1589 and 1593 Parliaments (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Prerogative rights
Prerogative rights
Powers Elizabeth held as monarch
Main parliamentary concerns by 1589
Main parliamentary concerns by 1589
Purveyance & monopolies (not marriage/succession/religion)
Purveyance
Purveyance
Royal right to buy goods at half to one-third market value
Steel price under monopoly system
Steel price under monopoly system
Doubled
1589 Commons tactic to force action on grievances
1589 Commons tactic to force action on grievances
Refused to grant taxation until grievances addressed
Parliamentary bill vs petition
Parliamentary bill vs petition
Bill becomes law if passed; petition less confrontational
1589 Parliament purveyance outcome
1589 Parliament purveyance outcome
Elizabeth promised & delivered reforms; bill dropped
Peter Wentworth's fate (1593)
Peter Wentworth's fate (1593)
Imprisoned in Tower until death in 1597
Who said 2 subsidies insufficient in 1593
Who said 2 subsidies insufficient in 1593
William Cecil (Lord Burghley)
Commons' view on taxation rights (1593)
Commons' view on taxation rights (1593)
Commons alone should control - they represented taxpayers