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The History of England

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The House of Lords to Stay

Parliament was just an occasional body there to provide money. Charles allowed parliament to continue and even tried to emule it. He wanted the house of lords to hang out to dry one john digby, earl of bristol. The Lords decided that both the king's and bristol's claims should be heard together. But Bristol insisted on being tried by his peers rather than being secretly banished from court. And charles was forced to give away to allow him to attend the 16 26 parliament. Now you might have thought that would be the end of it, toast, dissolution, adieu. However, after may 16 26, Bristol fought back with a series of accusations against buckingham

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