Parliament of 1625 (England)

Timeline

1. 1625Oxford · OxfordCharles I summoned his first Parliament after his father's death, moving the opening to Oxford because plague was spreading in London, and requested large subsidies and customs duties to meet inherited war commitments.
2. 1625Oxford · OxfordThe Commons, deeply dissatisfied with Buckingham's French expedition and his favourites' politics, granted only £140,000 and one year's customs duties, far below the king's needs; religious and Arminian tendencies also aroused Protestant members' suspicions.
3. 1625Oxford · OxfordAngry at the insufficient supply and the Commons' questioning of Buckingham, Charles dissolved Parliament on 12 August 1625, turning instead to borrowing and extraordinary levies to sustain the wars against Spain and France.