petition of rights

Question 1

what year did the petition of rights happen in?

Answer 1

1628

Question 2

why did the petition of rights happen?

Answer 2

It was a response to the concern that Charles couldn’t be trusted to rule by unwritten rules. Charles actions between 1625-1628 showed to MP’s like Edward Coke that Charles powers needed to be restricted with written rules.

Question 3

what were the 4 main points to the petition of rights?

Answer 3

-parliament had to consent to taxation

-people could only be imprisoned If there was a cause

-martial law was illegal

-Billeting on the population was illegal

Question 4

when did Charles accept the petition?

Answer 4

7th June 1628

Question 5

what was Cokes’ reasoning for denouncing Buckingham?

Answer 5

he was ‘‘the cause of all the miseries’’

Question 6

When was Buckingham assassinated?

Answer 6

23rd August 1628

Question 7

who was Buckingham assassinated by?

Answer 7

John Felton, a soldier

Question 8

what did Felton describe Buckingham as at his trail?

Answer 8

'’cowardly, base and deserveth not the name of a gentleman or soldier’’

Question 9

what was John Feltons punishment?

Answer 9

he was executed at Tyburn (the execution place of traitors)