal rule- finance

Question 1

Weston

Answer 1

Lord Treasurer until death in 1635
- Reduced pensions by over a third
- Increased fines on Catholics x5
- Royal debt halved to £1 million by 1635
- Disdain of knighthood- £170,000 by 1635
- Forest fines- £40,000 by 1635
- Unpopular but effective, led to discontent but no vocal opposition

Question 2

Disdain of Knighthood

Answer 2

• Weston
• Fined people for not attending coronation to be knighted
• £170,000 by 1635

Question 3

Forest Fines

Answer 3

Weston
- fined for trespassing medieval royal forest
- £40,000 by 1635

Question 4

Ship Money

Answer 4

1635
- Most controversial
- Extended to inland areas
- Not a tax, paid to treasurers of navy, not exchequer- legal
- 1635-1638: 90% of requested money earned, £800,000
- with outbreak of war in 1639 people ceased to pay

Question 5

John Hampden Case

Answer 5

1637-1638
- Refused to pay Ship Money
- Attracted significant attention
- Judges ruled 7-5; legal win but moral loss

Question 6

William Noy

Answer 6

• Attorney General, found loopholes in laws allowing Charles to not break any
• 1621 monopoly act loopholed with Popish soap; not granted to an individual but a group
• Monopolies brought Charles in around £100,000 annually