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The History of England

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James and the English Parliament

James dissolved parliament and sent everyone home. The failure to achieve anything at all earned it the name in the text books, as i mentioned, as the adled parliament. James vented his spleen afterwards to the spanish ambassador, gondomar,. Its members voted without rule or order amid cries, shouts and confusion. A large bell rang in james's mind. He would now search for alternative sources of revenue. And rather like his son, many years in the future, james resolved to rule without parliament if he possibly could. By spring 16 15, courtiers less than adequately gruntled with somerset thought that injecting a nyw beautiful favourite into the court bloodstream

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