Parliament of 1629

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The Parliament of 1629 was an English Parliament under King Charles I that became notorious for its fierce conflicts over royal authority and taxation, leading to its dissolution and the beginning of Charles’s eleven-year Personal Rule without Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of England
alsoKnownAs Parliament of 1629
surface form: Charles I’s 1629 Parliament
associatedWith Petition of Right 1628
surface form: Petition of Right
authorityOver taxation grants to the Crown
characterizedBy fierce conflicts over royal authority
fierce conflicts over taxation
chronologyWithinReign one of the early parliaments of Charles I
conflict struggle between Crown and Parliament
constitutionalSignificance assertion of parliamentary rights against royal prerogative
country Kingdom of England
dissolvedBy Charles I of England
durationOfSubsequentPersonalRule 11 years
endReason start of Charles I’s eleven-year Personal Rule
endTime 1629
followedBy Personal Rule (1629–1640)
surface form: Personal Rule of Charles I
governmentType constitutional monarchy
hasCause conflict over royal authority
conflict over taxation
hasEffect beginning of the Personal Rule
suspension of Parliament for eleven years
historicalPeriod Stuart
surface form: Stuart England

early 17th century
language English
legacy heightened tensions leading toward the English Civil War
legislativeBody House of Commons of England
House of Lords
locatedIn London, England
surface form: London
location Palace of Westminster
monarch Charles I of England
notableMember Benjamin Valentine
Denzil Holles
Sir John Eliot
partOf Parliament of England
surface form: English Parliament
precededBy Parliament of 1628
reasonForDissolution parliamentary opposition to royal policies
refusal to grant the king unrestricted taxation powers
reignOf Charles I of England
significantEvent dissolution of Parliament by Charles I
protests against tonnage and poundage
resolutions against unauthorized taxation
startTime 1629
topic parliamentary privilege
royal prerogative
taxation without parliamentary consent

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Parliament of 1629 alsoKnownAs Parliament of 1629
this entity surface form: Charles I’s 1629 Parliament
Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell notableWork Parliament of 1629
this entity surface form: Parliamentary History in Perspective, 1604–1629
Short Parliament 1640 precededBy Parliament of 1629
subject surface form: Short Parliament