The Failure of Personal Rule, 1637–40 (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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Ship Money
Ship Money
Tax collected without parliamentary consent
The Kirk
The Kirk
Scottish Presbyterian Church est. by John Knox 1560
Jenny Geddes 1637
Jenny Geddes 1637
Threw stool at bishop reading new prayer book in Edinburgh
The Covenant (1638)
The Covenant (1638)
Binding agreement to defend Kirk through force if needed
Treaty of Berwick 1639
Treaty of Berwick 1639
Allowed Scots to decide own religious settlement
Short Parliament (April 1640)
Short Parliament (April 1640)
Dissolved quickly; achieved nothing for Charles
John Pym
John Pym
Dominant Commons figure; Bedford's legal adviser
Treaty of Ripon payment
Treaty of Ripon payment
£850 per day to Scottish army
Long Parliament start date
Long Parliament start date
November 1640
Strafford execution date
Strafford execution date
12 May 1641