The Unruly House of Parliament

Fadric was a favourite with the king, and so he was dispatched to the Emperor. But by September 1621 he was back in bad news from Ferdinand. Fadric would be toast as soon as Spinola and Maximilian had completed their tasks of subjecting the palatinate to their control. There was nothing for it, therefore, but to call Parliament back to their duty,. And in November Parliament met again for a new session. Neither James nor Buckingham were in evidence much, and James liked to spend the autumn hunting in the east of England. So it was left to ministers to tell Parliament that their job were to deliver a subsidy to recover thePalatinate. That