The Court of France Is a Rose With Many Thorns

Sir charles next went through the time honoured royal process that head failed to go through last time, of trying to get a parliament peopled with the m ps he deserved. He did this by nobbling the people he felt no one deserved. Petre traditionally called ringleaders. So edward cook, robert phillips, francis seymour were all pricked out of parliament in this way as they had it. Another was thomas wentworth, rightly identified at this point in his life as an opponent of charles, despite his later relationship with the king. And indeed, though richelieu's temporary pro huguenot swerve resulted in a peace being