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Charles relationship with parliament

• Charles lived an extravagant life

• He constantly demanded money from parliament.

• Parliament demanded power in exchange for money

• This led to poor relations with parliament because Charles was deceitful.

Charles sneaky ways of raising money• Charles tried to rule without parliament• He used unpopular means of raising money, – Examples

• Ship money: coastal towns had to supply the king with war shships or their value in cash

• He forced people to make loans to the crown• He mortgaged royal property• He collected fees known as “tunnage and

poundage”.• Tunnage and Poundage: customs taxes and duties

charged on goods going in and out of the country

Charles ways of manipulating society

• He billetted his soldiers with homeowners• To Billette: to require homeowners to provide

room and board for soldiers• He increased fees for government services• He sold noble titles to anyone who would

support him, lend money to him and even forced wealthy land owners to pay for the title.

• Title: a name showing a persons rank and position in life.

• Charles used the Court of Star Chamber to convict, imprison and fine his enemies

• Court of Star Chamber: a royal court in which people had no legal rights

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