Charles I (a Presbyterian, r. 1625 – 1649) dissolves his Fourth parliament (a.k.a. the “Short Parliament”) after having met for only nineteen days. Parliament refused to approve Charles’ request for additional revenues, but instead criticized his violations of the Magna Carta and Petition of Right.
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References:
Winston Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples, four volumes, (New York: Dorsett Press, 1956-58), 2:208-09.
William Cobbett, Parliamentary History of England; From the Norman Conquest, in 1066 to the Year 1803, 36 volumes, (London: R. Bagshaw, 1806-20; New York AMS Press, 1966), 2:528, 570.
David Hume, The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, six volumes, (London: T. Cadell, 1754-61; Indianapolis, Indiana: LibertyClassics, 1983), 5:276.
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